Ukraine said it attacked a major oil refinery in central Russia for the second time this week, as Kyiv continues to target the country’s energy infrastructure.
Long-range drones at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Photographer: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree aimed at simplifying the process for residents of Moldova’s pro-Moscow region of Transnistria to obtain Russian citizenship, drawing a sharp response from Ukraine.
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The Kremlin confirmed President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China on May 19-20, days after President Xi Jinping’s summit in the Chinese capital with his US counterpart Donald Trump.
TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik ** (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: SERGEI BOBYLYOV/Getty Images
A pause in Iranian oil shipments from Kharg Island, the nation’s main export hub, is most likely the result of an oil spill in the area, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite imagery to monitor vessel movements.
A Russian court ordered the Euroclear Ltd. clearinghouse to pay €200 billion ($233 billion) to the nation’s central bank, according to the Interfax news service, in a suit related to the European Union’s freeze of Russian assets.
A Russian court ordered the Euroclear Ltd. clearinghouse to pay €200 billion ($233 billion) to the nation’s central bank, according to the Interfax news service, in a suit related to the European Union’s freeze of Russian assets.
Russia is getting a further boost from the Iran war as the price for its flagship Urals oil export blend reached the highest since October 2023 for tax purposes this month.
Russia is getting a further boost from the Iran war as the price for its flagship Urals oil export blend reached the highest since October 2023 for tax purposes this month.
Russia expects its oil production to remain flat in 2026 and grow modestly in the coming two years as its energy infrastructure comes under intense drone attacks from Ukraine.
Oil storage facilities destroyed by a drone attack at the Tuapse oil refinery in Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
Discounts on Russia’s flagship crude widened for the first time since the start of the Iran war, as shifting expectations over a possible end to the Middle East conflict rattled oil markets.
Storage tanks at the oil terminal in Saint Petersburg.
Ukraine said it struck two major fuel-producing facilities and an oil pumping station in Russia, adding more pressure on the nation’s refinery runs that hit multi-year lows in April.
A Ukrainian long-range drone at an undisclosed location in 2025.
Russia’s oil tax revenues jumped to a six-month high last month as the Kremlin started reaping the benefits of a crude rally driven by the war in Iran. With oil still trading near $100 a barrel, the windfall is set to continue.
Top US officials spent Monday and Tuesday offering new details on the role the US military will play in helping ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz as part of President Donald Trump’s bid to break Iran’s chokehold over the waterway.
A bulk cargo ship sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on May 2, 2026. Photographer: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/AP Photo
Top US officials spent Monday and Tuesday offering new details on the role the US military will play in helping ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz as part of President Donald Trump’s bid to break Iran’s chokehold over the waterway.
A bulk cargo ship sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on May 2, 2026. Photographer: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/AP Photo
One Iranian oil tanker may have slipped through a US blockade of the Persian Gulf state’s shipping, according to TankerTrackers.com, a firm that uses satellite imagery to monitor vessel movements.
A man paddles on the beach as a ship is seen in the background on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz..
With every day that the war drags on, the shortfall gets bigger and a market reckoning draws nearer.
TOPSHOT - In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guards on May 4 denied that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, after the US military earlier said two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Photographer: AMIRHOSSEIN KHORGOOEI/AFP
Ukraine said that it hit a Russian export-oriented refinery and oil-pumping station in Kirishi near the Baltic coast, as Kyiv ramps up attacks ahead of planned Victory Day ceasefires.
May 5 satellite imagery from NASA FIRMS suggests fire at the major oil refinery in Kirishi
Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure climbed to the highest monthly level since December, cutting the neighboring nation’s refinery runs to multi-year lows.
Russian police officers secure an area as smoke rises following a recent drone attack on the Tuapse oil refinery in Tuapse, Krasnodar region, Russia on April 29.
Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia and again attacked an oil-pumping station nearby, further crippling Moscow’s crude-processing capability.
April 30 satellite imagery from NASA FIRMS suggests fires at the Perm oil-pumping station and in the vicinity of the Perm refinery
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