Ukraine launches drone attack on Russian oil refining facilities – Europe live

<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<strong> </strong>says that strikes on such facilities were directly linked with putting more pressure on Moscow</p><p><strong>Responding to the overnight strikes on Nizhnekamsk, Russian investigators said they had opened a criminal case into what they ​qualified as a terrorist attack,</strong> saying in ‌a statement that Ukraine had ‌struck residential areas and that a child was among those civilians killed, Reuters said.</p><p>The head of Russia’s Tatarstan ‌region, <strong>Rustam Minnikhanov,</strong> has declared a period of mourning, <strong>Radmir Belyayev,</strong> the mayor of Nizhnekamsk, said in a statement on Telegram. The region’s oil refinery, one of Russia’s most technologically advanced, was hit in the attack, Russian media reported.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/10/ukraine-drones-russia-oil-facilities-europe-heat-drought-latest-updates-news">Continue reading...</a>