Independent Russian news agency and information services group
Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on Russian refineries, depots and fuel convoys. Russia has introduced local rationing, banned gasoline and jet-fuel exports, and is weighing a diesel export ban while opening antitrust probes, forming an industry task force and planning imports and subsidies to stabilise supplies.
A Tu-22M3 bomber crash near the Angara river has left four crew members hospitalized. The Defense Ministry says the crew ejected and there is no ground damage; unverified footage shows nose-diving into a wooded area near Kamenka. Reports tie the incident to Belaya airbase, home to strategic bombers.
Crimea’s power grid has faced a regionwide outage linked to external interference, with authorities citing an enemy attack on energy infrastructure outside Sevastopol. Power is being restored in phases, and casualties were reported in separate attacks as Ukrainian drone strikes target energy and transport assets.