Russia ramps up attacks on Ukrainian energy targets
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Russian strikes have damaged nuclear substations in Ukraine, leading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to issue a "critical" warning. Power to three nuclear power plants has been affected after Russian strikes on Thursday.
While the war in Ukraine keeps evolving, recent counterattacks have put Kazakhstan’s energy system under growing threat.
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Orban's unexpected headache — Trump's offensive against Russian energy
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, entrenched in a long-standing brawl with Brussels and Kyiv, found an unexpected obstacle — U.S. President Donald Trump's U-turns. Trump's expected Budapest summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — which was to be Orban's crowning achievement — has been canceled.
At least two people have been killed in a drone attack in Ukraine’s Odesa region, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine accuses Russia of "systematic energy terror" as the global atomic energy watchdog warns Moscow's latest strikes jeopardize nuclear plants' safety.
Russia has deployed 170,000 troops to Donetsk to bolster resources in the battle for Pokrovsk, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday.
EU ministers voted a European Commission proposal to ban Russian energy products but landlocked countries like Hungary and Slovakia will be exempt over concerns linked to supply security. View on euro
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Japan’s Takaichi-san rejects US request to phase out Russian oil despite Trump friendship
Japan’s new prime minister Takaichi Sanae told Donald Trump in Tokyo that Japan cannot stop buying Russian liquefied natural gas.
The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline marks a new phase in China–Russia energy ties. The pipeline offers Beijing a more reliable gas supply while deepening its strategic entanglement with Moscow. Despite the breakthrough, unresolved terms and geopolitical risks leave China proceeding warily amid shifting global energy dynamics.
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U.S. Expects Japan to Suspend Russian Energy Purchases
The United States has urged Japan to end its remaining imports of Russian energy, escalating pressure on Tokyo to align with G7 efforts to reduce Moscow’s oil and gas revenues.
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How hard will Trump’s ‘tremendous’ Russian oil sanctions hit Moscow? China and India may decide
The impact of President Donald Trump’s attempt to financially choke Moscow’s war machine by imposing sanctions on Russian oil firms was instant; not on the battlefield in Ukraine, but in the offices of oil traders in India and China,
Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to counter Russia's attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy