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Ukrainian drones attack St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region

First reported by News.am: 09:24

Updated 19:21, 15 sources

World. Photo: Reuters, cropped
Photo: Reuters, cropped

Overnight, Ukrainian drones carried out a massive attack on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. 126 drones were reported shot down. Fires broke out at an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and at an Ozon logistics center, and a VK data center was damaged. Operations at Pulkovo Airport were restricted, and about 20,000 people were left without electricity.

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Coverage timeline

Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Tert.am (Opposition)
  3. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  4. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  5. 1in.am (Balanced)
  6. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  7. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  8. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  9. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  10. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  11. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  12. Infocom (Balanced)
  13. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  14. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  15. Factor (Balanced)

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