{"id":942,"date":"2026-10-18T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=942"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:08:31","slug":"ukraine-launches-major-drone-offensive-as-fires-hit-russian-oil-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Ukraine Launches Major Drone Offensive as Fires Hit Russian Oil Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified following a major Ukrainian drone offensive targeting locations across Russian territory, including oil infrastructure in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Associated Press report published on October 18 said Ukrainian attacks sparked fires at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchi oil depot. Regional authorities reported one death and five injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks also reportedly targeted a logistics centre belonging to Russian retailer Ozon and a data centre associated with technology company VK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo : Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/drone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-943\" style=\"width:496px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia&#8217;s Defence Ministry said its forces had destroyed more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones across multiple Russian regions, Crimea, and the Black Sea area. These figures represent the Russian government&#8217;s account of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest developments come amid disagreements over a proposed halt to attacks on energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has accused Russia of continuing to target its energy facilities, while US President Donald Trump has criticised Ukrainian strikes against Russian oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks underscore the growing importance of long-range drones in the conflict and raise further questions about energy security, civilian safety, and the prospects for diplomatic negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further developments could affect regional security and international energy markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified following a major Ukrainian drone offensive targeting locations across Russian territory, including oil infrastructure in St. Petersburg. An Associated Press report published on October 18 said Ukrainian attacks sparked fires at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchi oil depot. Regional authorities reported one death and five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}