Steve Rosenberg: Moscow oil refinery attack brings Russia's war with Ukraine closer to home
There are moments when life in Moscow feels completely normal – Thursday morning wasn’t one of them, writes Steve Rosenberg.
There are moments when life in Moscow feels completely normal – Thursday morning wasn’t one of them, writes Steve Rosenberg.
Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Russia has pledged to carry out frequent and “massive group strikes” against Ukraine shortly after Kyiv launched a barrage of drones on Moscow,…
In Ukraine, local officials report eight injured in overnight Russian drone strikes and shelling.
Ahead of its own midnight ceasefire on Wednesday (Tuesday 22:00 GMT), Ukraine also launched a series of aerial attacks on Russia, hitting an industrial area in Kirishi in the Leningrad region and a factory that produces military components in Cheboksary, in the Chuvash Republic.
A traffic police officer and the suspect were killed in the explosion, Russian officials say.
A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow and has been hospitalized, authorities said early Friday, in the latest attack on the country’s top military brass. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a deputy chief of Russian military intelligence, was shot several times by an unknown assailant in a residential building in the northwest of the…
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro shakes hands with his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Moscow Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel | TASS |Getty Images Russia’s reaction to the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been cautious, with Moscow weighing up the potential geopolitical benefits and opportunities of the U.S.’ unilateral action against the…
Moscow — A Russian general was killed Monday morning when an explosive device detonated underneath his car in Moscow, and investigators said Ukraine could be behind the attack, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’…
James Chaterand Laura Gozzi EPA Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday, after the White House said it was “very optimistic” about reaching a deal to end the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has acted as an outside adviser in diplomatic talks,…
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Heads of State Council at the Yntymak Ordo (Palace of Unity) presidential residence in Bishkek on November 27, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin…