Moscow, April 27 (Prensa Latina) The Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia´s Krasnodar region has been forced to suspend some operation after being ravaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, the security director of Slavyansk companies, Eduard Trúdnev, announced on Saturday. The post Russian oil refinery suspends operations after Ukraine drone attack first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Local governor Vitaliy Kim said there were no casualties following the attack on the Black Sea city.
This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. Then the meassure quickly passed the Senate and was signed into law by Biden within days. The funds, however, will make little difference to the outcome of the war on the ground More
A Lithuanian military spokesman blasted Minsk's claims of an attempted
The proliferation of Russian drones on the Ukrainian battlefield means "there isn't open ground that you can just drive across without fear of detection," a senior defense official told reporters Thursday.
Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from positions in eastern Donetsk.
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) on Tuesday shared a video that it said shows one of its drones destroying a T-72 tank and other Russian equipment in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.The video was posted on the SSO's X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram accounts. An accompanying message said the Ukrainian military unit also took out 11 Russian soldiers during the strike.The Donetsk region has been the site of intense fighting in recent days. The Institute of the Study of War (ISW) think...
Alexei Blinovsky reported to have joined unit popular with politicians and VIPs keen to curry favour with the KremlinWhen his wife, a prominent Russian Instagram influencer, was threatened with years of imprisonment over tax evasion charges, Alexei Blinovsky opted for what seemed the most viable means to secure her freedom in Russia today: he joined Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine.Months earlier, his wife, Yelena Blinovskaya, a former beauty queen turned famous self-help coach,...
‘Difficult but not catastrophic’ situation as Russians press for gains before US resupply of Kyiv’s forces. What we know on day 796See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s troops have made a tactical retreat westwards from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka and Novomykhailivka on the war’s eastern front, according to Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s military commander in chief. “The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions, where fierce battles continue,”...
Four expatriate workers lost their lives, and two others sustained injuries in a recent drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region. This attack, reported by an advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister and a senior Kurdish political source, has also resulted in the suspension of production at the site. The ramifications of the assault extend beyond casualties, impacting electricity generation in the region. Kurdistan's electricity ministry stated that the drone attack...
Joe Biden gave missiles to Ukraine under prior funding, after the US reportedly warned Russia against using long-range missiles in Ukraine. What we know on day 792Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid...
One of the most lopsided victories in the history of hockey happened last weekend, and no, it didn’t involve a powerhouse like Canada or Russia. The U-18 Asian and Oceania Championship took place over the weekend and Thailand absolutely decimated Kuwait with a truly incomprehensible 57-0 score. Thailand, which has transformed into a youth hockey juggernaut in recent years, outshot Kuwait 122-1 in the win. They scored 17 goals in the first period, followed that with 28 in the second — then...