Illia Kabachynskyi

Less than a year after setting the record for the longest one-way drone strike, Ukraine has broken it again. A Ukrainian drone struck Russia’s largest oil refinery—Omsk—roughly 2,500 km from the border. Kyiv’s deep-strike capabilities are evolving.

Residents had only minutes to reach shelter before explosions ripped through Kyiv once again. As emergency crews searched the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings, Russian missiles and drones continued flying overhead. In less than a week, Russia has killed more than 40 people in Kyiv alone, while nearly 200 others have been injured.

Russian ballistic missiles tore through sleeping Kyiv once again, hitting five districts and leaving destruction across 28 locations. The latest attack underscores a pattern: when Putin cannot stop Ukraine’s military successes, he tries to make up for those failures in the eyes of his own people by launching missile strikes on civilians.

Ukraine and Sweden have signed an agreement to supply modern Gripen fighter jets, strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses. 

Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland have stood firmly with Ukraine since the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion. From pioneering new military aid models to supplying advanced air defenses, fighter jets, and energy assistance, the Nordic countries have formed one of Kyiv’s strongest and most reliable support coalitions.

The Russian government is scrambling to prevent a domestic fuel crisis. Following a series of successful Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and energy infrastructure, the world's self-styled petrol station has found itself without enough fuel to meet its own internal demand, at the height of the holiday season and the agricultural calendar. Avoiding the resulting social pressure will cost Russia tens of billions of dollars.