Russia, Ukraine and Kirishi Oil
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Kyiv targets critical energy infrastructure in the Baltic and Black Seas while President Zelenskyy proposes a strategic "Drone Deal" with Finland at the Yerevan summit.
EADaily, May 5th, 2026. Last night, Ukraine hit one of the largest refineries in Russia, Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) in the Leningrad region and the VNIIR-Progress military plant in Cheboksary, which produces protection for Russian drones.
The International Atomic Energy Agency was informed that a lab at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, the largest in Europe, has been hit by a drone
Russian air defenses shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions overnight, military officials said Tuesday, in what appeared to be the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia in the three-year war.
On 3 May, Russia conducted its largest combined drone and missile assault of the war, deploying 234 drones and multiple missiles against Ukrainian targets and causing significant casualties and damage. Ukrainian air defences intercepted or suppressed most ...