Saint Petersburg: Footage shows fires after drone attacks

Plumes of smoke rise over Saint Petersburg. The AFP news agency published these footage of the immediate aftermath of the massive drone attack on the Petersburg oil terminal on Sunday night. The oil terminal is one of the most important of its kind in the Baltic Sea region.

According to the Russian authorities, a data center and a logistics facility belonging to an online retailer were also hit. One person is said to have died and several others were injured in the attack. Parts of the city were affected by power outages. So far, footage of the attack has been circulating on social networks from pro-Ukrainian monitoring channels. In Russia, people face fines for publishing photos and video recordings of explosions or fires.

The attack followed a massive Russian offensive against Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The western Ukrainian city of Lviv plunged into darkness on Saturday. On Saturday night there was a combined attack on the energy sector in several regions of Ukraine. President Zelenskyj spoke of one of the worst blows to date against the national power grid.

After the drone attack on St. Petersburg, the Kremlin announced a continuation of its attacks on Ukraine.