Ukraine: Kyiv says it hit Russian oil, military facilities

Ukraine's military says it has hit key infrastructure inside Russia, including a significant oil refinery. Kyiv also says it struck a military airfield used for drones and an electronics factory.

A fire that broke out near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after Ukrainian shelling has been brought under control, according to Russian authorities.

Meanwhile, the New York Times has reported that Indian government sources have revealed there are no plans to stop buying oil from Russia. This is despite US President Donald Trump's threats to impose penalties on India.

This blog covers news related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Saturday, August 2.

08/02/2025August 2, 2025

India to continue buying oil from Russia: report

India will keep purchasing oil from Russia despite US President Donald Trump's threats of penalties.

This is according to two Indian government sources and reported on by the Reuters news agency, via the New York Times.

"These are long-term oil contracts," Reuters reported one of the sources as saying. "It is not so simple to just stop buying overnight."

Trump last month suggested on social media that India would face additional penalties for purchases of Russian arms and oil.

08/02/2025August 2, 2025

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant brought under control, says Russia

A fire that broke out near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after Ukrainian shelling has subsided after being brought under control, the Moscow-installed administration of the Russian-held plant in Ukraine said on Saturday.

Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia plant in the first weeks of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which got underway in February 2022.

Since Moscow took the plant, both sides have accused each other of firing or taking other measures that could increases the danger of a nuclear accident.

08/02/2025August 2, 2025

Ukraine says it has struck Russian oil and military facilities

Ukraine said it had struck infrastructure within Russia, including a major oil refinery as well as a military airfield for drones and an electronics factory.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) said the military had hit the refinery in Ryazan, some 180 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of Moscow. The attack sparked a fire on its premises.

The USF said it also hit the Annanefteprodukt oil storage facility in the Voronezh region.

Elsewhere, the Ukrainian SBU intelligence agency said its drones had hit Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airfield.

The airbase has been used to launch waves of long-range drones at targets in Ukraine.

The SBU said it also struck a plant in Penza. According to the intelligence agency, the factory supplies Moscow's military-industrial complex with electronics.

08/02/2025August 2, 2025

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Ukraine's military said Saturday that it had hit key infrastructure inside Russia, including a significant oil refinery, as well as a military airfield used for drones, and an electronics factory.

Mwanwhile, a fire broke out near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after Ukrainian shelling, before being brought under control.

According to the New York Times, Indian government sources have revealed there are no plans to stop buying oil from Russia. This is despite US President Donald Trump's threats to impose penalties on New Delhi.