Euromaidan Press Staff

The pattern is clear. The language should be too.

Only 35% of Russia's strategic tank reserves remain after three years of war, while Ukrainian strikes on refineries trigger gasoline shortages across Russia. As Putin masses 90,000 troops for a new offensive on Lyman, his admission that Ukraine's refinery attacks "won't help" rings hollow amid mounting evidence of the Kremlin's strategic pressures and Europe's growing resolve to support long-range Ukrainian strikes.

Ukraine concluded defense agreements with Denmark, Slovakia, Spain, and Romania at DFNC³, opening production and cooperation channels.

Meanwhile, Putin's personal daily budget has swelled to $1.1 million.

Ukraine has successfully disabled approximately 20% of Russia's oil refining capacity through precision drone and missile strikes on 16 of the country's 38 refineries.

Russia's weekend bombardment killed at least nine Ukrainian civilians, including a family of four in western Lviv Oblast, as Czech voters elected populist Andrej Babiš on promises to cut aid to Kyiv. The attacks featured Chinese-provided satellite targeting data, while Ukraine achieved its first FPV drone kill of a flying helicopter and destroyed North Korean artillery near the front lines.

Russian forces struck a passenger train at Shostka railway station in Sumy Oblast, injuring dozens including three children. Meanwhile, Czech anti-Ukrainian Babiš's party won the country's election, threatening to cut off Prague's military support for Kyiv.

Russia deployed 381 drones and 35 missiles in its biggest attack yet on Ukraine's energy sector overnight, while Ukrainian forces demonstrated their expanding reach by striking the Orsk refinery 1,400 kilometers inside Russian territory — part of a campaign that has now hit 21 refineries since January and created nationwide fuel shortages in energy-rich Russia.

Meanwhile, Belgium is blocking a critical €140 billion EU loan that could secure Ukraine's future.

Drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure have created what Moscow admits is a structural fuel crisis.

Ukrainian forces are systematically eliminating Russian pockets near Pokrovsk while drone strikes devastate fuel infrastructure across Russia from the frontlines to Moscow. As the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant enters a record seventh day without external power, international developments reveal the war's broader complexities—from Denmark's quiet reservist mobilization over mystery drones to renewed debate over EU nations still funding Russia's war machine through energy purchases.

Europe's largest nuclear plant continues running on backup diesel generators under Russian occupation, pushing the continent closer to catastrophe with each passing hour.

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Ukrainian intelligence operations successfully destroyed Russian aircraft in occupied Crimea and eliminated a drone crew in Melitopol.