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FormerPresident Trump indicated on Sunday that he is not actively planning supplying Ukrainian forces with long-range Tomahawk missiles. When questioned by a reporter aboard his plane, he replied, “No, not currently.” Recent accounts had claimed the Pentagon told the administration that U.S. inventories of Tomahawks were ample to enable such a delivery.

Ukraine's Defense Efforts Continue Without Missile Shortage

While Ukrainian forces has been pursuing Tomahawk missiles to execute far-reaching strikes against Russia, it has still managed to conduct a successful campaign using its own unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets against Russian military and strategic targets, such as fuel storage facilities and processing plants. This past Sunday, a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the port facility on the coast, causing a fire and harming two vessels, as stated by Moscow authorities. Adjacent Russian airports in the region also had to be closed.

Turkey Oil Plants Shift to Alternative Oil Supplies

Ankara's biggest oil refining facilities are boosting purchases of non-Russian crude in response to the latest western restrictions on Russia, according to market sources. The country is a major purchaser of Russian crude, together with China and India, but processing companies are following India's lead in cutting back imports.

SOCAR Turkey Plant Expands Oil Sources

A major Turkey's refineries, SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR), owned by Azeri company SOCAR, has lately acquired multiple cargoes of crude from Iraqi, Kazakhstan, and other alternative suppliers for December delivery, as per sources. This represent roughly 77,000 to 129,000 barrels per day (bpd) of non-Russian crude, varying by cargo size. In contrast, oil from Russia accounted for nearly the entirety of the plant's supply in recent months, totaling approximately 210,000 bpd, according to trade information. SOCAR declined to provide a statement.

Tupras Also Boosting Non-Russian Buys

The other major Turkish refiner – Tupras – was additionally raising purchases of alternative grades of crude, according to two insiders. The company was furthermore expected to in the near future entirely phase out Russian crude at a key facility of its two major domestic refineries to continue petroleum exports to the EU without violating the EU’s upcoming restrictions. The refiner declined to comment to a request for comment.

Ukraine Deploys Special Forces to Pokrovsk

Kyiv has sent elite troops to the embattled east city of Pokrovsk in an effort to push back an fierce Russian offensive involving a large number of troops, according to Kyiv’s senior military leader. The city, dubbed “the entrance to Donetsk,” lies on a major supply line for the Kyiv's army and has been in Russia's crosshairs for more than a year as Russia pushes to control the whole east Donetsk region.

Latest Updates in Pokrovsk

No fewer than 200 Moscow's troops had penetrated the city's defences, Kyiv said recently, while military experts concluded that additional forces were advancing on its outskirts in a encircling maneuver. In his nightly speech on Sunday, the Ukrainian president mentioned the fighting in Pokrovsk and “results in the destruction of the occupiers.”

Ukrainian President Reveals Strengthened Air Defense Network

The president, who has been urging his partners for additional air defences to counter Moscow's attacks, announced on this past Sunday that the country had reinforced its air defense network with Berlin's assistance. “We've boosted the U.S.-made Patriot component of our Ukrainian air defense,” Zelenskyy said, referring to the advanced American air-defence systems. Without providing additional details, the Ukrainian president specifically thanked Berlin and its chancellor, the German chancellor, for gratitude.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Innocents, Cut Electricity

Russian drones and missiles targeting Ukraine took the lives of no fewer than six individuals, including two minors, and cut power to thousands of households, officials said on Sunday. Moscow's military attacked the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa areas, according to the office of the country's chief prosecutor. The children were male minors of ages eleven and fourteen, said the nation's human rights commissioner. The strikes cut power to the whole east Donetsk area as well as almost 58 thousand households in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, their governors said. The Vostok army group said some of its personnel were killed in a particular of the Russian strikes on the region.