Russia’s defense ministry said Ukrainian forces attacked the Kerch Strait bridge overnight with seaborne drones — the latest bid to damage to span that connects he annexed Crimean peninsula to Russia’s mainland. All three attempts were repelled and the drones destroyed in Black Sea waters, Russia said. Car traffic on the 19-kilometer span was briefly halted. The bridge has been a target of multiple attacks by Ukraine and most recently suffered significant damage in July, when a roadway section b
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Sochi, southern Russia, on Monday and are expected to discuss reviving the Black Sea grain deal after Moscow abandoned the agreement in July. Separately, a meeting on the effort by Poland and four other EU countries to extend their ban on Ukrainian grain imports is expected in Brussels on Tuesday, Polish radio reported.
Kyiv’s forces continue to take offensive action on the Orikhiv axis in southern Ukraine, where units have reached the first Russian main defensive line, the UK defense ministry said. Kremlin troops “are likely seeking to distract Ukraine from its counteroffensive, thereby forcing it to divide its forces between Orikhiv and Kupiansk” in the northeast, the UK said — a move that risks dividing Russia’s efforts.
Oil prices surged above $85 as a months-long effort by OPEC+ to reduce supplies gripped the physical market and China showed a new resolve to bolster its economy, a key engine of global crude consumption.
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