June 18, 2024
Oil storage tanks ablaze after drone attack in southern Russia
A drone attack early has caused several oil storage tanks to catch fire near the town of Azov in Russia‘s southern Rostov region, which borders Ukraine.
“Oil product tanks caught fire in Azov as a result of a drone attack. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties,” the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said on the Telegram messaging app.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry published videos showing smoke and flames emanating from what seemed to be several oil storage tanks. It also said some 200 firefighters and emergency personnel were at the site to combat the blaze.
Ukraine did not immediately claim responsibility. However, it has often carried out similar attacks, with Kyiv saying that such targets are legitimate as they serve to fuel Russia’s military during its invasion.
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June 18, 2024
Russia’s Putin headed for North Korea
President Vladimir Putin is heading to North Korea for his first visit to the reclusive communist country in 24 years.
En route to Pyongyang, where he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong UN, he stopped off in the Republic of Sakha in Russia’s far east, holding talks with the regional leader, according to Russian media.
Ahead of the North Korea visit, Putin praised the country for its support of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“We highly appreciate that the DPRK (North Korea) is firmly supporting the special military operations of Russia being conducted in Ukraine,” Putin wrote in an article published by Pyongyang’s state media, using the Kremlin’s favored term to refer to the unprovoked assault by Moscow.
Moscow and Pyongyang have long been close allies, and their relations have become even closer since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The US has accused North Korea of supplying Russia with arms to use in the invasion, allegations Pyongyang has dismissed as “absurd.”
Both countries are the targets of heavy Western sanctions — Russia for its invasion and its 2014 annexation of Crimea, North Korea for its nuclear weapons program.
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