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A major Russian oil depot has been set ablaze after Ukrainian troops launched a \u201cmassive drone attack\u201d over 100 miles inside Russian territory.
The Stalnoy Kon oil refinery, part of Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s \u201cmilitary industrial complex\u201d that supplies Russian troops, was struck overnight, Kyiv<\/a>\u2019s chief of staff said.
The Russian governor of Oryol said on Telegram that fuel had caught fire at \u201ca facility\u201d in the region after the \u201cmassive drone attack\u201d.
Russian media reported images, purportedly of the attack, showing clouds of smoke billowing up into the night sky from a fire.
It comes after Poland was forced to scramble fighter jets to \u201censure the security of Polish airspace\u201d after Russia<\/a> launched a massive aerial attack<\/a> against Ukraine<\/a>.
The Polish military said ground-based air defences and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness during the attack overnight yesterday.
Meanwhile, Russia fired 93 missiles and almost 200 drones at Ukraine, with Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> describing it as one of the heaviest bombardments on the country\u2019s energy sector since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022.
US treasury secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that the US is looking at further sanctions on \u201cdark fleet\u201d tankers and will not rule out sanctions on Chinese banks as it seeks to reduce Russia\u2019s oil revenue and access to foreign supplies to fuel its war in Ukraine.
Ms Yellen said in an interview that the US and its allies also could consider lowering their $60-per-barrel oil price cap on Russian oil, which prohibits Western insurance and maritime services on cargoes above that level.
The treasury has already sanctioned individual tankers and their owners for operating above the price cap and can do more in this area, Ms Yellen added, suggesting additional measures in the five weeks before she leaves office.
The European Union is preparing to impose its first sanctions against Russian intelligence for orchestrating disinformation and hybrid activities, Bloomberg reported. The proposed sanctions will target over a dozen individuals and three entities, including Russian intelligence officials and media entrepreneurs.
This move aims to counteract global destabilising operations attributed to Moscow.
Additionally, the EU intends to impose sanctions on approximately two dozen Belarusian individuals for alleged human rights abuses or connections to president Alexander Lukashenko\u2019s regime.
This is part of a comprehensive sanctions package set to be ratified by EU foreign ministers on 16 December in Brussels.
The latest proposals align with the EU ambassadors\u2019 recent endorsement of a 15th sanctions package against Russia. Announced by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council on 11 December, this package targets Russia\u2019s \u201cshadow fleet\u201d of older tankers used to circumvent oil export restrictions.
President Zelensky stresses that even with an invitation to the NATO military alliance, long-term protection would still be uncertain in the face of future Russian aggression
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will attend a meeting with the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Nato and the EU in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss support for his country in its war with Russia, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters.
The meeting comes as European countries face the possibility of the US, Ukraine\u2019s largest source of support, changing its approach to the conflict when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
Mr Zelensky and some of his European allies have called for European troops to be deployed to Ukraine to act as a deterrent to further military action by Russia after any ceasefire.
\u201cIt won\u2019t be a meeting that has concrete decisions, but more political to discuss the coming weeks and months,\u201d said a source familiar with the meeting.
The gathering, hosted by Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte, will be held on the day leaders were already due to meet for the EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels, and involve a joint meeting and several bilateral meetings with Mr Zelensky.
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UK defence secretary John Healey says the exercise will improve the ability to innovate at wartime speed
At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalising a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva to protest Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and what they see as the UN’s failure to stop the conflict
The\u00a0fall of the Assad\u00a0regime in\u00a0Syria\u00a0has led to questions over\u00a0Russia\u2019s ability to sustain its military adventures abroad. Russia had\u00a0supported Assad militarily\u00a0for over a decade, building on longstanding ties between\u00a0Moscow\u00a0and Damascus.
But the rapid advance of anti-government forces this month saw Russia apparently powerless to influence the situation beyond a number of airstrikes (as always, apparently mostly delivered on civilian targets) in support of government forces.
That has inevitably led people to draw conclusions about Russia\u2019s ability to project power overseas, and what it may mean for the course of the war in Ukraine.
The end of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s rule in Syria has led to many asking questions about Russia\u2019s ability to project power overseas, and what it may mean for the course of the war in Ukraine. Here, Keir Giles explains why we should be wary of any hasty conclusions
A major Russian oil depot has been set ablaze after Ukrainian troops launched a \u201cmassive drone attack\u201d over 100 miles inside Russian territory.
The Stalnoy Kon oil refinery, part of\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201cmilitary industrial complex\u201d that supplies Russian troops, was struck overnight,\u00a0Kyiv\u2019s chief of staff said.
The Russian governor of Oryol said on Telegram that fuel had caught fire at \u201ca facility\u201d in the region after the \u201cmassive drone attack\u201d.
Russian media reported images, purportedly of the attack, showing clouds of smoke billowing up into the night sky from a fire.
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