Symbolic imageRussian strikes kill at least seven in Ukraine as Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil sites
Russian missiles and drones killed at least seven people in Ukraine on Tuesday. Ukrainian drones hit oil sites in Russia.
Three people died near Kyiv, where Russian forces struck a manufacturing and storage building in the Obukhiv district overnight, Ukrainian prosecutors told Reuters. Two more people were killed in the Khmelnytskyi region on the evening of Monday, 19 October. Reuters reports that Russia has extended its attacks on energy facilities to western Ukraine.
Drones hit Russian oil sites
Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 136 Ukrainian drones overnight. In Tambov, the governor reported a fire at a facility, and Ukrainian monitors believe the Nikolskoye station on the Druzhba pipeline was hit. Bloomberg reports that Russia shipped its least oil in a month after a major Baltic port halted.
Zelenskyy in Oslo
Zelenskyy visited Norway seeking US and European aid and said Ukraine has nearly run out of US-made Patriot interceptors.
St Petersburg toll
Rodion Miroshnik of the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS that the earlier drone attack on the city and region killed one person and injured 15.
Other opinions
TASS stresses civilian harm in Russia, while Meduza links the refinery campaign to Russia's fuel crisis.