The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
The sanctions list includes 58 individuals and 74 companies, with 67 Russian enterprises related to military technology.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
Despite the Kremlin's announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the front line.
Putin has done in Russia everything that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been against in Brazil.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
Russian governor claims attempted drone attack on oil refinery in Yaroslavl
A drone attempted to attack one of Russia's largest oil refineries located in Yaroslavl and was suppressed by electronic warfare, Mikhail Yevrayev, the regional governor, reported on Jan. 29.
Multiple drone strikes on oil depots in Russia, including in Krasnodar, Bryansk, Oryol, and Leningrad regions, were reported in January. Kyiv usually doesn’t comment on attacks on Russian soil.
Yevrayev said the attempted attack on the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl caused no fire or casualties. Law enforcement and first responders are reportedly working on the scene.
Contrary to the governor's claims, the Russian Telegram channel Shot reported a small fire extinguished by the company's employees at the site of the drone crash, and debris from the drone was scattered throughout the refinery.
The Russian Telegram channel 112 later claimed that according to preliminary data, the drone was homemade, and Russian security services are trying to establish its origin.
The Kyiv Independent is unable to verify these claims.
The city of Yaroslavl lies in western Russia, over 700 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Explosions and fires in several Russian regions were reported on Jan. 21 in a possible coordinated Ukrainian strike against infrastructure targets in Russia's rear. A fire broke out at a Novatek gas plant near St. Petersburg after an alleged drone attack, causing the plant to halt operations.
Novatek is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia. Bloomberg reported on Jan. 23 that Russian seaborne crude oil exports hit their lowest level in two months in the wake of the attack.
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