But part is because Ukraine is keeping secret the methods it hopes will help it regain a winning edge elsewhere. Participants refuse to say how they circumvented the all-seeing eyes and kill-zones of the modern battlefield.

A video of the attack on Novorossiysk with the Sub Sea Baby drone shows a calm port with several ships before a massive explosion kicks up water and debris.

The attack on the tanker in the Black Sea marks the third sea drone strike in two weeks that Ukraine has carried out on the shadow fleet.

It was the longest blackout to hit Odesa since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and for most of its one million people it meant relying on batteries and power banks to run essential devices, and recharging at workplaces, cafes or so-called resilience centres that have their own diesel generators.

Several regions of Ukraine have endured a night of Russian drone and missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure, with the interior ministry reporting more than a million households without power.

Russia carried out a massive attack on Odesa region with strike drones, damaging an energy infrastructure facility and warehouses. Some settlements were left without electricity. —.

Belgium fears that Russia will strike back and would prefer that the bloc borrow the money on international markets. It wants frozen assets held in other European countries to be thrown into the pot as well, and for its partners to guarantee that Euroclear will have the funds it needs should it come under legal attack.

There were no casualties reported at the Slavyansk refinery, which Kyiv has repeatedly targeted since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Two people ‌were injured, several private homes were damaged ​and power ‌supply networks were ‍hit ⁠after drone debris fell in other residential areas of Krasnodar,