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Russia’s refinery in Saratov, two in Tatarstan, a pumping station in Bashkortostan — one night’s oil target list

Fires broke out at the Saratov plant and the Nizhnekamsk refining cluster, while Ukraine's security service struck an oil-products pumping station 1,500 kilometers from the border.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine confirms strikes on two Tatarstan refineries and rocket-fuel rubber plant in Tolyatti

Ukraine's GenStaff reported fires at all three plants, while monitoring channels reported a fourth hit — on one of Europe's largest petrochemical complexes in the same Tatarstan city.

byYuri Zoria

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Kremlin enacts law to grab homes and bank accounts of its exiled critics

A formal charge alone can now trigger seizure of property worth many times the underlying fine, with no judge required to approve it.

byYuri Zoria

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Money Matters

Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

The combined regional gap grew fivefold from 2024 and almost eightfold from 2023, with the tax service now pressing governors to find more revenue.

byYuri Zoria

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Thick smoke rises over Nizhnekamsk as one of Russia’s key petrochemical war-linked plants burns (VIDEO)

The war’s cost spreads far beyond the battlefield, hitting Russia’s technological potential and industrial capacity.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russia uses three distinct turboprop Shahed drone variants — all packed with foreign parts

Ukraine’s sanctions envoy said that Moscow’s drone assembly plants in Tatarstan and Izhevsk can’t operate without imported microcontrollers and digital converters.

byYuri Zoria

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Kremlin agents used EU territory as covert highway to arm kamikaze drones for attacks on Ukrainians

The SBU raids Kyiv and surrounding regions, seizing evidence of a sophisticated operation to improve drone strikes.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian Aggression

Not just deported: Moscow turns Ukrainian children into soldiers, laborers, and Russians, studies show

From grenade drills to drone assembly, many kids are pressed into the Russian war machine, according to two recent studies.

byYuri Zoria

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Hudson Institute lists Russia’s eight most fragile military arteries Ukraine could sever next to break the stalemate

A new report highlights targets ranging from Crimean bridges to drone factories that sustain Moscow’s war effort. Analysts argue that striking these weak points could paralyze Russia’s logistics and increase the cost of occupation.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian drone strike on Tatarstan Shahed logistics hub

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Ukraine hits core of Moscow’s drone war machine for second time in single week

Ukrainian forces target Russia's expanding Shahed production network with precision strikes 1,300 km from the border.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Moscow recruits African women to produce drones in horrific conditions — investigation exposes large-scale fraud

Russia is expanding the production of drones in Tatarstan, using African and Asian women who are deceived into taking dangerous jobs in the Alabuga special economic zone.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukrainian drones just hit Russian factory making Shahed UAVs—1,000+ km from the front line

Ukraine struck a drone factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, tied to the Shahed UAVs used in near-daily attacks on Ukrainian cities.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

Ukrainian fixed-wing drone - presumably Liutyi - flying over Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan on 10 June 2025. Source: Telegram/Exilenova+

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Ukrainian drones target drone-producing Tatarstan in Russia

Meanwhile, Russia imposes new fines and censorship policies, aiming to prevent public access to evidence contradicting official interception claims.

byYuri Zoria

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China secretly helps Russia build massive long-range drone fleet

While China blocks drone exports to Kyiv, Russian access continues.

byYuri Zoria

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Drones hit Russia’s Shahed drone factory 1,200 km from Ukraine again

The facility in Tatarstan's Yelabuga was previously targeted in April.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian Aggression

Ukraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions

Widespread drone and missile strikes hit Russian military-industrial and fuel facilities in Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, Tula, and other regions.

byYuri Zoria

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Drones strike major Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan

The Taneko refinery, which was reportedly hit, is vital for Russia's energy supply and military logistics.

byOrysia Hrudka

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CNN: Russia plans to use 10,000 Chinese tech-based decoy drones to exhaust Ukrainian air defense

Russia accelerates drone production at expanded Tatarstan factory, planning 10,000 Chinese-based decoy drones alongside Shaheds, using low-cost strategy to exhaust Ukrainian air defense.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russian Shahed drone parts warehouse destroyed in Tatarstan, per Ukrainian intelligence

HUR says vital components for 400 Iranian-designed attack drones worth $16 million were destroyed by a fire at Russia's Alabuga facility.

byYuri Zoria

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AP: Russia dupes African women into making drones for its war in Ukraine

Russia's Alabuga factory is recruiting African and Asian women to assemble drones for the Ukraine war, using deceptive job advertisements and exploiting labor shortages.

byYuri Zoria

Tatarstan

Russia’s refinery in Saratov, two in Tatarstan, a pumping station in Bashkortostan — one night’s oil target list

Ukraine confirms strikes on two Tatarstan refineries and rocket-fuel rubber plant in Tolyatti

Kremlin enacts law to grab homes and bank accounts of its exiled critics

Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

Thick smoke rises over Nizhnekamsk as one of Russia’s key petrochemical war-linked plants burns (VIDEO)

Russia uses three distinct turboprop Shahed drone variants — all packed with foreign parts

Kremlin agents used EU territory as covert highway to arm kamikaze drones for attacks on Ukrainians

Not just deported: Moscow turns Ukrainian children into soldiers, laborers, and Russians, studies show

Hudson Institute lists Russia’s eight most fragile military arteries Ukraine could sever next to break the stalemate

Ukraine hits core of Moscow’s drone war machine for second time in single week

Moscow recruits African women to produce drones in horrific conditions — investigation exposes large-scale fraud

Ukrainian drones just hit Russian factory making Shahed UAVs—1,000+ km from the front line

Ukrainian drones target drone-producing Tatarstan in Russia

China secretly helps Russia build massive long-range drone fleet

Drones hit Russia’s Shahed drone factory 1,200 km from Ukraine again

Ukraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions

Drones strike major Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan

CNN: Russia plans to use 10,000 Chinese tech-based decoy drones to exhaust Ukrainian air defense

Russian Shahed drone parts warehouse destroyed in Tatarstan, per Ukrainian intelligence

AP: Russia dupes African women into making drones for its war in Ukraine

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