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TMI BlogUkraine, Russia trade long-range attacks as officials probe possibilities for peaceX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Ukraine, Russia trade long-range attacks as officials probe possibilities for peace X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f renewed diplomatic efforts to end it. Ukraine's state energy company, Ukrenergo, said it imposed emergency blackouts due to the Russian attack. Russia has repeatedly hammered Ukraine's power grid throughout the war. Meanwhile, as part of its long-range drone campaign against targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine hit a refinery in Russia's Saratov region about 500 kilometres from Ukraine's bord ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er, the Army General Staff claimed. The facility produces gasoline, fuel oil and diesel fuel for the Russian military, it said. International efforts are afoot to stop the fighting, with President Donald Trump's senior advisers expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later this week on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss a path toward ending the war. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and retired Lt Gen Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, are among the US administration officials travelling to Germany for the summit. Zelenskyy said late Monday that Trump's representatives will visit Ukraine this week, ahead of Munich, though he didn't provide details. The Ukrainian government aims to sidestep ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... new US tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, according to Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Development Minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko. Metallurgical products make up nearly 58% of Ukrainian exports to the US, earning Ukraine just over USD 500 million last year, she said. Ukraine is also offering to make a deal with Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for deve ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... loping Ukraine's mineral industry, including rare earth elements needed for modern technology. The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 124 Shahed and decoy drones across Ukraine overnight. In addition, at least 19 Russian missiles of various types hit Ukrainian gas production facilities, it said. Reports in Russia of the claimed Ukrainian drone attack were sketchy. Officials rarely provide d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... etails of successful Ukrainian attacks. The governor of Russia's Saratov region, Roman Busargin, reported a Ukrainian drone attack that sparked a brief fire and inflicted damage on an unspecified “industrial facility.” He said that the fire was put out within hours. One unconfirmed Russian media report identified the attacked facility as the Saratov oil refinery, part of Russia's state-run oil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... giant Rosneft. Some other unconfirmed reports said the attack also targeted Engels, a city in the Saratov region that houses multiple industrial plants. In addition, the main base of Russia's nuclear-capable strategic bombers is located just outside Engels. It has come under repeated Ukrainian drone attacks since the early stages of the war, forcing the Russian military to relocate most of it ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s bombers to other areas. (AP) NPK NPK X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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