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Zelensky Confirmed the Strike on the Russian Oil Refinery After a Five-Day Break

  • On Thursday, October 1, Russia launched major assaults on Kyiv, killing four people and targeting energy infrastructure, with air-raid alerts lasting more than 20 hours amid emergency power outages.
  • Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets asserted on Wednesday that Kyiv's public shelter network "completely failed" to meet population demands, citing a civil defense system collapse five years into the war.
  • Zelensky visited a military command post near Lyman, praising troops for reclaiming 176 square kilometers of land during the "Vivaldi" operation, which prevented a Russian breakthrough toward the "fortress cities" of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
  • Moscow warned it would use "the entire arsenal of forces at its disposal, including nuclear weapons" if NATO attempts to isolate Kaliningrad, while NATO affirmed it remains a defensive alliance denouncing the rhetoric.
  • Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with Kremlin officials to discuss humanitarian relief and prisoner exchanges, while Indian external affairs minister Jaishankar noted the conflicts have had "a devastating impact" on Global South economies.
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A refinery and an oil storage complex in the Russian region of Samara were hit by Ukrainian drones on Friday (2), causing explosions and fires, according to information from Portuguese RTP and CNN Portugal. The site houses what the state of Transneft considers the largest oil tank park in Europe. See also: More than 700 secondary schools are affected by student protests in France, which have already left at least 65 injured employees And more: T…

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A drone attack targeted a refinery and a large fuel tank, considered the largest in Europe, belonging to the state consortium Transneft in Samara, Russia.

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According to the Ukrainian president, successful attacks were carried out against Russian airports, factories and oil refineries, as well as a missile and space center and an ammunition depot.

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The Russian NHPs continue to be targeted by the U.S.A., and on the night of 2 October the Ukrainian drones attacked four factories, as announced to the Federation Council by Vice-Premier Alexander Novak.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had carried out a series of long-range strikes against targets on Russian territory. In a statement posted on the social network X, he said that over the past 24 hours, oil facilities in the Samara and Volgograd regions had been hit. He said other operations had been carried out in the Black Sea and in the Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Samara and Krasnodar regions. The Ukrainia…

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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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