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Ukraine is repeatedly targeting Russia’s oil infrastructure, the lucrative engine of the Kremlin’s war economy, to ramp up financial pressure on Moscow to make peace by imposing a substantial cost to its invasion, which began in February 2022.
Some of America's closest European allies say they're already in a gray zone between peace and war with Russia.
The scene looks almost post-apocalyptic. A convoy of Russian soldiers emerging from thick fog and moving towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Some of the troops are riding motorcycles and mopeds;
Last month, the US sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil producers, prompting some buyers in Asia to say they’d scale back purchases. But it’s difficult to know what buying curtailments are really happening as tankers wait until the last moment to reveal where they’re headed.
New footage reveals North Korean troops clearing mines in Russia's Kursk region, highlighting deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang amid ongoing conflict.
Moscow’s attacks on gas supplies, the main source of warmth for most Ukrainian households, could plunge millions into the cold.
Military capability of Western alliance remains 'formidable' despite questions around US commitment to untested 'mutual assistance' agreement
Ukraine has warned that Russia has turned its "scorched earth" tactics to the country's energy infrastructure as it ups its campaign ahead of winter. It comes as Moscow's ambassador in Romania was confronted with 'irrefutable proof' over an airspace violation.