The Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery's "capacity amounts to 8.8 million metric tons of oil per year, making it one of the 10 largest in Russia," said Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

In an unexpected turn of military strategy, Russian troops are increasingly using horses and donkeys to carry out operations near the Ukrainian front lines. The unconventional tactic seeks to evade detection by Ukrainian drones, which can easily identify and hit armored vehicles.