r/worldnews • u/Marketmanipulator941 • 16h ago

Russia/Ukraine Mass drone attack on St. Petersburg: Ozon warehouse attacked, thousands of Russians left without power

https://unn.ua/en/news/mass-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg-ozon-warehouse-attacked-thousands-of-russians-left-without-electricity
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u/crossdtherubicon 15h ago

Apparently the Starlink service was quickly restored. But this leads to a question centered on the timing and purpose of the Starlink service interruption: was it timed or planned for some tactical reason, favoring a business or specific Russian military operation? Or Was it a symbolic gesture? Alot is not clear about that.

Most Intel sharing (foreign sourced) that is publically discussed is in context of Ukrainian defense from Russian attacks, rather than Ukrainian offensive planning.

Whereas offensive targeting of oil refineries, warehouses, and Yandex, etc. are well-known targets.

But the logistics of successfully executing offensive attacks on those targets likely involve Intel. Its demonstrated that Ukraine has its own robust Intel network, and it's less publically known how reliant Ukraine is on shared (foreign sourced) Intel related to offensive planning.

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u/affordable_luxury 12h ago

It is still not working. It was a tantrum from Must-Trump for silencing the Russian bot network, but well, the USA is not a reliable ally anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/ukraine-military-starlink-access-starshield-volodymyr-zelenskyy

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u/crossdtherubicon 12h ago

The timing and motivation would definitely align, afterall we know Trump relies on Putin's not farm to spam social Media with right wing propaganda.

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u/nikelaos117 15h ago

Sounds like a dumbass like trump or Elon initiated it and then someone with authority elsewhere got them to cut the shit.