Ukrainian Drone Campaign Creates Russian Fuel Crisis as Putin Shrugs Off Attacks on Energy Infrastructure as Not Critical

Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg's Kirovsky district Saturday, with Russian officials reporting 72 drones shot down over the city and surrounding region 12. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes also hit a military target on Kronstadt island and described the campaign as "long-range sanctions" against Russia 1. Russian-installed Crimean governor Sergei Aksyonov reported one killed and two injured, including a child, in a separate Saturday strike, and said local authorities have suspended civilian gasoline sales amid the broader campaign against Russia's oil infrastructure 1. Belgorod lost power almost entirely overnight from drone strikes, while a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia wounded eight people, including two children 12. President Vladimir Putin called the energy strikes "not critical" and said the war will continue until his goals are met, while separately touting the capture of Kostyantynivka, a claim Zelenskyy and General Staff spokesman Maj. Andriy Kovalev denied 12.