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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1644: Ukraine strikes Russian refineries and depots

Elsewhere, Ukrainian investigators traced the components of a downed Russian Su-35 fighter to 22 unsanctioned firms supplying its engines, guidance, and missiles.

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1644: Ukraine strikes Russian refineries and depots

On day 1644 of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine launched attacks on Russian refineries and depots. The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps counterattacked north of Lyman. Russia can now seize control of a company's assets if drone defenses fail. Ukraine escaped the empire in 1991, but it was only after 22 years of Moscow's control that Ukrainians fought for their independence.

The Ukrainian government and central bank took action against Sense Bank, including removing its CEO and financial monitoring chief. Ukraine destroyed a depot filled with Russian generators that had been filled with Russian equipment. Intelligence from Russia inadvertently filmed the target during the strike. Poland signed a $2 billion Piorun order, the largest ever for launchers and missiles for Ukraine.

Ukraine is now tendering ground robots to the ministry-set specifications. Ukraine mapped Russia's Su-35 down to individual control units and found 22 firms that have not been sanctioned. A Spanish nun's foundation delivered medical supplies to Kyiv on Independence Day. A Russian drone killed three people, and Ukrainian investigators found an Nvidia Jetson Orin module inside the wreckage with readable object-recognition code.

Three mini power plants were commissioned in Chernivtsi Oblast to keep heat on during blackouts. Ukraine's Red Cross aid, intended for winter, was burned in a Russian drone attack.

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