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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1770, Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (died 1837) was born. In 1878, Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire. In 1929, Sofia Muratova, Russian gymnast (died 2006) was born. In 1941, World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers. In 1969, Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan political scientist and politician was born. In 1977, New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. In 1990, Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. In 2003, French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press. In 2003, Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907) passed away. In 2011, Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Ukraine attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea trigger power cuts in Sevastopol
The largest city on the Russia-controlled peninsula has been left without power after an attack on energy facilities.
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Utusan Malaysia
· Jun 22, 2026
Russia sekat jualan bahan api selepas Ukraine serang Crimea
MOSCOW: Serangan besar-besaran tentera Ukraine ke atas Semenanjung Crimea yang dikuasai Russia mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya empat nyawa, selain memaksa pihak berkuasa yang disokong Moscow pada Ahad menggantung jualan bahan api di wilayah berkenaan, semalam. Ukraine mengesahkan pihaknya menyasarkan fasiliti ketenteraan dan tenaga di Crimea yang menjadi pangkalan logistik utama Moscow sepanjang kempen ketenteraan selama empat tahun ... Read more The post Russia sekat jualan bahan api selepas Ukraine serang Crimea appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.
AzerNews
· Jul 8, 2026
Ukraine's drone campaign turning Russia's oil system into new frontline
The escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has taken a highly destructive turn along the frontlines and border zones, shifting the focus of tactical strikes heavily onto retail energy networks. In recent months, Russian forces have initiated a systematic campaign targeting civilian petrol stations within a 30 to 50-kilometer radius of the Ukrainian border. Utilizing a combination of kamikaze drones, heavy artillery, and precision guided missiles, these strikes have left hundreds of local distribution points in ruins across regions like Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv.
Sweden Herald
· Jul 2, 2026
Ukraine Escalates Attacks on Crimea, Tightening Pressure on Russia’s Annexed Peninsula
Ukraine Escalates Attacks on Crimea, Tightening Pressure on Russia’s Annexed Peninsula
Kyiv Post
· Jul 11, 2026
Deadly Russian Guided Bombs and Drones Strike Sloviansk and Kharkiv Region
Russian forces carried out a wave of attacks across eastern Ukraine on Saturday, July 11, focusing on the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. In Sloviansk, three FAB-250 guided bombs struck the city center, killing a 67-year-old man and injuring three others while damaging dozens of buildings. In the Kharkiv region, a strike hit a residential multi-story building in Izium, injuring four people. A separate strike targeted a gas station in Kharkiv city.
Euromaidan Press
· Jul 2, 2026
Ukrainian drones disabled 13 Russian power stations across occupied territory in 48 hours, commander says
The reported 48-hour operation targeted Russian-controlled energy infrastructure across occupied Crimea, Melitopol, Donetsk, and Luhansk as Ukraine intensifies strikes behind the front line.
Syrian Arab News Agency
· Jul 11, 2026
Russia, Ukraine exchange deep strikes as U.S. senators push new sanctions on Moscow
Capitals, July 11 (SANA) Russia and Ukraine exchanged long-range strikes over the past 24 hours, with Russian attacks killing four people and wounding others in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, while Ukrainian forces targeted oil infrastructure deep inside Russia, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian officials said Kyiv came under a ballistic missile attack early []
Reuters
· Jul 2, 2026
Russian air strikes leave many dead in Kyiv
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing more than a dozen people and wounding over 50, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings in what Russia said was a retaliation for recent attacks on its civil infrastructure. #russia #ukraine #war #kyiv
Al Arabiya English
· Jul 2, 2026
Russia Launches Missile, Drone Barrage on Kyiv
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard. #Ukraine #Russia
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jun 27, 2026
Russian forces attack Ukraine's gas infrastructure in Poltava and Kharkiv oblasts
Russian forces have carried out large-scale attacks on production facilities belonging to Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, in Poltava and Kharkiv oblasts.
The Independent
· Jul 10, 2026
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv attacks Russian ships near Crimea as Putin’s fuel crisis deepens
Key supplies of the missiles will arrive in the next few days
Al Jazeera
· Jun 27, 2026
Why is Crimea critical to the Russia–Ukraine war?
Ukraine is intensifying attacks on Russian-controlled Crimea as Kyiv tries to pressure Moscow into ending the war.
The Kyiv Independent
· Jun 27, 2026
News from occupied Ukraine: Crimea faces electricity shortages, summer camp suspensions after Ukrainian strikes
This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin. Key news as of June 27:Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea announce state of emergency amid intensified Ukrainian drone attacks
Meduza.io
· Jul 8, 2026
A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’
Russian forces hit Kyiv again overnight into July 8, even as Ukraine’s military launched a fresh wave of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones struck so-called shadow fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov, an industrial zone in Nizhnekamsk that’s home to two oil refineries, refineries in Saratov and Ufa, and a military airfield in Borisoglebsk, in the Voronezh region. One person was killed and at least eight were wounded. Meduza has put together footage of the night’s strikes on Russian cities.
NPR News
· Jun 26, 2026
Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments, as Russia strikes Ukraine
Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, and Russia attacked various regions of Ukraine, as their war grinds on.
CityNews Montreal
· Jul 2, 2026
Russian attack on Ukraine shakes Kyiv for hours
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones overnight into Thursday with the intense strikes causing loud explosions and shaking Kyiv for hours. Residential buildings were damaged in the attacks that killed one person and injured numerous people, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military [] The post Russian attack on Ukraine shakes Kyiv for hours appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
Intel Slava
· Jun 26, 2026
[Photo] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian serviceme [...]
— Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian servicemen returned from Kiev-controlled territory in a prisoner exchange.Overnight high-precision strike hit a military recruitment center and weapons storage in Kiev, and a refinery in Kremenchug, Poltava region.In Konstantinovka, Russian forces liberated 763 buildings between June 20–26, continuing to clear Ukrainian groups in the southwest.In Krasny Liman, assault units captured 50 strongholds and liberated 327 buildings over the same period.Russian Aerospace Forces launched a series of FAB-500 aerial bomb raids on Ukrainian positions across the operation zone.@IntelSlava
Global News
· Jul 10, 2026
Russia’s gasoline output falls to 65 per cent after Ukrainian strikes: Sources
Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, including large oil refineries, to try to undermine Moscow’s war efforts.
Sky News Australia
· Jul 4, 2026
Russia claims key Ukrainian city Kostyantynivka has been captured
Russia's troops have expanded their military offensive in eastern Ukraine. They say they have taken control of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region. Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, says the city has strategic significance in expanding the nation's security zone. Ukraine's general staff insists the city remains under the control of Ukrainian forces.
Legal Insurrection
· Jul 2, 2026
German Prosecutors: Ukraine Behind Nord Stream Destruction
News comes as Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks on Kyiv in the 52-month war. The post German Prosecutors: Ukraine Behind Nord Stream Destruction first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
South China Morning Post
· Jul 11, 2026
Ukraine presses allies for resupply as Russia launches ballistic missiles
Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones on Saturday, killing two and wounding 19 others, officials said, as Kyiv awaits supplies of air defence munitions after a shortage has left it exposed to Russian attacks. Eleven people were wounded in the capital, Kyiv, by an attack that used ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. “Civilian infrastructure was hit even before the air raid alert was issued,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that rescuers were working on the site....
Egypt Independent
· Jun 27, 2026
Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Crimea placed under state of emergency as Ukraine steps up pressure on Putin
Russian-installed authorities declared a state of emergency in Crimea on Friday, as repeated, intensified Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula lead to widespread power outages and fuel shortages. Blackouts have plagued Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, for days. The Kremlin-installed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said Friday that restrictions to electricity supply would The post Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Crimea placed under state of emergency as Ukraine steps up pressure on Putin appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Daily Mirror
· Jun 22, 2026
Zelensky threatens to 'bring the war home to Russia' as Ukraine strikes both sides of Kerch Strait
Kyiv's two-pronged attacks deep inside Russia are biting hard on Putin's war economy, effecting civilians as attacks on Kerch Strait threaten to cut-off the Kremlin's military within Ukraine
Fortune
· Jun 28, 2026
Ukraine’s drone attacks hit more Russian refineries and create fuel shortages in Siberia—thousands of miles from the war
Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months.
Yemen News Agency - SABA
· Jul 12, 2026
Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Forces' Positions on Multiple Fronts
Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Forces' Positions on Multiple Fronts
News24
· Jul 2, 2026
News24 | 8 killed as Russia strikes Ukraine residential buildings
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard.
TASS
· Jul 6, 2026
FACTBOX: Over 600 Ukrainian drones shot down over Russian regions overnight
The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that the West's attempts to use the Kiev regime as a proxy to attack civilian Russian targets would be countered by increasing the number and severity of strikes on Ukrainian territory
Associated Press
· Jul 6, 2026
At least 10 killed as Ukraine capital hit by Russian missiles and drones
The attack on Kyiv which was still underway early Monday morning, involved waves of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. Monday's attack comes days after a combined Russian attack killed at least 31 people in Kyiv last week. (AP video shot by Dan Bashakov) #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #news #russia Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
Toronto Sun
· Jul 11, 2026
Russian missile strikes wound 11 in Kyiv: Zelensky
KYIV — Ukraine said Russian strikes on Kyiv wounded 11 people on Saturday, with missiles hitting the city even before air raid alerts sounded. AFP journalists in Kyiv heard two series of explosions in the early hours, with an air alert siren sounding minutes after the first blast. Moscow has been firing missiles and drones []
Sputnik
· Jul 10, 2026
Ukrainian Attacks on Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Sharply Escalate - Rosatom
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There has been a sharp escalation of Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Energodar, and surrounding areas since the end of April, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Friday.
RTÉ News
· Jul 2, 2026
Russian airstrikes kill eight, injure dozens in Kyiv
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard.
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