Vostochnaya substation
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Massive drone attack hits Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, hitting oil terminal, VK data center and Ozon warehouse
On the night of October 18, a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack struck multiple targets in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Fires broke out at the Petersburg Oil Terminal tank farm, at an Ozon logistics center and at a Rosneft-linked fuel base; a VKontakte data center and an adjacent electrical substation in Novosergiyevka were hit, disrupting the social network. A cable-stayed bridge on the Western High-Speed Diameter was also struck, power outages affected tens of thousands of people, and Pulkovo airport restricted flights. Russian officials gave rising and inconsistent tallies of drones shot down over the region.