Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed that 49 drones attacked seven Russian oblasts on the night of 30-31 January. Source: Russia's Ministry of Defence Quote: "On-duty air defence units tracked and destroyed 49 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles overnight (on 30-31 January – ed.

Drone strikes were reported across multiple Russian regions, including Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver, and Bryansk, igniting fires and triggering air defence responses. While there were no reported casualties, an oil refinery in the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, suffered significant damage.

A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the age of the vessels involved.

A group of drones launched an attack on the oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region at nighttime on Friday, January 31. — Ukrinform.

A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a massive fire at an oil depot in Russia 's Smolensk region early Tuesday, authorities reported. The incident marks the latest in a series of strikes targeting Russian energy infrastructure in recent weeks.

New air defense systems and hangars are being constructed at Russian military airfields near Ukraine, including the Millerovo base in Rostov region.

An oil refinery in Russia's southern Volgograd region caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, but the blaze has now been put out, the regional governor said on Friday. Andrei Bocharov,

Satellite image analysis reveals that the Russians are deploying additional S-300 and S-400 air defense systems at military airports closest to the Ukrainian border. Moreover, at some of these bases,

In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, a Russian drone hit a residential building, injuring nine people. A Russian "Shahed" kamikaze drone attack on a multi-family building in Sumy resulted in injuries to nine people.

Specialists have reported new traces of oil on the beaches of the Krasnodar Region following a spill caused by a tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's press service told TASS.

But Netrebko’s visit comes with controversy. A decorated artist of the Russian state, she was uninvited to numerous U.S. and European stages after the Metropolitan Opera canceled her contracts in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, demanding that she condemn the invasion and repudiate the Russian leader.

The oil spill in the Black Sea, caused by damage to two Russian tankers in mid-December, also brought thousands of volunteers from all over the country to come and help address the aftermath of the disaster.