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[Russia claims it attacked Ukrainian military facilities and Ukraine claims it attacked Russian oil terminals] On October 19th, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a battle report on the 18th stating that in the past 24 hours, the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian army’s transportation infrastructure, military technical material warehouses, drone assembly workshops, storage and launch points, etc. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian military also accurately struck a large dry cargo ship that day and destroyed an enemy unmanned boat in the Black Sea waters. On the same day, St. Petersburg Mayor Beglov said that the city was hit by a large-scale drone attack, killing one person and injuring five others. The Ukrainian Air Force stated on the 18th that from 18:00 on the 17th to 8:00 on the 18th, it had shot down or suppressed 152 Russian drones. The Ukrainian defense company Randian said on the 18th that the Ukrainian army used drones to attack an oil terminal, an oil depot and a data center in St. Petersburg, Russia. Fires broke out in the oil depot and terminal area, and the data center was severely damaged. In addition, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said on the 18th that the Russian army launched attacks on substations in Vinnytsia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and other places on the evening of the 17th. (CCTV News)
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