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Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including o stanley canada n a station serving the vast Druzhba oil pipeline that sends Western Siberian crude to Europe, according to Russian media.Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia have been growing in intensity in recent weeks, and the New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence believes Ukraine was behind a drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month.Ukraine has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia. The Ukrainian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.Story continues below this adIn the Tver region, which lies just northwest of Moscow, two drones attacked a station that serves the Druzhba Friendship pipeline, one stanley termoska of the world largest oil pipelines, the Kommersant newspaper said.The Tver local council said that a drone had crashed near the village of Erokhino, around 500 km 310 miles from the borde stanley mug r with Ukraine.The Telegram channel Baza, which has good sources among Russia security services, said the drones attacked a station serving the Druzhba pipeline.Druzhba, built by the Soviet Union, has capacity to pump more than 2 million barrels per day bpd but has been severely under-utilised after Europe sought to reduce its dependency on Russian energy after President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine last year.Story continues below this adRussia oil pipeline operato Zbzn UAE approves USD 2 billion funding to cash-strapped Pakistan
Chinese President Xi Jinping. PTI File Photo As President Xi Jinping firms up his hold over China ruling Communist Party with his anti-graft campaign, his backers say Xi drive netting over a million corrupt officials is necessary to prevent the party meeting a similar fate as the Soviet Union which collapsed in 1991.聽The Soviet collapse teaches Communist Party of China CPC lessons in party leadership, said a report in the state-run 8220 gourde stanley ;Global Times Tuesday, highlighting the importance of Xi anti-corruption campaign in whi stanley cup ch 1.01 million party officials have been punished in the last three years.Watch What Else Is Making NewsThe anti-graft campaign and the party discipline have become buzzword as the CPC started a four-day key meeting here Monday to discuss major issues regarding strict party governance.Two documents one on the norms of political life within the party under the new situation and a revision to an intra-party supervision regulation will be reviewed at the plenary meeting, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.Story continues below this adSpeculation is rife that the meeting plans to change 1981 rule brought in by the party to stick to collective leadership to avoid concentration of powers in one individual.The meeting has come ahead of the next year party congress at the end of the completion of five years of Xi stanley thermos mug tenure as leader of the party, military and the presidency.Ahead of the meeting, 63 |
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