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The Orsk refinery shutdown—six months of repairs, 6 million metric tons of annual capacity offline—has pushed Orenburg Oblast into license-plate-based gasoline rationing.

Ukrainian drone attacks cut Russian crude exports by nearly 700,000 barrels per day in early May, with oil product loadings falling 23 percent in July to an all-time low of 4.7 million tonnes.

The Kremlin has expanded book bans and deployed "foreign agent" laws more aggressively, driving dissent underground as wartime controls deepen.

The attack on Nizhnekamsk, more than 1,100 kilometers from the border, injured 75 and ranks among the deadliest strikes on Russian soil since the full-scale war began.

None of Russia's 24 ballistic missiles were intercepted during an overnight barrage that killed 21 people and injured dozens in Ukraine's capital region.

An overnight barrage of ballistic missiles and drones struck Ukraine's capital, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to blame exhausted interceptor supplies for the deaths.

The White House visit positions Trump for a new aid package worth $25 billion, creating a bonanza for defense contractors and forcing isolationist Republicans to recalibrate.

Kyiv's drone strikes on Russian tankers and cargo ships in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov on July 21-22 escalate economic warfare against Moscow's crude exports.

Conflicting accounts regarding control of a key village in Ukraine’s Sumy region introduce fresh uncertainty, prompting institutional investors to reassess risk premiums across global fixed income markets.

A high-profile opinion piece advocating for formal US-Ukraine tech collaboration ignites a DC scramble for defense contracts and aid, reshaping the geopolitical and financial landscape for American and European firms.