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Massive Russian barrage on Kyiv kills at least 13, Zelenskyy urges US for Patriot licenses
Russia launched its largest-ever attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least 13 and wounding 86, as President Zelenskyy pressed the US to license Patriot missile production. Ukraine struck a major Russian oil refinery and a railway bridge in occupied Luhansk, while Russia began importing gasoline from India to offset fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian drone strikes. Germany indicted a Ukrainian national over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, and NATO chief Rutte warned Trump that European arms spending supports 195,000 US jobs ahead of the Ankara summit.
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Russia launches largest-ever barrage on Kyiv, killing at least 13 Russia fired over 70 missiles and nearly 500 drones at Kyiv overnight, collapsing a nine-story residential building and wounding 86. President Zelenskyy called on the US to license Patriot interceptor production, while the EU proposed new sanctions on Moscow. 123
Ukraine strikes major Russian oil refinery and railway bridge in Luhansk Ukrainian forces hit the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, damaging a key crude unit, and destroyed a railway bridge used for Russian military logistics in occupied Stanytsia Luhanska. A drone storage facility near Kamianka was also struck. 4
Russia begins importing gasoline from India to ease fuel shortages At least 60,000 tons of gasoline have been shipped from India to Russia as Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries cause rationing and record price hikes. Russia plans to import 400,000 tons monthly, including from Belarus, to cover summer demand. 5
Germany indicts Ukrainian national over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage Germany's top prosecutor charged Serhii K. for allegedly coordinating the team that used a sailing yacht to plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022. The indictment moves one of Europe's most politically sensitive sabotage cases toward trial. 6
NATO chief Rutte tells Trump European arms spending supports 195,000 US jobs Days before the Ankara summit, Rutte argued that Europe's $300 billion order book for US defense equipment sustains nearly 200,000 American jobs, urging Trump to stay committed to the alliance. He also said Ukraine's improving battlefield position is not pushing Putin toward peace. 7
China's ethnic unity law takes effect, Taiwan and rights groups condemn it China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into force, mandating Mandarin and political alignment with the CCP, with extraterritorial reach. President Lai of Taiwan rejected 'red terror,' while Amnesty International warned of forced assimilation of minorities like Uyghurs and Tibetans. 89
UN Human Rights Council holds urgent meeting on Sudan's el-Obeid crisis The council convened an emergency session after warnings that 500,000 civilians around el-Obeid face large-scale atrocities amid escalating drone strikes and siege conditions. The RSF also detained 20 doctors in el-Fasher, with their whereabouts unknown. 10
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