Ukraine has hit a Russian fuel station in the occupied Luhansk Oblast. The General Staff of Ukraine reported this on October 12.
In cooperation with the HUR intelligence service, Ukrainian troops struck a depot near the town Rovenky in the Luhansk Oblast that contained oil and petroleum products. The attack has set the depot on fire and Ukraine is assessing its damage.
Ukraine has increased drone strikes on oil infrastructure in Russia, as well as the occupied territories, this year. The attacks are meant to weaken the Russian economy and army by burning fuel.
In some cases, fires can burn for days. On Oct. 7, Ukrainian drones attacked the largest oil depot, the Marine Oil Terminal in occupied Crimea. The fire raged for four days, forcing over a 1,000 people to flee.
On October 10, two more explosions occurred at the Marine Oil Terminal. Ukraine has not confirmed if this is a new attack.
In August, it took two weeks to put out a fire at a depot near a town located in the Rostov Oblast of Russia. 49 Russian firefighters were injured.
Ukraine launched its campaign against Russian oil assets on March 1st. It has already hit 33 assets, some of which are located as far as 1,500 km into Russian territory. Despite the impressive display of burning refineries, depots and other oil assets, the attacks will not bring down Russia’s oil industry.
Ukrainian troops, in cooperation with the Intelligence Service (HUR), struck a depot that contained oil and petroleum products used for the Russian military near Rovenky.
Ukraine’s officials reported that Russia has carried out massive attacks in Ukraine’s southern, eastern and southern regions, killing at least three civilians.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces announced on October 12 that Russia has lost 667 630 troops since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, announced that a priority of Poland‘s EU Presidency in early 2025 would be the European Integration of Ukraine and maintaining a “Open Door to Europe” policy towards new members.
A proposed reform to the European Peace Facility would make financial contributions optional, in order to bypass Hungary’s objection to military aid to Ukraine. This has led to a backlog of 6.5 billion euros ($7 billion).
A senior U.S. government official said, “It is time to craft a new strategic approach in terms of the specific positions (of the allies).” Defense ministers of NATO member nations will meet in Brussels on October 17-18 to discuss this issue.
Mike Johnson, the U.S. House speaker, said on October 11 that he did not want to see any more funding for Ukraine.
Video footage from the scene shows officers standing outside the venue’s doors, intercepting male concertgoers as they exit the venue. Some men are seen being arrested by officers.
According to new estimates, MOL (which owns refineries both in Hungary and Slovakia) will be able process non-Urals crude oil by the end 2026 as opposed to earlier estimates that it would happen early 2026.
Slovak Foreign Ministry Juraj Blanar announced on October 11 that Slovakia will expand its base in Michalovce. Instead of supplying new arms to Ukraine, the Slovaks will repair Ukrainian military equipment.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Several months back, these infantrymen served their sentences in prison. They are now part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion (also known as “Da Vinci”).
In a statement released on October 11, the spokesperson for the European Union’s External Service said that it was “appalled by” Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded an “independent and thorough” investigation into her death.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be set up.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of what is happening in the world are very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed at a joint news conference that Germany had already provided a package of assistance for Ukraine in the amount of 600 million euros ($660 millions).
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated from frozen Russian asset.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist held in Russian detention centres where torture was used against prisoners.
“I am pleased to announce that on 10 and 11, July 2025, the ‘Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome,” said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Mello.
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