Petersburg oil terminal set ablaze after drone strike

newsOct 18, 2026201,247

On October 18 Ukrainian long-range strike drones hit the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, triggering a large fire visible in video and confirmed by regional authorities. The terminal, located inside the Great Port of St. Petersburg, has a tank farm of 32 storage tanks with 442,000 cubic meters total capacity and handles up to 12.5 million tons of petroleum products per year. Local photos and videos showed the tank farm burning as of 7:30 a.m. Authorities said the overnight strikes also struck the VKontakte data center in Novosergiyevka and the nearby 330 kV Vostochnaya electrical substation, leaving some residents without power. The VKontakte facility houses four data halls, about 640 server racks and more than 20,000 servers; users reported outages between roughly 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Regional officials reported additional hits on a cable-stayed bridge and other port infrastructure; the extent of structural damage to the bridge remains unknown.

NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

Moment of attack caught on video. One of Ukraine's long-range drone strikes the oil depot at the Oil Terminal in St. Petersburg. #Russia

4013h ago

overthekill.bsky.social7

"Stop attacking Russian oil facilities!" "No."

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Matt Kavanagh3

Trump betrays Ukraine for Russian diesel. Ukraine: no diesel for you!

The Kyiv Independent

@kyivindependent.com

⚡ Update: Ukrainian drone attack hits St. Petersburg oil facilities, damages homes and kills 1, governor says. One person was killed and five others injured, while 12 apartment buildings and two houses were damaged in the attack, St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said.

2683h ago

jjnevis 🦋3

Apartments and houses were probably damaged by outgoing air defence.

Medoyid_ua2

Good. Ukraine's long-range campaign is reaching the Baltic port and the city Moscow treats as untouchable. Every drone that has to be shot down over St. Petersburg is one that isn't flying at Kharkiv or Kyiv.

Gildy Stern 🇺🇦1

Not the data centres, all those frat boys losing their girlfriends again

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Idiot/Savant13

Ukraine's response to the US-Russian alliance and US demands to stop bombing oil refineries:

Paul Stenton3

Slava Ukrain 🇺🇦 What's sauce for the goose... The 🇺🇲🍊Twunt can fuck off. Let Putin's war revenues burn.

Валера | Valera 2

@b21raider.bsky.social they managed to hit a bridge in St Petersburg at around 21:00 — seems to be very accurate targeting...

Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦

@insideukraine.bsky.social

🔥Large-scale fire erupts at "St. Petersburg Oil Terminal" after drone attack. Today, the Leningrad region was attacked by a hundred drones. In addition to the fire at the oil terminal, power outages are also being reported in the region.

1304h ago

Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦20

Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated that 97 drones were allegedly shot down over the region. As a result of the "falling debris," the port of St. Petersburg has been damaged.

Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦

@angel-shalagina.bsky.social

🔥🔥Saint Petersburg under massive Ukrainian drone attack! Reported hits on an oil terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot, and a VKontakte data center. Substations are reportedly burning, several districts are without electricity, and even a major bridge was targeted.

1163h ago

A.M.D.1

From San Francisco, it certainly seems that Ukraine is effing up Russia a lot more than the other way around. Oh, and Russia had as many soldiers killed last month than roughly all of the US soldiers lost during the Vietnam War…COMBINED! In. One. Month.

Prune60

@prune602.bsky.social

‼️ Russian Media: “St. Petersburg is under attack by military drones. An oil terminal and infrastructure facilities are on fire.” www.fontanka.ru/2026/10/18/7...

St. Petersburg is under attack by military drones. An oil terminal and infrastructure facilities are on fire.

October 18, 2026, 5:36 AM

On the night of Sunday, October 18, St. Petersburg was attacked by Ukrainian military drones, Governor Alexander Beglov reported .

As of 5:36 AM, according to authorities, air defense systems are operational in the city. Further information will be provided on the elimination of the air threat.

Currently, the Ministry of Emergency Situations is extinguishing fires at civilian infrastructure facilities in the Nevsky, Krasnoselsky, and Krasnogvardeisky districts, as well as at the Petersburg Oil Terminal. The emergency response center, led by the governor, is coordinating the activities of city services and interagency cooperation.

1096h ago

Prune6040

“Mobile internet outages are possible in the city.”

joelunchpail.bsky.social3

They could lose that entire "export" tank farm. Wouldn't that be a shame? This is a very recent pic.

Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦

@perevaa.bsky.social

Four targets hit in St. Petersburg overnight on Oct 18: - Oil terminal - VK data center - Bridge - Ozon warehouse Can't even decide where to begin.

523h ago

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦49

#Ozon warehouse in St. Petersburg, 845 km from Ukraine’s border, is on fire. It reportedly covers 51,500 m² (estimates differ). Anyway, this is the 11th Ozon logistics complex attacked in 2026.

Russia Monitor

@milonews.bsky.social

3/ According to the report, Ukrainian drones last attacked the St Petersburg oil terminal on July 4.

337h ago

The hedgehog

@the-hedgehog.bsky.social

"Saint Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg Oil Terminal (POT). Initial reports indicate damage in the area of the tank farm: 59°52'59.50"N 30°10'21.01"E"

229h ago

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Citizen Snippy △4

Looking good at the tank farm in St Petersburg - that fire could well still spread to other units here.

Citizen Snippy △

@citizensnippy.bsky.social

Oil terminal on fire at 🇷🇺 Port of St Petersburg Burn baby burn

159h ago

Ajit G.

@ajit4g.bsky.social

A fire broke out at the "St Petersburg Oil Terminal" (PNT), with the facility's tank farm catching fire within the Great Port of St Petersburg. The "ITsVA" data center has been struck The 330 kV "Vostochnaya" (Eastern) electrical substation is located near the data center. 😰 The attack is ongoing

208h ago

kenofseattle

@kenofseattle.bsky.social

Footage shows destruction at the St. Petersburg oil terminal following Ukrainian strikes at 6:30PST.

116h ago

Hart Cunningham

@hart28.bsky.social

An oil terminal in St. Petersburg is burning brightly tonight....🇺🇦🙏

89h ago

Mina Hanse

@mina-hanse.bsky.social

8/ Strikes in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region hit the Petersburg Oil Terminal, causing fires, and the ICVA data center, disrupting network services. Hits to a nearby substation caused regional power outages, and a bridge was also struck. t.me/exilenova_pl...

108h ago

carljungfranz.bsky.social

@carljungfranz.bsky.social

* The St. Petersburg Oil Terminal is one of Russia’s largest fuel storage, processing, & export complexes in the northwestern region. It handles critical river, rail, and motor logistics with an estimated throughput capacity of 12.5 million tons of petroleum products per year. *

118h ago

Medoyid_ua

@rusni-pizda.bsky.social

🔥 UPDATE: New video shows the moment a Ukrainian long-range drone hit the oil depot at the Petersburg Oil Terminal. A large fire is burning on the waterfront. A thick column of black smoke is rising over the site. The terminal handles up to 12.5 million tons of petroleum products a year.

83h ago

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