An oil refinery in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia. — Reuters/File Refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Crude prices and transportation costs will increase due to the change in supply. China’s independent refiners will cut production if ESPO’s supply hits. Chinese and Indian refiners will source more … Read more
Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the western border region of Kurskwarning that Russia was “getting what it deserves.” Although it is not immediately clear how far Ukraine has progressed in the region, the assault comes at a critical time in the near term. three year conflict with both sides seeking to increase their leverage … Read more
Speculation Grows Over Russian Involvement in Deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crash – CBS News Watch CBS News Speculation is growing that the Russian military may have played a role in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people and injured 29 survivors in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day. Moscow initially suggested a bird strike was … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, hitting a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning, Ukrainian officials said. People take shelter at a metro station during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, … Read more
Drag is not — or at least shouldn’t be — political, let alone extreme in its politics. But when such works of art are targeted by politicians and policies aimed at making them disappear from public view altogether (whether in the name of country, church, children, or any combination thereof), drag artists have little recourse … Read more
Ukraine claims responsibility for assassination of top Russian general in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who oversaw Russia’s chemical weapons unit, was killed when a bomb hidden in a scooter exploded as he left a Moscow building. Haley Ott reports.
Moscow — The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, was killed along with his deputy on Tuesday morning in an explosion in Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee announced. Ukrainian security sources told CBS News that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) killed Kirillov during a special operation. This … Read more
Air raid sirens sounded in kyiv on Wednesday as the Ukrainian capital prepared for a possible Russian airstrike that did not happen. The U.S. Embassy in kyiv had already announced its temporary closure Wednesday due to a “potential significant air attack,” and a Ukrainian military official told CBS News he had information that Russia might … Read more
It’s been 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. A day after the United States approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia, a Russian strike killed seven people in the Sumy region. The United States has authorized the use of missiles on targets deep inside Russia, some with a range of nearly 200 miles.
President Biden’s decision Allowing Ukraine to fire U.S.-made and supplied missiles deeper into Russia — a major policy shift announced over the weekend after months of intense lobbying from kyiv — sparked a furious backlash from the part of Moscow. Although there was no immediate reaction from the man who launched the nearly three-year war … Read more