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

Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on Sunday in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, setting an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg. Local Gov. Alexander Beglov said one person was killed and five others wounded in the strikes, which also hit a logistics center belonging to Russian retailer Ozon and a data center operated by tech giant VK. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, Crimea and the Black Sea.

The strikes came as tensions between Ukraine and Washington deepened. President Donald Trump criticized Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and signed an executive order Friday waiving planned sanctions against Moscow, citing U.S. national interests. Trump later told reporters he had not decided on further sanctions. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Kyiv was "resisting" but could not "change the current course of events."

Meanwhile, Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed a woman and wounded at least two other people, including a 6-year-old girl, local officials said. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said waiving sanctions would strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin's war effort. He added that U.S.-Ukraine intelligence sharing had resumed after being "blocked for some period of time."

Zelenskyy said he trusted Trump but warned that siding with Moscow would be a tragedy and a "historic mistake" for Washington. "We can't compare me and Putin. He's aggressor. He occupied us. He killed adults and children, his soldiers. He's a terrorist," Zelenskyy said. He later posted on social media that he had spoken with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about diplomacy efforts.

Trump announced on Oct. 11 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an "energy ceasefire," but offered no details. Kyiv reported Russian attacks on energy sites continued afterward, and Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil facilities after a three-day pause. Zelenskyy wrote Sunday that Russia had attacked Ukraine's energy, oil and gas sectors 76 times in the week since Trump's announcement, leaving tens of thousands of families without power.

Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal