Fire Point confirms attack on Russian data center and oil facilities in St. Petersburg
On Sunday, 18 October, Ukrainian FP-1 drones attacked oil facilities in St. Petersburg and the «ВКонтакте» data center in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation.
This company Fire Point reports in Telegram.
«Нічні удари по Санкт-Петербургу, уражено нафтову та цифрову інфраструктуру. Сили оборони за допомогою безпілотників FP-1 уразили одразу кілька об'єктів нафтової та цифрової інфраструктури рф», according to the report.
Among the affected targets are the «Ручьи» oil depot and the St. Petersburg oil terminal, which has a capacity of 12,5 million tons of oil per year.
After the attack, fires broke out in the territories of both oil facilities. Also, according to Fire Point, the data center of the Russian «ВКонтакте», located in the Leningrad region, suffered serious damage.
We will remind, on the night against 18 October St. Petersburg and Leningrad region of Russia were under a massive attack. In the city worked Russian air defense, and after the attacks reported about the fire in the oil port and disruptions in the operation of digital services.
In particular, one of the drones hit a cable-stayed bridge through the Ship Fairway in St. Petersburg.
Раніше Сили defense of Ukraine hit several data centers of the Russian «Яндекса», which led to large-scale disruptions in the operation of a number of services.
In addition, due to unmanned danger in Moscow and the region previously did not work airports of the Russian capital. Because of this, dozens of flights are postponed or canceled.
