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Ukrainian Forces Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Airfield in Latest Attacks
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In Short: Ukrainian forces have launched a significant drone offensive on Moscow, damaging a key oil refinery and causing widespread debris, according to reports.
Ukrainian forces have launched a significant drone offensive on Moscow, damaging a key oil refinery and causing widespread debris, according to reports. Air defenses shot down at least 194 drones bound for the Russian capital overnight, a stark example of Kyiv’s improved drone capabilities since the start of the full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
In the latest attacks, Ukraine targeted Russia's largest oil refinery and an airfield, according to the Ukrainian military. The strikes come as Petrova and her father, who run a punk fashion studio in the heavily attacked city of Kharkiv, face daily Russian drone attacks that paralyze life in Kyiv.
The US Department of Justice has charged five men allegedly connected to the Russian Intelligence Services, including a father and son who were both officers in the Federal Security Service of Russia. The charges come as Ukraine continues to improve its drone capabilities, launching the largest offensive on Moscow in the full-scale war.
What's confirmed
- Ukrainian forces have launched a significant drone offensive on Moscow, damaging a key oil refinery and causing widespread debris, according to reports. Air defenses shot down at least 194 drones bound for the Russian capital overnight, a stark example of Kyiv’s improved drone capabilities since the start of the full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
- In the latest attacks, Ukraine targeted Russia's largest oil refinery and an airfield, according to the Ukrainian military. The strikes come as Petrova and her father, who run a punk fashion studio in the heavily attacked city of Kharkiv, face daily Russian drone attacks that paralyze life in Kyiv.
- The US Department of Justice has charged five men allegedly connected to the Russian Intelligence Services, including a father and son who were both officers in the Federal Security Service of Russia. The charges come as Ukraine continues to improve its drone capabilities, launching the largest offensive on Moscow in the full-scale war.
What's still developing
- As Petrova adjusted the lace on a corset, an alarm started blaring: Russian jet-powered drones were approaching the capital.
- In Kyiv's largest art museum, Arina Petrova and her father Serhii busily applied the final touches to their mannequins, anxious that a Russian drone attack could delay her long-awaited debut.
- But with Russian jet-powered drones now crashing into Ukraine's capital on a daily basis, triggering air alerts that paralyse life in the city, the pair had more pressing concerns.
- India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer, is among the biggest buyers of Russian oil, which is seen as helping Moscow replenish its budget since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and was hit with sweeping Western sanctions.
- India has warned the United States that new measures to levy tariffs over the purchase of Russian oil could impact bilateral ties, hours after the US Congress approved a bill that would give President Donald Trump new abilities to punish buyers of Russian oil.
- It also authorises President Donald Trump to impose stiff tariffs of up to 100 percent on countries, including India, to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas, and extend sanctions on Iran.
- Last month, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities had detained an individual allegedly working for the Kremlin and who was plotting to murder an American-Ukrainian citizen in Warsaw.
- The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has accused Russia of plotting to murder Ukrainian allies in the US and Europe.