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Ukraine responds as Kazakh president Tokayev urges Putin to freeze the war in Ukraine

Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Vladimir Putin in a face-to-face meeting to freeze the war in Ukraine and return to negotiations as "it is a shame, young people are dying". Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it "a realistic, timely, and wise message."

Euronews

Ukraine strikes Siberia refinery as Kazakh leader tells Putin war should end

MOSCOW - Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery Saturday and disrupted an Urals athletics competition, as Kazakhstan's president told Russia's Vladimir Putin the Ukraine war should end during a forum in Siberia's Omsk.

Bangkok Post

Kazakhstan's president urges Putin to ‘freeze’ war in Ukraine

Kazakhstan's president on Saturday urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine during talks in the Siberian city of Omsk. Hours earlier, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Siberia in one of Kyiv's deepest attacks inside Russia.

France 24

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Ukraine conducts record drone strike of 2,500km after 12-hour flight — $55,000 unit made of plywood halts operations at Russia's largest gasoline producer

Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Omsk, Siberia, on July 6 after flying roughly 2,500 km over more than 12 hours.

Tom’s Hardware

Russia's Saratov oil refinery at a halt since Wednesday's drone attack: Sources report to Reuters

Russia's Saratov oil refinery stopped processing oil Wednesday after a drone attack. This incident follows similar Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. The Omsk oil refinery, Russia's largest, also halted operations earlier this week. These attacks have caused fuel shortages and price increases within Russia. The Saratov refinery suspended operations…

The Economic Times

Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike Russia oil refinery in Siberia as Zelenskyy warns region now ‘within reach’

Ukrainian president says long-range attack an ‘important achievement’ while also pleading for better air defences. What we know on day 1,595

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine hits vital oil refinery more than 2,500km behind Russian border

While Russia continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more in Kyiv, Ukraine is striking deep inside Russian territory as part of a campaign to degrade the Kremlin’s war machine.

Euronews

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Burning Man Victim Identified As 'Kind' Russian, Vadim Kruglov: Friends Start Fundraiser To Send Him Home

Russian national Vadim Kruglov has been identified as the man found dead at Burning Man 2025. Friends remember him as a generous soul and are raising funds to repatriate his remains to Omsk, Russia.

International Business Times UK

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times

Putin's 'lover' sent more than 2,000 miles from palaces she shares with dictator

Alina Kabaeva, the dictator’s 39-year-old long-time mistress has traditionally preferred to hide away in Switzerland where she gave birth to one of his children in 2015, say reports

Daily Mirror

A year at war

Up to a million Russians have fled the country since the start of the war. But the beauty in new places doesn't lessen the heartbreak of leaving home.

ABC News

Russia must boost tank production as West arms Ukraine - ex-president Medvedev

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said during a visit to a tank factory in the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday that Moscow would increase production of tanks in response to Western arms supplies to Ukraine.

Reuters

Putin loses his 36th colonel in war in Ukraine as top brass toll worsens

Lt-Col Oleg Yevseev, 43, was buried in the Siberian city of Omsk on what would have been his 44th birthday

Evening Standard

Wildfires tear through Russia as Putin faces 'second front' amid escalation in Ukraine

Black doom-laden skies and red flames have engulfed three large regions - Omsk, Tyumen and Krasnoyarsk - while the embattled Russian forces marched on the Donbas region in a new phase of the war

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