Ukraine’s reported drone strike on Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery shows that Kyiv is no longer only defending its own cities. It is also trying to hit the economic systems that help Moscow sustain the war. The Tuapse refinery, located on Russia’s Black Sea coast and owned by Rosneft, is important because it processes and exports … Read more
A worker has been killed near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising new fears around Europe’s largest nuclear facility. Russian-installed management at the plant said a Ukrainian drone strike killed a driver in the plant’s transport department. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its team on site would investigate and continue monitoring the situation. … Read more
Odesa has again been targeted by Russian drone and missile attacks, showing why the southern Ukrainian port city remains one of Moscow’s most important pressure points. Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone attack before dawn wounded 14 people, including two children, in the latest wave of strikes on civilian and urban areas. The attack came … Read more
The Dagestan floods matter because they stopped being “bad weather” almost immediately and turned into a full infrastructure emergency. Reuters reported on March 28 that authorities declared a state of emergency in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s southern Dagestan region, after heavy rainfall caused flooding and cut electricity to more than 327,000 people across 283 … Read more