The Vinnytsia, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernivtsi oblasts have new heads of state administrations, according to the decrees of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Russian drones hit Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, causing widespread blackouts and halting steel production.
Russian drones launched overnight on 7–8 January triggered blackouts across Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, damaging energy infrastructure. Cities lost electricity, heating, water, and mobile services. Zaporizhstal and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel makers suspended production.
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Russian oil export revenues at lowest since invasion; India imports down 40%
Source: https://
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EU sanctions on Russian tankers ineffective
Sanctions exist. Enforcement lags. The EU, US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have designated 621 Russian tankers. Yet the number of sanctioned tankers still loading in Russia keeps rising each month. 7X
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Russian oil revenues at lowest since invasion in November 2025
Russian oil revenues hit their lowest level since the invasion. In November 2025, Russia earned $11.0bn from oil exports — down $1.9bn month-on-month and the weakest result since February 2022, — KSE Institute. 1/
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Strike on PPM railcar at oil depot in Crimea
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in order to disrupt the provision of fuel and lubricants to units of the UVD (c) Dnipro, carried out fire damage to rolling stock (consignment) with PPM on the loading rack of the oil depot “Gvardijske” in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
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US Embassy warns of potential Russian attack in Ukraine
The US Embassy in Ukraine has issued a warning of a potential Russian attack in the coming days, echoing an earlier alert from Volodymyr Zelensky about the risk of a renewed large-scale strike.
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Zelensky warns of Russian attack
Zelensky warns of an impending Russian attack on Ukraine as temperatures continue to plunge and the Ukrainian energy grid is under severe strain. https://t.co/5dAIBYitbX
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) 8 janvier 2026Zelensky warns of an impending Russian attack on Ukraine as temperatures continue to plunge and the Ukrainian energy grid is under severe strain.
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Ukrainian attack on fuel depot in Crimea and military workshop near Hirne
The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a fuel train (with POL – petroleum, oil, and lubricants) at the filling rack of the "Gvardeyskoye" oil depot in occupied Crimea. In addition, on the Orikhiv axis, a location of a Russian military repair unit near the settlement of Hirne
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Heat and water supply restored in Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian attacks
Ministry of Development: Heat and water supply partially restored in Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian attacks. https://ift.tt/LXJM9yH #liga #news
