Ferrexpo's board welcomed the investment, with Lucio Genovese, the board’s non-executive chair, writing in a statement that the company will be able to resume exports to international customers, resume spending it had previously postponed and increase production when conditions in Ukraine improve.
The Rosneft-owned Saratov refinery is a major oil-processing facility that has been targeted by Ukrainian forces in multiple previous strikes.
The attack has killed at least two people and injured 10 others, according to local officials. The strike signals a definitive end to Kyiv's brief respite while hosting U.S. envoys.
“My feeling (is) that Putin needs Trump,” Zelensky told Axios, adding that the Russian leader does not want to upset the U.S. president.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said on Sept. 7 that he had submitted his resignation.
NATO fighter jets were scrambled three times between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6 in response to Russian military aircraft operating near the Baltic states, according to data from Lithuania's Defense Ministry.
Key developments on Sept. 7: * Russian drones fly toward Kyiv amid temporary attack pause on capitals * Russia has enough resources to wage war through 2028, Ukraine's military intelligence says * Ukraine claims strikes on railway bridge and Russian aircraft in Russian-occupied Crimea * Kyiv shortens curfew to 1-5 am * Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotaged communication tower ahead of oil refinery strike, Atesh group claims * Ukrainian drone blitz hits 3 Russian oil refineries, Zelensky confi
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"In 2026, the U.N. should not need a reminder: Crimea is Ukraine," said Ukrainian lawmaker Kira Rudik.
