Ukraine Says Russian Oil Refinery Near Moscow Attacked

 This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, and provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, shows ruins of what was the town of Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)
This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, and provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, shows ruins of what was the town of Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)
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Ukraine Says Russian Oil Refinery Near Moscow Attacked

 This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, and provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, shows ruins of what was the town of Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)
This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, and provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, shows ruins of what was the town of Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Ukraine said Saturday it had attacked a Russian oil refinery in a region near Moscow, a day after deadly Russian attacks on its capital Kyiv.

The Ukrainian army said on social media it had hit a refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow as "part of efforts to reduce the enemy's ability to launch missile and bomb strikes".

Ukraine has regularly staged missile and drone attacks inside Russia throughout the Kremlin's invasion since 2022.

Ryazan governor Pavel Malkov said Russian air defenses shot down 25 Ukrainian drones over the region during the night.

"Falling debris caused a fire on the premises of one enterprise," Malkov said on Telegram but there had been no casualties.

The attack came a day after Russia struck apartment blocks across Ukraine's capital Kyiv that left seven dead, according to the latest toll.

"It has been reported that an elderly woman who was wounded during the shelling on November 14 died in hospital this morning," Tymur Tkachenko of Kyiv's city administration, said on social media.

Other victims included a couple in their 70s and a 62-year-old.

Officials in the central Dnipropetrovsk region said a Russian drone on Saturday wounded five people, one seriously, in the city of Nikopol.

Nikopol lies on the Dnipro River that forms the frontline with Russian forces.

On the opposite occupied bank of the river, Moscow-installed official Yevgeny Balitsky said a Ukrainian drone had hit power lines, causing outages for some 44,000 subscribers.



Kremlin Says Putin’s Proposals on Iran Are Still on the Table

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting focused on the situation on the global energy market at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting focused on the situation on the global energy market at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Kremlin Says Putin’s Proposals on Iran Are Still on the Table

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting focused on the situation on the global energy market at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting focused on the situation on the global energy market at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered different options to mediate and ways to reduce tensions in the Iran ‌conflict and ‌these proposals ‌are still ⁠on the table, ⁠the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Moscow is ready to provide any ⁠assistance it ‌can ‌to reduce the tensions ‌in the ‌Middle East, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

He declined ‌to provide additional details on the ⁠specifics of ⁠the "considerations" on Iran that Putin raised on a call with US President Donald Trump.


Türkiye Says US Patriot System Deployed to Boost Air Defense amid Iran War

A Turkish soldier stands guard as army and security personnel search a field after a piece of ammunition fell following the interception of a missile launched from Iran by a NATO air defense system, in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
A Turkish soldier stands guard as army and security personnel search a field after a piece of ammunition fell following the interception of a missile launched from Iran by a NATO air defense system, in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
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Türkiye Says US Patriot System Deployed to Boost Air Defense amid Iran War

A Turkish soldier stands guard as army and security personnel search a field after a piece of ammunition fell following the interception of a missile launched from Iran by a NATO air defense system, in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
A Turkish soldier stands guard as army and security personnel search a field after a piece of ammunition fell following the interception of a missile launched from Iran by a NATO air defense system, in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

Türkiye said on Tuesday that a US Patriot air defense system was deployed to its southeast, near a NATO radar base, as part of steps by the alliance to boost air defenses in the face of missile threats from the Iran war.

It is being deployed to Malatya province, the location of the Kurecik NATO radar base, which provides vital data for the alliance ‌and helped ‌identify two Iranian ballistic missiles heading toward ‌ Türkiye ⁠over the last ⁠week, said Reuters.

Iran has said it is not at war with regional countries and denies explicitly targeting its neighbor Türkiye. Ankara has warned Tehran against firing any more missiles towards it and the two countries' presidents discussed the issue on Monday.

"In addition to ⁠the measures we take on a ‌national level, air and missile ‌defense measures by NATO have been increased. In that ‌framework, one Patriot System is being deployed to ‌Malatya to contribute to defending our air space," the defense ministry said.

It added that Türkiye would continue to evaluate regional developments and cooperate with NATO allies.

The deployment comes ‌amid reports that Washington is looking into redeploying its military assets, including Patriot ⁠systems, currently stationed ⁠in South Korea.

It was not immediately clear where the Patriot system or its batteries were being redeployed from.

Türkiye, an emerging leader in the global defense industry that has the alliance's second-largest army, lacks its own fully fledged air defenses despite development efforts, and has relied on NATO air defenses stationed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in both missile incidents in the last week.

There is currently one Patriot system, from Spain, deployed in Türkiye as part of NATO defens es.


Israel’s Netanyahu Warns ‘We Are Not Done Yet’ in Iran

A person holds a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and the United States, outside the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
A person holds a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and the United States, outside the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
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Israel’s Netanyahu Warns ‘We Are Not Done Yet’ in Iran

A person holds a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and the United States, outside the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
A person holds a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and the United States, outside the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, on March 5, 2026. (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel's military offensive against Iran was "not done yet", saying the operation was degrading Iran's clerical leadership.

"Our aspiration is to bring the Iranian people to cast off the yoke of tyranny; ultimately, it depends on them. But there is no doubt that with the actions taken so far, we are breaking their bones -- and we are not done yet," Netanyahu said during a visit to the National Health Command Center on Monday night, according to a statement published Tuesday.

Israel ‌is ahead of schedule in achieving its war goals in Iran, its ambassador to France said on Tuesday, adding that the operation aims to weaken Iran’s authorities to curb attacks beyond its borders and allow its people to shape their own future. 

"When we were asked at the start of this war about its duration, we said ‌it would ‌last a few weeks. ‌That ⁠hasn’t changed," Joshua Zarka told ⁠BFM TV. "We are ahead of schedule to achieve our war objectives." 

Zarka, formerly Israel’s lead diplomat on Iran, said the goals extend beyond ending Iran’s nuclear program. They include weakening the government to the point ⁠that its population can "take its fate ‌into its own ‌hands," and ensuring Tehran can no longer mount ‌attacks beyond its borders. 

Asked about the ‌appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader, Zarka said that if he follows his father Ali Khamenei's positions, he "would also be on ‌a list of those who should be eliminated." 

Israel has simultaneously launched ⁠major ⁠operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah after it struck Israeli territory. The Lebanese government has said it wants direct talks with Israel to halt the fighting, but Zarka argued that Beirut is not disarming Hezbollah. 

"At this stage, I’m not aware of any decision to enter negotiations to end this war," he said. "What would end it is the disarmament of Hezbollah — and that is a choice for the Lebanese government."