The targeted refineries include facilities in Ryazan, approximately 130 miles southeast of Moscow, Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region, nearly 300 miles east of the capital, and Kirishi in Russia's northwest.
Stating that India's policy was 'Nation First' and the consumer was 'paramount', Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Centre was able to keep oil prices from shooting up despite global turbulence amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and drone attacks on merchant ships in the Red Se
An Indian warship, INS Kolkata on Monday responded to the distress call from a Liberian-flagged container vessel, MSC Sky II which was reportedly attacked by a drone or missile in the southeast of Aden, an official statement said.
The death toll from the Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Odesa city rose to 10, a figure which includes two babies, CNN reported citing Ukrainian officials on Sunday.
As the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict approaches, three civilians were killed in a Russian drone attack against Odesa on Friday, as reported by the Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged Japan and the European Union to enact new sanctions against Russia in response to the escalating situation.
He said on January 16, 18, both Iran and Pakistan bombed the mud houses of unarmed Baloch citizens with missiles and drone attacks in a preplanned war aggression in which 12 Baloch were martyred and many others were injured, including women, children and elderly.
Following the drone attack on a base in Jordan, the US forces are now preparing to hit Iran-backed proxies across the Middle East with increased intensity, as reported by Voice of America (VOA).
The incident was a significant escalation in the already precarious situation in the Middle East, with officials suggesting the drone was fired by Iran-backed militants from Syria.