Mass drone attack on St Petersburg leaves one dead and five injured

One person was killed and five others were injured in a mass drone attack on St Petersburg, which the source attributes to Ukraine's Armed Forces, according to St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov. APA's Russia bureau reported the governor's statement, saying the attack damaged a 12-storey apartment building and two private houses.

Beglov said rescue workers were continuing to extinguish fires at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district.

In neighbouring Leningrad Oblast, Ukrainian drone attacks left about 20,000 residents without electricity, according to Governor Alexander Drozdenko. Debris from a downed drone fell on an apartment building in Gatchina, and no information was given about injuries. In Vsevolozhsk district, debris fell on a residential building, and a woman and three children were hospitalised. Drozdenko said 135 drones were downed over the region in total. Drone attacks also restricted flights at Pulkovo Airport, where 15 flights were cancelled and 25 others delayed, according to the airport's electronic board.