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Monday, July 20, 2026
How Russia downed a passenger plane and escaped justice . . . . . Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital . . . . . Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75% . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/
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Monday, July 20, 2026
How Russia downed a passenger plane and escaped justice . . . . . Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital . . . . . Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75% . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/
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Monday, July 20, 2026
How Russia downed a passenger plane and escaped justice . . . . . Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital . . . . . Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75% . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/
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Monday, July 20, 2026
How Russia downed a passenger plane and escaped justice . . . . . Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital . . . . . Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75% . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
As pressure on Crimea heats up, Russian ships in Sea of Azov enter Ukraine's crosshairs . . . . . A missile reaches Kyiv in 2 . . . . . -4 minutes: official explains air alarm lag during Russian ballistic strikes . . . . . June deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022 . . . . . Budapest 'closing the door' on Russia, Hungary's defense minister says . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-15-2026/
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Thursday, April 9, 2026
Ukraine strikes key oil transfer hub, oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea -- New details, leaked audio show Hungary coordinating with Kremlin to stall Ukraine's EU accession -- SBU, FBI uncover Russian router hacking campaign -- Fact-check: How Kremlin disinformation targets Hungary's election ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/thursday-april-9-2026/
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#Russia suffering '#EnvironmentalCatastrophe' after #OilSpill in #KerchStrait
Joshua Cheetham, Olga Robinson & Matt Murphy, January 23, 2025
"Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed #Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the #BlackSea.
"Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank.
"Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the #SeaOfAzov.
"A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst '#EnvironmentalCatastrophe' of the 21st Century.
"'This is the first time fuel oil has been spilled in such quantities,' Viktor Danilov-Danilyan - the head of science at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - said in a 17 January interview with a Russian newspaper.
"Russian scientists said in December that this spill could be more than twice the size of a similar disaster in the strait in 2007, which saw up to 1,600 tonnes of #HeavyOil leak into the sea. #Ukraine's ministry of #ecology has estimated that the clear up from the latest spill could cost the Russian state up to $14bn (£11.4bn).
"#PaulJohnston, a scientist at #GreenpeaceResearchLaboratories, said 'there's always an element of uncertainty around oil spills', but a lack of timely information has heightened this uncertainty further.
"'I'm not entirely optimistic we'll ever know the full extent of the problem,' he added.
"Satellite images reviewed by #BBCVerify on 10 January - the most recent available high-resolution photos - showed a #MassiveOilSlick running through the strait, measuring at least 25km (15 miles) long. A second, smaller slick measuring around 5.7km (3.5 miles) long is also visible."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo
#WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalDestruction #OilSpill