Aleksandr Drozdenko

The developments follow Russian attacks a day earlier that damaged port infrastructure and caused power cuts in Izmail, a vital export hub on the Danube River near the Romanian border

The interception came against a backdrop of heightened concern in Europe over unauthorized drone activity, more than four years into the Russia-Ukraine war

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The shortages first emerged in Russian-occupied Crimea in May but have since spread across almost the entire country, with only two Russian regions reportedly unaffected

Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has launched price-fixing proceedings against six gas station chains in the Moscow region, Interfax reported Monday, as authorities scramble to contain a nationwide fuel crisis triggered by Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries

The crackdown follows separate FAS investigations opened last month into suspected cartel activity among three major wholesale fuel traders and potential gouging at two Moscow gas station chains

The fuel crisis, which escalated first in Russian-controlled Crimea and prompted a state of emergency and a full ban on fuel sales to ordinary people on June 21, is now reaching across Russia’s 11 time zones

The fuel crisis, which escalated first in Russian-controlled Crimea and prompted a state of emergency and a full ban on fuel sales to ordinary people on June 21, is now reaching across Russia’s 11 time zones

Frustrations over Russia’s petrol shortages have run so deep that fistfights have broken out among exasperated motorists waiting for hours in line

The fuel crisis, which escalated first in Russian-controlled Crimea and prompted a state of emergency and a full ban on fuel sales to ordinary people on June 21, is now reaching across Russia’s 11 time zones

A wave of Ukrainian long-range drones has struck the St Petersburg region overnight, hitting an oil terminal and a Baltic Sea port in one of the largest deep-strike operations targeting President Vladimir Putin’s home city

Ukraine drones hit Russian military targets in St Petersburg in second wave

Petersburg residents not to go outside and warned of possible disruptions to mobile internet service

Ukraine launched a series of air strikes targeting an oil facility and a naval air base near St Petersburg late Tuesday night, hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum

Russian attacks killed 21 people in cities across Ukraine on Tuesday, May 5, as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow's "utter cynicism" for launching deadly strikes while seeking a truce to stage its May 9 patriotic parade

The attack forms part of a broader escalation in Ukraine's long-range drone campaign, which has intensified over the past two months

A video circulating on social media purported to show the moment a drone crashed into one of the apartment buildings in Cheboskary before bursting into a fireball

The two neighbors have been firing waves of explosive-packed drones at each other daily throughout the four-year war, as talks to end the conflict have gone nowhere

Nineteen drones were intercepted over the Leningrad region that is home to the Port of Primorsk, which can export more than 1 million barrels of oil per day

Satellite imagery and verified videos show Ukraine has repeatedly struck key Russian oil export infrastructure near the Baltic Sea in the past week, leaving some facilities burning for several days

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A drone strike claimed by Ukraine triggered a fire at Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga as the regional governor on Sunday reported new damage at the major exporting hub hit for a second time in days

Local authorities did not identify the unmanned aerial vehicle as Russian or Ukrainian

Ukraine strikes Russia’s largest Baltic oil terminal

An explosion at a military police headquarters in the northwestern Leningrad region has left at least three people dead and led to the partial collapse of the building, local media reported Tuesday

An explosion at a Russian military police facility near St Petersburg has caused several floors of the building to collapse