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Ukraine strikes Russia's Omsk oil refinery in Siberia, General Staff confirms
Videos and images from local residents, shared by Ukrainian monitoring channels, show explosions, fire, and smoke rising from the area surrounding the oil refinery.
Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills 6, injures 17, disrupts electricity, water supplies
At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm DTEK announced emergency energy shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts of the capital.
Polish SIM cards found in Russian drones downed in Poland
An investigation on a mass Russian drone incursion into Polish air space on Sept. 9 concluded on Oct. 8.
Inside Operation Vivaldi — how Ukraine uses drones, robots to liberate territory in Donetsk Oblast
DONETSK OBLAST — On a screen, live footage from a reconnaissance drone shows two men in Ukrainian pixel camouflage dashing in short bursts through the ruins of apartment buildings. Then they vanish into a basement. It is late summer, and the 3rd Army Corps and attached units are fully engaged in a counteroffensive in the Lyman sector called Operation Vivaldi. Russian forces are trying to recapture Lyman, a city in Donetsk Oblast that Russian officials have claimed their forces control. Ukrainia
Ukrainian actor Serhii Strelnikov enlists in Unmanned Systems Forces
Strelnikov has starred in several critically acclaimed films in recent years, including the 2026 action-thriller "Killhouse," where he played a special forces commander.
US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart
At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
About Oleksii Chernyshov
Oleksii Chernyshov is Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Unity, a position he assumed in December 2024. Born on September 4, 1977, Chernyshov previously served as CEO of Naftogaz Group from 2022 to 2024, Minister for Communities and Territories Development from 2020 to 2022, and Kyiv Region Governor from 2019 to 2020. In June 2025, he became the first sitting Ukrainian deputy prime minister to face corruption charges in a land grab case.
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