{"id":1454119,"date":"2026-10-18T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/st-petersburg-under-attack-in-russia-fires-rage-in-the-city-and-power-goes-out\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:23:08","slug":"st-petersburg-under-attack-in-russia-fires-rage-in-the-city-and-power-goes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/st-petersburg-under-attack-in-russia-fires-rage-in-the-city-and-power-goes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg under attack in Russia: fires rage in the city and power goes out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Sunday, October 18, UAVs carried out a massive attack on the Russian city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. The consequences of this attack are the most extensive in the entire period of the Russo-Ukrainian war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In particular, the St. Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchy oil depot, was attacked in the city. The port&#8217;s throughput capacity is up to 12.5 million tons of oil products per year. The moment and consequences of the attack on the port were captured on video.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1454119-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/p090a5e-002_NDUqnYB9.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/p090a5e-002_NDUqnYB9.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/p090a5e-002_NDUqnYB9.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1454119-2\" width=\"720\" height=\"722\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tmp3s76r3zs.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tmp3s76r3zs.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tmp3s76r3zs.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The VKontakte data center in the Leningrad region has been hit, causing large-scale outages on the social network. The results of this hit are being published on social networks.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-18_09-14-52.jpg\" alt=\"Consequences of hitting the Vkontakte data center \/ social networks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Consequences of hitting the Vkontakte data center \/ social networks<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In addition, drones hit several electrical substations, causing power outages in the city. In some areas of St. Petersburg, there has been no electricity for a couple of hours, and electric transport is also out of service. There is a hit on the cable-stayed bridge across the Ship Channel.<\/p>\n<p>The Ozon company warehouse is also on fire.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-18_09-50-56.jpg\" alt=\"Fire at Ozon warehouse in St. Petersburg \/ social networks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Fire at Ozon warehouse in St. Petersburg \/ social networks<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Flights were delayed at the local Pulkovo airport. As a reminder, St. Petersburg is considered the unofficial second capital of Russia and is also the hometown of Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, <strong>&#8220;Pryamiy&#8221;<\/strong> reported that on the night of October 17, all <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukrainian-drones-blocked-traffic-at-russian-airports\/\">Moscow airports were closed<\/a> due to a raid by Ukrainian drones.<\/p>\n<p>Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, October 18, UAVs carried out a massive attack on the Russian city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. The consequences of this attack are the most extensive in the entire period of the Russo-Ukrainian war. In particular, the St. Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchy oil depot, was attacked in the city. 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