Kovalenko noted that ammonium nitrate produced at the plant can be used as a component in explosives, while methanol serves as a base for fuels, including rocket propellant. Argon, also manufactured at the facility,

Since the beginning of this year, more than 1.4 million hectares of land have been affected by wildfires in Russia.

British soldiers have fired U.S. Hellfire missiles from American-made Apache helicopters in NATO drills just 60 miles away from the alliance's northern border with Russia.Two of the missiles were loaded on Thursday onto one of the recently received Apache attack helicopters on the ground at Sodankylä,

President Trump once vowed to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours. Now he says the two sides should work it out themselves.

A Kremlin spokesman says Russia and Ukraine have no scheduled direct peace talks. The statement Thursday came nearly a week after their first face-to-face meeting since the early weeks of Moscow's invasion in 2022 and days after U.

Moscow fired more than 100 drones into Ukraine overnight following the conclusion of President Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv said.

The Russian president, set to speak Monday with Trump, has slow-walked peace talks, while his assault on Ukraine shows no sign of letting up.

The plant produces batteries and accumulators for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aviation, the navy, radio equipment, as well as lithium-ion and mercury-zinc cells for use in communication, control,