KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike.
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The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States.
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Zelenskyy was due to meet other world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
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The Ukrainian leader is hoping to recruit their help to end Russia’s more than 4 1/2-year-old full-scale invasion of his country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t due to attend the annual event.
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The war, which Western officials say has killed more than 500,000 Russian troops, has had global repercussions.
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The repeated attacks on Russian refineries, following Moscow’s strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, have caused international shortages of diesel and price spikes, according to Trump.
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However, the global crunch also came after the Iran war led to curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Zelenskyy also wants help to ensure the flow of Ukrainian grain and other farm products to world markets through the Black Sea.
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Russian attacks on cargo vessels have severely disrupted Kyiv’s exports, hurting its economy and threatening global supplies.
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Zelenskyy takes de-escalation proposals to New York
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that his country would provide Ukraine with more radars to help protect its power grid.
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He said on social media that he discussed with Trump the possibility of a truce between Moscow and Kyiv on strikes on energy infrastructure and a “moratorium” on Black Sea attacks.
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Zelenskyy began his New York visit by meeting with U.S. senators, thanking them for what he called strong bipartisan support for Ukraine and for recently passing a tougher Russian sanctions bill that Trump has signed into law.
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Peace and security will be closer once the bill is fully implemented, he said.
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Zelenskyy said on social media that he briefed senators on his proposals for de-escalation measures that he intends to discuss with Trump later Tuesday.
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The Ukrainian leader also plans to again press Trump to send more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems that Kyiv desperately needs to stop Russia’s ballistic missiles.
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Ukrainian special forces say they hit a Russian refinery
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Ukraine said that it struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara, southeast of Moscow, in an overnight attack.
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Several drones hit their targets, sparking a large fire at the facility, according to a statement from Ukrainian special forces.
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The refinery, owned by Rosneft, is a key fuel supplier for central Russia, producing gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and other petroleum products, the statement said.
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Ukraine said that it struck the same refinery last June.
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One person was killed and four others were wounded in the Samara attack, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said.
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He said that “the enemy targeted industrial facilities,” but didn’t specify which ones.
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The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that its forces downed 297 Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions overnight, as well as the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula.
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Russia says it struck missile plant and ammunition factory
Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine included anti-ship missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and more than 200 drones, Ukraine’s air force said.
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The strikes killed four people in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration.
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The strikes across Ukrainian regions damaged homes, businesses and storage facilities, wounding at least five people, authorities said.
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Five people were wounded in the capital, Kyiv, according to officials.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its forces struck metallurgical and chemical industries, the fuel and energy sector, and the military-industrial complex, as well as port infrastructure facilities in four regions of Ukraine.
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They included a Fire Point plant in Kyiv producing components for long-range cruise missiles and a tobacco factory in the central Poltava region used to make small arms ammunition, it said.
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Barry Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal.
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