A major drone attack on St. Petersburg is no more than a sign of Kiev\u2019s agony, Dmitry Peskov has said<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s long-range attacks on Russian civilian and energy infrastructure, including the raid on St. Petersburg, are no more than desperate attempts by Kiev to change the course of the conflict and will not succeed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
\nOne person was killed and five others wounded in St. Petersburg during an overnight aerial raid by the Ukrainian military, according to local governor Aleksandr Beglov. The attack also damaged over a dozen apartment blocks and caused a fire at a local oil terminal.
\nPeskov described the attack as \u201csome final manifestations of agony\u201d of Ukraine, adding that, although \u201cthe Kiev regime is fighting back, it cannot alter the course of history.\u201d
\nAccording to the Kremlin spokesman, Russia has been consistently responding to the Ukrainian attacks with major systematic strikes, which \u201cdo yield results.\u201d
\nMoscow has accused Kiev of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas with long-range drones in an attempt to compensate for setbacks on the battlefield, where Russian forces have continued to advance.<\/p>\n
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Ukrainian drone attack causes fire at oil terminal in St. Petersburg<\/p>\n
Kiev also continues to target Russian oil infrastructure despite demands by US President Donald Trump to curb the attacks, which he blames for surging global energy prices. Trump had previously accused Vladimir Zelensky of \u201cmaking problems\u201d for the US and the whole world and suggested that Ukraine needs a \u201cnew president.\u201d
\nWashington also struck a deal with Moscow earlier this month to alleviate the fuel crisis ahead of the midterm US election on November 3. The agreement involved the US easing restrictions on Moscow\u2019s diesel exports and waiving the \u201cbone-crushing\u201d sanctions, including 500% tariffs on imports from Russia and 100% tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil and gas in exchange for Moscow supplying diesel to the global market and potentially to the US as well.
\nRussia has responded to Kiev\u2019s terrorist attacks by intensifying its long-range missile and drone campaign against Ukraine\u2019s military-industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure. The Russian Defense Ministry maintains that the nation\u2019s forces do not target civilians, and the strikes are targeting only military targets and infrastructure supporting the Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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