Mikhail Razvozhayev

Robert Shageyev was ‌a former Ukrainian naval officer who fled to Crimea after switching allegiance to ‌Russia during Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to Russian Telegram channels

Cutting-edge drones developed by Kyiv since Russia invaded more than four years ago have repeatedly targeted Russian ships in the Black Sea, including warships and oil tankers

Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 17 as Zelenskyy renewed calls for more Patriot missile defences

Ukrainian drone strikes kill five near Moscow

They included one soldier and three civilians aged 71, 64 and 59

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

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

Kremlin-backed authorities in the port city of Sevastopol, where Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is based, directly attributed the blackout to an “enemy attack on energy infrastructure outside the borders of Sevastopol.”

Ukrainian Drones Fall Near Major Russian Ports on Baltic Coast

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

Putin bombards Kyiv as Nato leaders prepare for Trump summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared a 40-day campaign of targeted airstrikes “against the aggressor state aimed at compelling it to end the war” on Thursday as the Kremlin found itself on the back foot as fuel shortages worsened across Russia

Meanwhile, Kyiv claimed fresh strikes on military targets in Crimea, including air defense systems and facilities at Saky airfield, while Russian authorities reported a fire at the Poltavskaya oil depot in Krasnodar Krai following alleged drone activity

Vladimir Putin addressed Russia’s worsening fuel crisis for the first time on Tuesday as Ukrainian forces showed no signs of relenting in their campaign of systematic strikes on Russian energy infrastructure

The operation was part of Ukraine’s aerial campaign targeting energy facilities and military industries that has intensified as Kyiv builds bigger and better long-range weapons to defeat Russia’s all-out invasion, now in its fifth year

Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed governor of Crimea, announced the curfew on Tuesday, a day after his adviser criticized loud motorbikes for allegedly disrupting the work of mobile air defense firing groups during air raid alerts

Russia is facing almost daily Ukrainian attacks on its oil infrastructure

Attack on Crimean bridge comes as Zelensky’s drone chief warns Putin will lose access to Crimea in ‘near future’

Russia is facing almost daily Ukrainian attacks on its oil infrastructure

Video shows a Ukrainian-made ‘FP-5 Flamingo’ cruise missile flying deep inside Russia before striking a military plant in Cheboksary that President Zelenskyy said supplied components for Russian drones and missiles

The explosion took place around 5.30am on Tuesday, when a BMW X3 exploded near Koldunova Street in Balashikha’s Aviatorov neighbourhood, with reports saying the driver was pulling out of a parking space

Crimea deaths follow Saint Petersburg attacks that rattled Putin’s showcase forum

More than four years since ​the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing almost daily Ukrainian attacks on its oil infrastructure while Western sanctions have made crude exports more costly

Russian Black Sea Port of Tuapse Tackles Fire After Drone Strike

Under the new restrictions, motorists in Sevastopol will be capped at a 20-liter (5.2-gallon) purchase limit per vehicle or container at locations of the TES gas station chain

In response to Russian bombardments on its territory over the past four years, Ukraine has been sending drones toward Russia almost every night, with a particular focus on energy infrastructure

Russian forces attacked Zhytomyr Oblast on the night of 25-26 April, damaging an infrastructure facility

It comes as Ukraine sacked a military commander after images of severely undernourished frontline soldiers sparked outrage across the country

The facility has an annual processing capacity of up to 8.8 million metric tons of oil

In addition, an electric line was damaged, causing a limited power outage in Sevastopol

Crimea's Sevastopol hit by deadly Ukrainian strike, governor confirms

Russian Black Sea fleet ships are anchored in one of the bays of Sevastopol, Crimea