Four Russian ports in Leningrad Oblast have been put on high alert. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti Details: The seaports in Russia's Leningrad Oblast - Vyborg, Vysotsk, Primorsk and Ust-Luga - have introduced a high-alert regime on their premises.
Russian national Igor Churkin, former owner of the Lviv Bus Plants Limited Liability Company (LLC), who is awaiting trial in Argentina to be extradited to Ukraine, is seeking political asylum. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti Details: The legal defence of Russian Igor Churkin, awaiting trial in Argentina to be extradited to Ukraine, has submitted a request seeking political asylum for him.
The Russian oil refining sector as a whole reported a 4% drop in production in January 2024 compared to January last year. The biggest drop has occurred at Rosneft, a Russian state-owned oil and gas company, whose refinery suffered a Ukrainian drone attack on the night of 24-25 January.
A fire broke out in the Russian city of Volgograd on the night of 2-3 February, with petroleum products burning over an area of 300 square metres. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti with reference to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations; ngs24.
The Russians claimed on Saturday (3 February) that civilians were killed in the supposedly Ukrainian attack on a bakery in the Russian-occupied town of Lysychansk (Luhansk Oblast). Source: Leonid Pasechnik, Russian-appointed sham "head" of the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) Details: Pasechnik claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had supposedly struck the bakery and that there may be people under