‘Smell’ of war comes to St Petersburg as Ukraine hammers Russian refineries
Ukraine aims to drain Russia’s war chest with drone strikes on Pokrovsk and Ust-Luga oil facilities on the Baltic Sea.

Ukraine aims to drain Russia’s war chest with drone strikes on Pokrovsk and Ust-Luga oil facilities on the Baltic Sea.









Afghanistan says ‘large-scale offensive operations’ launched; Pakistan reports inflicting ‘heavy casualties’ in clashes.

Pakistan’s military has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan, targeting what it called ‘camps and hideouts’.
The US is putting too much pressure on Kyiv and not enough on Moscow, says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after more failed talks.
Diplomatic dispute escalates as Beijing and Manila present competing narratives over the South China Sea.
Japan’s Fisheries Agency says Chinese captain arrested for allegedly defying orders to stop for inspection at sea.
Thailand’s border war with Cambodia has fuelled an election campaign as nationalistic sentiments surge in the country.
Ukraine responded to renewed Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, logistics far from front lines.
Lacking battlefield successes, Moscow is hitting Ukraine’s energy facilities to force territorial concessions.
These are the key developments from day 1,426 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.