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Ukraine
UK Targets Putin’s War Machine With Fresh Sanctions
The UK government’s latest sanctions target Russia’s energy sector, including four major oil companies, while also disrupting its military supply chains.
Dec. 20, 2025
Russia
Ukraine Hits Russian Warship in Caspian Sea, Opening New Drone Front
Ukraine’s General Staff said it carried out additional strikes on Friday night in the Caspian Sea – far from Ukraine’s borders – targeting a Russian vessel and oil facilities.
Dec. 20, 2025
Russia
Explosions Rock Rostov, Bataysk After Drone Attack on Oil Tanker
Explosions hit Rostov-on-Don and Bataysk overnight as a drone strike set an oil tanker on fire at the port. Two crew members were killed, Russian officials said.
Dec. 18, 2025
Russia
Ukraine Confirms Deep Strikes on Russian Oil Refinery, Gas Platform
Explosions and fires were reported across southern Russia as Ukrainian drones hit energy sites, with Moscow claiming 94 drones downed.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2025
Russia
EU Targets 9 New Players Behind Russia’s Shadow Fleet
The EU has sanctioned five individuals and four companies over Russia’s shadow fleet, aiming to block covert oil exports that fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
‘No Russian Facility Is Safe,’ SBU Source Says After Third Strike on Caspian Oil Platforms
SBU long-range drones struck a Russian Lukoil oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the third time in a week, damaging key equipment and halting production, Kyiv Post sources say.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
Russia’s Oil Facilities Burn After Ukraine Confirms Widespread Strikes on Military Infrastructure
Drone attacks hit oil depots and refineries in Volgograd, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar Krai, and Crimea, triggering fires, evacuations, and airport closures, Russian officials said.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2025
Energy
Drone Strike Sets One of Central Russia’s Biggest Refineries on Fire
The strike on Yaroslavl comes less than 24 hours after Ukraine carried out its biggest and most wide-reaching combined drone attack of the full-scale war.
Dec. 12, 2025
Ukraine
Russian Oil Export Revenues Tank for Third Consecutive Month
Ukraine’s intensified strikes and international sanctions have deepened pressure on Russia’s oil sector, driving export revenues to their lowest point since the invasion.
Dec. 11, 2025
Ukraine
Ukraine Launches War’s Most Massive Drone-Missile Strikes, Russian Energy Targeted
Five Russian oil refineries set ablaze, four airfield strikes, a Lukoil offshore rig ablaze in the Caspian Sea – all in one night – noisily contradicted Trump’s claim that “Ukraine has no cards.”
Dec. 11, 2025
Drones
WATCH: Ukraine’s Sea Drones Cripple Another Russian Tanker
The Comoros Island-flagged “Dashan”, worth an estimated $30 million and said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, typically carries about $60 million in Russian petroleum products.
Dec. 11, 2025
Germany
Damaged Pipeline at Rosneft Refinery Causes Large Oil Spill in Germany
The PCK refinery rear the border with Poland is majority-owned by Rosneft Deutschland, a local subsidiary of the Russian oil giant.
Dec. 11, 2025
Energy
Ukrainian Drones Hit Rosneft’s Ryazan Refinery Again – 9 Strikes This Year
The refinery supplies Moscow and the surrounding region and processed 13.1 million tons of crude in 2024, about 5% of Russia’s total refining capacity.
Dec. 6, 2025
Putin
Putin Offers India ‘Uninterrupted’ Oil in Summit Talks With Modi
Donald Trump imposed punishing 50 percent tariffs on most Indian products in August, citing New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil – revenue Washington argues helps fund the war in Ukraine.
Dec. 5, 2025
Energy
Syzran Oil Refinery in Samara – Key Rosneft Facility – Hit by Ukrainian Drones
The Syzran plant has been repeatedly targeted as part of Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s oil industry, which funds and fuels Moscow’s war machine.
Dec. 5, 2025
Sanctions
Oil Refinery Shutdown Could Hurt Serbia for Years, Experts Say
The loss of the Russian-controlled refinery, which provided 80 percent of Serbia’s fuel needs, also means a massive increase in imports to fill the gap.
Dec. 5, 2025