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Russia
The Volgograd refinery is operated by Lukoil, an industry giant, and is touted as the "biggest producer of oil products in the federal South district," covering eight regions in southwest Russia.
Feb. 3
Putin
Nadezhdin has spent weeks criticising long-term President Putin and the Kremlin's military offensive in Ukraine, which is nearly into its third year.
Feb. 3
Putin
Earlier this week for nearly four hours, some of the Russia's biggest websites, including its main search engine, Yandex, went offline. Possible reason: Putin’s push for Russia’s “sovereign internet."
Feb. 2
Ukraine
In a preliminary ruling in March 2022, the ICJ sided with Ukraine and ordered Russia to halt its invasion immediately.
Feb. 2
Russia
Russian commanders had big hopes for tank-tipped assault and backed it with smoke trucks, air strikes and heavy flame throwers. Cheap Ukrainian kamikaze drones cut the attack to pieces.
Feb. 2
Europe
Romania’s chief general calls on European countries to start preparing their people for war with Russia, warning that Putin will begin an escalation in the near future.
Feb. 2
US
Washington’s “circular swap” scheme - where new weapons are provided to replace a nation’s old weapons, if it gives them to Ukraine – hasn’t gone down well in the Kremlin.
Feb. 2
War in Ukraine
The energy provider Ukrenergo said one of its substations in the city – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town – was damaged during the attack on Friday.
Feb. 2
War in Ukraine
Ukraine dragged Russia before the International Court of Justice only a few days after the invasion, seeking to battle its neighbour on all fronts, legal as well as diplomatic and military.
Feb. 2
Energy
IAEA head Rafael Grossi is to visit the site next week after holding high-level talks on Tuesday in Kyiv
Feb. 1
Russia
Details are still coming in but Thursday may have been the most ambitious and complex Ukrainian air strike of the war so far. Both sides say Kyiv’s airmen returned to base safely.
Feb. 1
War in Ukraine
The seven members of the band Bi-2 had been detained by Thailand, raising fears they risked deportation to Russia, although all its members had by Thursday been allowed to leave for Israel.
Feb. 1
War in Ukraine
A partisan spokesperson told Kyiv Post that a Russian citizen who is “ideologically and proactively working” for Ukraine set fire to a railroad relay cabinet used to transport missiles on Jan. 30.
Feb. 1
War in Ukraine
The Russian president has again stressed that the Kremlin’s objective is to seize as much of Ukraine’s territory as possible, including Kharkiv.
Feb. 1
Ukraine
Kyiv had accused Moscow of being a "terrorist state" whose support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was a harbinger of the full-fledged 2022 invasion.
Jan. 31
War in Ukraine
The Russian Orthodox Church stressed that thanks to their work with the “Special Military Operation” soldiers in the “trenches” no longer shy away from Christian symbols.
Jan. 31
A live broadcast on North Korean state TV saw seven members of Putin’s delegation thrown out for unknowingly breaking protocol by entering before the “Supreme Leader.”
Jun. 20