The Bashneft complex in Ufa and the Poltavskaya fuel depot in Krasnodar were targeted in one of Ukraine's deepest strikes against Russian energy infrastructure.
Ukraine struck the Bashneft refinery in Ufa, 1,500 km from the front, and a Krasnodar fuel depot.
The two targets process over 14 million tonnes of crude oil per year.
Ukraine's central bank governor says the strikes will have major economic consequences for Russia.
The tanker Deliver was stopped in French waters on Tuesday and escorted to an anchorage point for inspection — the latest in a string of European actions against Russia's sanctions-evading shadow fleet.
The tanker Deliver, suspected of shadow fleet ties, was intercepted by the French Navy on Tuesday.
The vessel is being escorted to an anchorage point for sanctions-compliance inspections.
France joins EU nations actively targeting ships that help Russia evade the oil embargo.
The Ukrainian president says communications infrastructure on Belarusian soil, used to support Russian drone attacks, stopped operating days after he issued an ultimatum to Lukashenko.
Zelensky says communications equipment in Belarus used by Russia has stopped functioning.
The announcement comes days after he issued a public ultimatum to Lukashenko.
No independent confirmation; the cause and duration of the shutdown remain unknown.
A Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser confirms the neutralization of unmanned surface vessels equipped with commercial satellite terminals, despite SpaceX's stated restrictions on Russian access.
Ukraine repelled a Russian maritime attack and destroyed naval drones in the Black Sea.
The Russian vessels were equipped with Starlink terminals despite SpaceX's stated restrictions.
The incident raises questions about the effectiveness of SpaceX's technical countermeasures against Russian access.
Russia struck the Nikopol district again on Tuesday, killing three civilians and damaging an agricultural facility, a post office and a service station.
Three civilians killed and six wounded in Russian strikes on the Nikopol district.
An agricultural facility, a post office and a service station were damaged.
Emergency teams extinguished fires and evacuated the wounded to hospital.
Poland's nationalist president revoked the Order of the White Eagle awarded to Zelensky, triggering a public clash with his own government at a critical moment in the war.
Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle granted to Zelensky, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
Tusk condemns the move as a strategic blunder harmful to Poland's alliances in wartime.
The presidency-government rift undermines Warsaw's coherence within NATO and the EU.