Ukraine says it hit Russian oil infrastructure in Bryansk, Samara regions

Ukraine's military struck two Russian oil distribution facilities in the Bryansk and Samara regions overnight, Kyiv's general staff said on Tuesday. (X/@ZMiST_Ua)
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Updated 23 September 2025
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Ukraine says it hit Russian oil infrastructure in Bryansk, Samara regions

  • In Bryansk, it hit a line production station of a pipeline critical for Russian army supplies
  • The Russian defense ministry said its units destroyed Ukrainian drones over Bryansk and Samara

KYIV: Ukraine’s military struck two Russian oil distribution facilities in the Bryansk and Samara regions overnight, Kyiv’s general staff said on Tuesday.
In Samara, the military hit a line production station that mixes Russian oil for its flagship Urals oil grade for export, the general staff said on Telegram.
In Bryansk, it hit a line production station of a pipeline critical for Russian army supplies, it said.
“The extent of the damage is being determined,” it added.
Ukraine has in recent weeks renewed its campaign of long-range drone attacks on Russian oil production sites, systematically targeting key facilities to try to reduce Moscow’s export revenues and frontline supplies.
The Russian defense ministry said on Telegram that its units destroyed Ukrainian drones over Bryansk and Samara. There was no immediate comment from Russia issued publicly.
Kyiv’s troops also hit a military airfield in Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s general staff said, adding that two planes were hit.


German authorities arrest five men suspected of planning Christmas market attack

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German authorities arrest five men suspected of planning Christmas market attack

BERLIN: German authorities have arrested five men suspected of being terrorist militants planning an attack on a Christmas market in southern Bavaria, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement. There has been a series of vehicle ramming attacks in Germany since a militant rammed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin in 2016. Last December several people were killed by an attack in Magdeburg.
Three Moroccan nationals aged 22, 28 and 30, an Egyptian national aged 56 and a 37-year-old Syrian were detained on Friday at the Suben border crossing between Germany and Austria, according to the joint statement late on Saturday.
Investigators believed that the men intended to drive a vehicle into a crowded market in the Dingolfing-Landau area with the aim of killing or injuring as many people as possible, the statement said, adding that authorities suspected a militant motive.