Drone strikes electrical substation in Russia's Belgorod, sparking fire

Local Telegram channels published footage of the fire.

On Oct. 17, drones attacked the Russian capital, Moscow, and the surrounding Moscow Oblast. Telegram channels reported that Moscow's airports had been disrupted for a second consecutive day and that the airspace over the Russian capital was effectively closed.

Overnight on Oct. 18, drones attacked Moscow and Russia's Leningrad Oblast. A fire broke out following a strike on the St. Petersburg oil terminal. Ukrainian company Fire Point said that Ukrainian forces struck the facility with FP-1 drones. The terminal has an annual handling capacity of 12.5 million metric tons of petroleum products.