Massive drone barrage hits St. Petersburg
Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on Sunday, one of the largest aerial attacks Kyiv has mounted in the war, according to CBS News. Smoke rose over an oil export terminal and depot in St. Petersburg, where fires broke out at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the city's Ruchi oil depot.
St. Petersburg Gov. Alexander Beglov said at least one person was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. A logistics center belonging to the Russian retailer Ozon and a data center operated by the technology company VK were also targeted, and both companies confirmed the strikes.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the state news agency Tass that Kyiv was "resisting" Moscow's invasion but could not "change the current course of events."
Russian strikes continue in Ukraine
Russian forces also struck Ukraine. Local officials said a woman was killed and at least two other people were wounded, including a 6-year-old girl, in two attacks on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
Zelenskyy said energy facilities in four Ukrainian regions were hit overnight, leaving tens of thousands of families without power. He accused Russia of trying to cause a blackout and warned that Moscow planned to deprive Ukrainians of heat and electricity before winter.
Sanctions dispute and strained ties with Washington
The strikes came as tensions between Ukraine and the United States deepened. According to CBS News, President Trump has recently criticized Zelenskyy and Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, and it remains unclear whether Washington will impose further sanctions on Moscow.
Mr. Trump told reporters late Saturday that they did not know what his decision on further sanctions would be, even though he signed an executive order Friday night waiving planned restrictions and citing U.S. national interests.
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Zelenskyy said waiving sanctions would strengthen Putin's war effort. He said he trusted Mr. Trump but that siding with Moscow would be a tragedy and a "historic mistake" for Washington. He also said U.S.-Ukraine intelligence sharing had resumed after being "blocked for some period of time."
What Zelenskyy is saying
Zelenskyy argued against equating himself with the Russian leader. "We can't compare me and Putin. He's aggressor. He occupied us," he said, adding that he hoped Mr. Trump would "be very clear with this position."
Later Sunday, Zelenskyy said on social media that he had spoken with U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the results of an Oct. 9 meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams in Miami and about "next steps in diplomacy."
He accused Moscow of breaking Mr. Trump's "energy ceasefire" 76 times, noting that the Ukrainian government had initially said it was observing the truce. "America should see that Russia is not taking any reciprocal steps in response to sanctions relief or agreements," he wrote.
