{"id":662505,"date":"2026-06-28T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662505\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T09:19:15","slug":"ukraine-russia-war-latest-fire-erupts-at-russian-oil-refinery-after-ukraine-strike-as-kyiv-hit-by-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662505\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine-Russia war latest: Fire erupts at Russian oil refinery after Ukraine strike as Kyiv hit by missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Serbian president Vucic says he will resign within weeks<\/p>\n

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic announced he would resign \u200bwithin weeks and the country will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections, following 18 months of anti-government protests.<\/p>\n

Serbia is a candidate to join the EU, but Belgrade still has strong ties with Russia and China \u2014 a line Vucic has had to walk throughout his time in power. <\/p>\n

The announcement by Vucic, who has been in power as \u200cpresident or prime minister for 12 years, came amid persistent anti-corruption demonstrations led by students and triggered by the collapse of an awning at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad in November 2024, in which 16 people died.<\/p>\n

“I will be president for only a couple more weeks, and then I will resign,” \u200bVucic told throngs of his supporters at a pro-government rally in the capital, Belgrade. Vucic’s second and final mandate was due to expire in mid-2027.<\/p>\n

Vucic said he would help his \u200bSerbian Progressive Party win the presidential election and the early parliamentary vote, also originally set for 2027.<\/p>\n

“My proposal is for our list, the winning \u2060list in the upcoming elections, to be named ‘United Serbia’.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 10:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Slovakia leader says he will not pledge aid to Ukraine<\/p>\n

Slovak prime minister Robert Fico said he opposed Nato’s plans to provide large-scale financial and military aid to Ukraine at the Alliance’s upcoming summit in Ankara.<\/p>\n

He told local media that the Nato proposal was “massive” and that he would hold talks with defence minister Robert Kalinak to ensure Bratislava’s delegation attends the summit without a mandate to “involve Slovakia in further military loans or financial contributions”.<\/p>\n

Fico’s remarks came less than two weeks before Nato’s annual summit, scheduled to take place in Turkey from 7 July, where Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to attend the meeting. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 09:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Rachel Reeves visits Ukraine\"ChancellorChancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves lays flowers at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian War during her one day visit to Kyiv, Ukraine (PA)\"ChancellorChancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves plays chess with members of the public in Taras Shevchenko Park, before meeting Ukrainian Defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov during her one day visit to Kyiv, Ukraine (PA)<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 09:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Zelensky says Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries overnight<\/p>\n

Ukraine hit two \u2060Russian oil refineries in \u2060the \u200bregions \u2060of Krasnodar \u2060and \u200bYaroslavl overnight, president \u2060Volodymyr \u200cZelensky said this morning.<\/p>\n

“We continue \u200cour operations \u2060that weaken Russia’s ability to wage this war,” Zelensky wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 08:42<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukraine hits refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar<\/p>\n

Ukrainian drones \u200bstruck Russian targets, including an oil refinery in the southern Krasnodar region overnight, local \u2060authorities said, as Kyiv continues energy infrastructure attacks that have caused acute fuel shortages in parts of \u2060Russia.<\/p>\n

Krasnodar region governor Veniamin Kondratiev this morning said \u2060that a fire had \u200bbroken \u2060out at the refinery \u200cin Slavyansk-na-Kubani, with one person killed and another injured in a \u200cnearby village.<\/p>\n

Unverified footage \u200con social media showed a large fire at the refinery.<\/p>\n

Slavyansk refinery is \u2060a private plant with capacity of about 100,000 barrels per day. It supplies fuel for domestic use and export. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 08:25<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukrainian prisoners of war react after a prisoner exchange\"\"(Reuters)\"MoscowMoscow and Kyiv exchanged more than 160 PoWs each (AP)<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 08:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Recap: Ukraine strikes industrial facility in Russia’s Volgograd<\/p>\n

Ukraine struck a major industrial facility in the Russian city of Volgograd, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year.<\/p>\n

Writing on X, Zelensky said that FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd in southwestern Russia, describing it as a “major industrial complex” where Russia “produces artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launch systems”.<\/p>\n

According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the facility manufactures equipment for missile systems, including self-propelled launchers and transport-loading vehicles for the Iskander-M missile system, which it said is “the same system Russia regularly uses to strike Ukrainian cities\u201d.<\/p>\n

Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov confirmed an attack on a business in the region’s Krasnooktyabrsky district, saying 10 people had been wounded and taken to a hospital. He said production facilities at the site were damaged but did not identify the company. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 07:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Drones and artillery killed civilians on both sides of \u2060the Russia-Ukraine border<\/p>\n

Drones and artillery killed civilians on both sides of \u2060the Russia-Ukraine border yesterday, local officials said.<\/p>\n

In the Russian border region of Bryansk, a Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in their car in \u2060a village near the border, \u200bthe \u2060region’s acting governor Yegor Kovalchuk said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin issued a long \u200cseries of statements about Ukrainian drones \u200cheading for the capital being intercepted. An informal tally kept by Russian news agencies put the number at 24 \u2060during the day.<\/p>\n

In Ukraine, the governor of the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk Region, Oleksandr Ganzha, said a combined total of more than 40 drone strikes and artillery fire had killed one person and injured one near Nikopol.<\/p>\n

The town, lying on the \u200copposite bank of the Dnipro River from the \u200bRussian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, is \u200ca frequent Russian target. <\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 06:50<\/p>\n

<\/a>Rachel Reeves visits Ukraine\"ChancellorChancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves lays flowers at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian War during her one day visit to Kyiv, Ukraine (PA)<\/p>\n

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar28 June 2026 06:10<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia launches overnight strikes on Kyiv<\/p>\n

Russia launched ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv in the early hours of Sunday, injuring two people and damaging several sites within the city.<\/p>\n

Explosions were reported just before 2am local time and later another wave of missiles struck around 2.35am, the Kyiv Independent reported.<\/p>\n

Fires were also reported elsewhere in the area, including near a residential building, at a service station, and at an unspecified non-residential building. <\/p>\n

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