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Ukraine Drones Strike Russian Energy, Prompt Putin Countermeasures

6/25/2026

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Ukraine says its drone campaign targets Russian energy sites to cut financing.
Ukrainian drones struck Sevastopol power lines, Russian oil refineries and a gas-processing plant.
The attacks killed a man, wounded a woman in Belgorod and two people in Nizhny Novgorod.
Damage to a refinery will keep it offline and prompt Russia to consider a diesel export ban.
President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv of destabilising Russian society and announced counter-measures.

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Ukraine says its drone campaign targets Russian energy sites to cut financing.
Ukrainian drones struck Sevastopol power lines, Russian oil refineries and a gas-processing plant.
The attacks killed a man, wounded a woman in Belgorod and two people in Nizhny Novgorod.
Damage to a refinery will keep it offline and prompt Russia to consider a diesel export ban.
President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv of destabilising Russian society and announced counter-measures.