A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Orenburg gas plant caused a significant fire and halted gas intake from Kazakhstan, disrupting operations at one of the world’s largest gas processing facilities, according to the Associated Press. Kyiv also targeted Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, damaging key units. These attacks are part of Ukraine’s broader campaign to cripple Russian energy infrastructure, funding the war.

Meanwhile, Russia intensified its own strikes, injuring civilians and debuting a new long-range aerial bomb in Kharkiv. Amid ongoing escalation, former President Trump suggested Ukraine may need to cede territory for peace, signaling a potential shift in U.S. policy and raising uncertainty ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit. They write:

Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday. […]

The Orenburg plant, run by state-owned gas giant Gazprom and located in a region of the same name near the Kazakh border, is part of a production and processing complex that is one of the world’s largest facilities of its kind, with an annual capacity of 45 billion cubic meters. It handles gas condensate from Kazakhstan’s Karachaganak field, alongside Orenburg’s own oil and gas fields. […]

Kyiv has ramped up attacks in recent months on Russian energy facilities it says both fund and directly fuel Moscow’s war effort.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian prosecutors claim that Moscow is modifying its deadly aerial-guided bombs to strike civilians deeper in Ukraine. […]

Ukraine’s General Staff also claimed a separate drone strike hit Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, in the Samara region near Orenburg, sparking a blaze and damaging its main refining units.

The Novokuibyshevsk facility, operated by Russian gas major Rosneft, has an annual capacity of 4.9 million tons, and turns out over 20 kinds of oil-based products. Russian authorities did not immediately acknowledge the Ukrainian claim or discuss any damage. […]

Deliveries of Tomahawks could provide leverage to help push the Kremlin into negotiations, analysts say, after Trump expressed frustration over Putin’s refusal to budge on key aspects of a possible peace deal.

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