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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦 UPDATE: Large fires broke out at the St. Petersburg oil terminal overnight after a reported Ukrainian drone attack. Footage from local channels shows thick black smoke rising from the port facility, one of Russia’s larger Baltic export terminals with capacity around 12.5 m
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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦 UPDATE: Large fires broke out at the St. Petersburg oil terminal overnight after a reported Ukrainian drone attack. Footage from local channels shows thick black smoke rising from the port facility, one of Russia’s larger Baltic export terminals with capacity around 12.5 million tons of petroleum products per year. A data center belonging to Russian social media giant VK was also hit during the barrage. Source: supernova_plus (TG), Kyiv Independent, Exilenova+ (TG) / Writer: Jamie
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