CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Moscow earlier this week. This was reported to Axios by two sources. Ratcliffe’s visit, the sources added, also aimed to understand whether the heads of Russian intelligence services could help convince Putin to resume negotiations with Ukraine under U.S. mediation.
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During the night, Ukrainian forces targeted a major oil refinery in the Leningrad Oblast, in northwestern Russia, and an airbase in the Krasnodar territory, reports The Kyiv Independent. According to the Telegram channel Exilenova Plus, one of Russia’s largest oil refineries (the Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis plant, also known as the Kinef plant) was set on fire after being attacked by Ukrainian forces in the Leningrad Oblast.
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The facility is subject to Western sanctions against Russia imposed by Ukraine’s allies, including measures enforced by the United States. The governor of Leningrad Oblast, Aleksandr Drozdenko, confirmed that “a drone crash was reported near a refinery in the Kirishi district, resulting in a fire,” while 42 drones were shot down in the region. Meanwhile, an airbase was hit in the city of Yeysk, in the Krasnodar territory of Russia, where eyewitnesses reported a series of loud explosions.
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