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Russia struck the area around Ukraine’s largest Danube port of Izmail overnight, causing damage and setting off a fire, regional authorities said Thursday. Meanwhile Moscow said it downed 362 Ukrainian drones overnight as an attack in Russia’s Salavat area triggered a blaze at an oil refinery, according to local authorities. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Drone attack causes fire in industrial area of Russia’s Salavat, regional official says
A drone attack triggered a fire in an industrial area in Salavat in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, home to a large oil refinery and petrochemical complex, the republic’s head Radiy Khabirov has said on messaging app Telegram.
Russia says it downs 362 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russia’s Defence Ministry has said it intercepted and destroyed 362 Ukrainian drones overnight over various regions.
Ukraine military aid surged in June despite long-term shortages
Boosted by new EU financing, military aid for Ukraine in June hit its highest level since the US pulled funding, though long-term support is lagging, Kiel Institute data showed Thursday.
Kyiv was allocated 7.2 billion euros ($8.3 billion) in military aid in June, the highest amount since the 9.04 billion euros received in April 2024. US funding dried up in February 2025.
It is the third-biggest monthly military funding boost from donors since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, according to the think tank’s Ukraine Support Tracker.
The surge was largely driven by the European Union’s new Ukraine Support Loan, which helped European institutions allocate 4.3 billion euros of military aid in May and June.
The 90-billion-euro EU loan was introduced to support Ukraine’s budgetary and defence needs in 2026 and 2027.
“The rapid launch of the Ukraine Support Loan sends a positive signal to Ukraine,” said Taro Nishikawa, project lead of Kiel’s Ukraine Support Tracker.
On top of the loan support, Germany allocated 700 million euros, Denmark 600 million euros, and the Netherlands 500 million euros to support Ukraine’s military.
Ukraine’s Izmail port infrastructure on fire after Russian attack
Russia struck the area around Ukraine’s largest Danube port of Izmail overnight, causing damage and setting off a fire, regional authorities said Thursday.
Izmail, near the Romanian border in the southern region of Odesa, handles grain and other commodities, and the attack comes a day after Ukraine hit Novorossiysk, a major grain export hub in Russia’s part of the Black Sea.
Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, scrambled two fighter jets, its defence ministry said on X, adding that an aerial target spent about 10 minutes in national airspace before leaving for Ukraine.
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