{"id":737292,"date":"2026-08-14T02:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737292\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:12:15","slug":"ukraine-russia-war-latest-russian-navy-officer-killed-after-bomb-hidden-in-rubbish-bin-explodes-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737292\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian Navy officer \u2018killed after bomb hidden in rubbish bin\u2019 explodes in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Kyiv confirms strike on oil and petrochemical complex in Bashkortostan<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s military struck an oil refinery and petrochemical complex in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, causing a fire, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

We earlier reported that Russian authorities said Ukraine had attacked an industrial area in Russia\u2019s Bashkortostan region.<\/p>\n

It said on the Telegram app that the complex was located about 1,300 km (808 miles) from the Ukrainian border and was involved in supplying fuel to the Russian troops.<\/p>\n

Wildberries, the online retailer that Kyiv has been targeted in a drone campaign which aims at \u201cbringing the war home\u201d to ordinary Russians, also confirmed that one if its facilities in the region was set on fire by the attack.<\/p>\n

Alex Croft14 August 2026 03:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia reports young child dead in Ukrainian strike on naval base<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces launched a massive overnight attack on Russia’s Novorossiysk naval base using drones, missiles, and unmanned boats, president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all you need to know in just five bullet points with The Independent\u2019s Bulletin.<\/p>\n

Alex Croft14 August 2026 01:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot interceptors to survive winter, Zelensky says<\/p>\n

Ukraine needs five per cent of US Patriot interceptor stocks to get through the winter and 10 per cent to destroy all Russian ballistic missiles, Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN.<\/p>\n

He said Ukraine had \u201ctwo and a half times less interceptors than we had in 2025\u201d, while Russia was firing twice as many ballistic missiles each month.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said he was asking the US to sell Ukraine 5 per cent of its interceptor stocks.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said Ukraine was currently receiving only \u201c1 per cent\u201d of what the US makes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom 1 per cent to 5 per cent… I have some months and millions [of] phone calls and anything else. I do some things which I can\u2019t even share. It doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s out of the law. But I can\u2019t speak about it<\/p>\n

Alex Croft14 August 2026 00:01<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia cannot claim \u2018victory\u2019, Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov says<\/p>\n

Nobel laureate and former chief editor of newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, said that Russia cannot claim victory in Ukraine because the war has devastated both countries, and that Ukraine may be destroyed but cannot be conquered.<\/p>\n

He told the BBC: \u201cThere will never be \u2018victory\u2019. Because what has been going on for nearly five years \u2013 no matter how it ends \u2013 can no longer be considered a victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt cannot be a victory when two Slavic nations have ripped a million people to shreds. Or more than a million.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt seems to me that the situation with Ukraine now is this: you can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it. What do I mean by destroy? Continued escalation all the way to the use of a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cAll those political experts who say \u2018Putin thinks this\u2019 or \u2018Putin is scared of that\u2019\u2026they\u2019re all charlatans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s in the same league as astrology. Nobody knows what\u2019s going on in Vladimir Putin\u2019s head. And I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see things only as a journalist. I study big data. And since the beginning of the year, the need to use nuclear weapons has been mentioned more than 500 times. When wackos say this, I pay no attention. But I\u2019ve heard it discussed on state TV. And at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a state-run event, one of the speakers talked up the use of nuclear weapons as something favourable, something good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Croft13 August 2026 23:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia’s Wildberries says attack causes fire at industrial area<\/p>\n

An air attack caused a \u2060fire at an industrial area in \u2060Russia’s \u200bBashkortostan \u2060region where online retailer \u2060Wildberries has \u200ba \u2060facility, the \u200ccompany said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

No goods \u200cwere stored \u200cat the premises, \u2060the company said.<\/p>\n

Wildberries warehouses have been targeted in a series of attacks \u200cby Ukrainian \u200bdrones \u200csince \u2060July 18. <\/p>\n

Daniel Keane13 August 2026 22:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukrainian attack shuts Russia’s Orsk refinery for months<\/p>\n

An oil refinery in the Russian city of Orsk that was hit by a Ukrainian drone strike two days ago has been forced to shut down completely, \u2060and repairs could take up to six months, the regional governor said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“Shrapnel damaged key infrastructure that cannot currently be repaired. The equipment is imported, and \u2060due to sanctions, repairs could take \u200bup \u2060to six months. The plant has completely shut down,” Yevgeny Solntsev, governor of the surrounding Orenburg region, \u2060posted on social media.<\/p>\n

“We are preparing for a worst-case \u200bscenario \u2060and will have to rely \u200con fuel supplies brought in from outside the region.”<\/p>\n

Daniel Keane13 August 2026 21:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukraine destroys missile system protecting Putin\u2019s $1bn Black Sea palace<\/p>\n

Two attacks over the last week have targeted military assets in Gelendzhik, around 12 miles from the Russian leader\u2019s holiday home.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, a further strike was launched on an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system and launch pad just 500m away from the previous attack.<\/p>\n

Daniel Keane13 August 2026 20:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Pictured: Ukrainian firefighters run for their lives as Russian drones attack trucks Ukrainian Firefighters Run For Their Lives As Russian Drones Attack Trucks<\/p>\n

Daniel Keane13 August 2026 19:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia attacks Ukrainian port on Danube<\/p>\n

Russia struck Ukraine’s largest grain export port on the Danube on Thursday, causing damage and starting a fire, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The port of Izmail, near the Romanian \u2060border in Ukraine’s southern region of Odesa, handles exports of grain and other commodities. <\/p>\n

Izmail regional state administration said on Telegram the overnight strikes had damaged port infrastructure and taken out power in the southeast of the city.<\/p>\n

Daniel Keane13 August 2026 18:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five killed while defusing bomb in Russia-controlled Crimea, say authorities<\/p>\n

Five people were killed while trying to defuse an explosive device in Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, regional governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He said four emergency service bomb disposal specialists and a security guard were carrying out clearance work following a Ukrainian drone attack on the city when the explosion occurred.<\/p>\n

Both sides have stepped up air attacks in the fifth year of the full-scale war that Russia launched in 2022. <\/p>\n

Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air defence units shot down or intercepted 362 Ukrainian drones overnight across a number of Russian and Russian-controlled regions, including Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed from Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n

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