Ukraine Intensifies Drone Strikes on Russia, Targeting Key Oil Facilities Amid Escalating Tensions

World News

Ukraine Intensifies Drone Strikes on Russia, Targeting Key Oil Facilities Amid Escalating Tensions

Brent crude hovers near $109 a barrel as Ukraine resumes energy strikes, tankers attacked in Middle East

10/19/2026

Fires broke out at an oil terminal and depot in St. Petersburg after Ukraine launched a massive wave of drone strikes on Sunday.

NPR

Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour

10/19/2026

Ukraine carried out a massive drone strikes on Russia, which launched deadly attacks on its smaller neighbor over the weekend.

Business Standard

Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, oil terminal catches fire

10/18/2026

Ukrainian strikes set oil facilities ablaze in St Petersburg amid tensions with Washington, while Zelenskyy said US intelligence sharing had resumed following a brief pause

Firstpost

Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, sets St Petersburg oil terminal ablaze amid US sanctions uncertainty

10/18/2026

The strikes came as tensions between Ukraine and Washington deepened, with U.S. President Donald Trump criticizing Kyiv’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and the prospect of further U.S....

CBC

St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

10/18/2026

Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war.