Kyiv’s forces strike a chemical plant and oil refinery and dispatch over 140 drones targeting locations nearly 700 miles deep into Russia

In retaliation to Ukrainian military actions using Western weapons, Russia launched strikes against western Ukraine's energy infrastructure, specifically targeting a gas storage facility in Stryi. This move comes as a response to Ukraine's use of U.

The UK has ‘less than a week’s worth of gas left’ as temperatures drop to freezing levels, British Gas has warned. Brits slept through the coldest night in 15 years last night, meaning gas supplies are dropping to ‘ concerningly low ’ levels.

While air raid sirens during visits by foreign leaders have sounded before, it is rare for air defenses to actually have to fight off attacking drones.

Ukraine carried out its largest aerial attack on Russian territory of the nearly three-year war overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, hitting factories and energy hubs hundreds of miles from the frontline.

Britain's biggest gas supplier said Friday UK storage levels are "concerningly low" owing to high demand caused by freezing weather and after Ukraine ended Russian gas transit to Europe.Such as "perfect storm" had reduced "UK winter gas storage to concerningly low levels",

Gas inventory levels have come under added pressure from the cold weather and the end of Russian pipeline supplies through Ukraine.

The Russian military accused Kyiv of using US and British-supplied missiles and promised the strikes would "not go unanswered".

The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the country faces further economic turbulence exacerbated by the ending of its natural gas transit deal with Ukraine.

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