Trump States He Isn't Contemplating Supplying Long-Range Cruise Missiles to Ukraine.

Ex-President Trump indicated on Sunday that he is not really considering providing Ukrainian forces with advanced Tomahawk missiles. In response to a query by a reporter on his plane, he answered, “No, not currently.” Earlier reports had suggested the Pentagon informed the White House that U.S. inventories of Tomahawks were adequate to enable such a delivery.

Ukraine's Military Actions Continue Without Missile Shortage

Although Ukraine has been requesting Tomahawk missiles to execute long-range strikes against Russian targets, it has nonetheless succeeded to conduct a successful campaign using its own unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets against Moscow's armed and key targets, including fuel storage facilities and refineries. This past Sunday, a Ukrainian airstrike hit the port facility on the coast, causing a fire and damaging two ships, as stated by Moscow officials. Adjacent airfields in the area also had to be closed.

Turkey Refineries Shift to Non-Russian Oil Supplies

Ankara's largest oil refineries are boosting purchases of non-Russian crude in response to the latest international sanctions on Russia, as reported by industry sources. The country is a significant buyer of Russian crude, together with Beijing and India, but processing companies are mirroring New Delhi's example in reducing supplies.

SOCAR Turkey Plant Expands Crude Procurement

A major Turkey's refineries, the STAR refinery, owned by Azerbaijani company SOCAR, has recently acquired four cargoes of crude from Iraqi, Kazakhstan, and additional alternative suppliers for December delivery, as per sources. These purchases represent roughly tens of thousands of barrels daily of non-Russian supply, varying by cargo size. By comparison, oil from Russia accounted for virtually all of the plant's crude intake in recent months, totaling approximately 210 thousand barrels per day, based on market information. SOCAR declined to provide a statement.

Tupras Likewise Increasing Non-Russian Buys

The other major Turkish oil processor – Tupras refinery – was additionally raising acquisitions of non-Russian grades of crude, according to two sources. Tupras was furthermore likely to in the near future completely eliminate Russian crude at a key facility of its two main domestic plants to continue fuel shipments to Europe without breaching the European Union's incoming sanctions. Tupras declined to comment to a inquiry for a statement.

Ukrainian Sends Special Forces to Eastern City

Ukraine has deployed elite troops to the embattled east city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to repel an fierce Moscow's offensive involving thousands of troops, according to Ukraine's senior military leader. The city, dubbed “the gateway to Donetsk,” lies on a major logistical route for the Ukrainian army and has been under Moscow’s sights for more than a year as Russia aims to control the whole east Donetsk region.

Latest Updates in the City

At least two hundred Russian troops had breached Pokrovsk’s defensive lines, Kyiv reported recently, while military experts assessed that additional forces were closing in on its perimeter in a pincer-shaped movement. In his nightly address on this past Sunday, the Ukrainian president spoke of the combat in the city and “results in the elimination of the invading forces.”

Zelenskyy Reveals Enhanced Air Defence System

Zelenskyy, who has been urging his allies for more air defences to counter Russia’s attacks, announced on this past Sunday that Ukraine had reinforced its air-defence capabilities with Germany’s support. “We've boosted the U.S.-made Patriot component of our Ukrainian air defense,” he said, referring to the sophisticated American defense systems. Not providing additional details, the Ukrainian president singled out Berlin and its leader, Friedrich Merz, for gratitude.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Innocents, Disrupt Power

Moscow's drones and missiles fired at Ukraine took the lives of no fewer than six people, among them two children, and disrupted electricity to thousands of households, authorities said on Sunday. Moscow's military struck the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, according to the representatives of Ukraine’s prosecutor general. The children were two boys aged eleven and fourteen, said the nation's ombudsman. The strikes cut electricity to the whole east Donetsk area as well as nearly 58,000 households in the south Zaporizhzhia region, their local leaders said. The Eastern military unit confirmed a number of its personnel were killed in a particular of the enemy attacks on Dnipropetrovsk.