🔗 Share this article Trump Says He Isn't Planning Supplying Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine. Ex-President Trump remarked on Sunday that he was not actively planning sending Ukrainian forces with long-range Tomahawk missiles. In response to a query by a journalist aboard Air Force One, he answered, “No, not at the moment.” Recent accounts had indicated the U.S. Department of Defense informed the White House that American stockpiles of Tomahawks were adequate to enable such a transfer. Ukraine's Military Actions Continue Without Weapon Lack Although Ukraine has been pursuing Tomahawk missiles to execute far-reaching strikes against Russia, it has nonetheless succeeded to conduct a effective operation using its domestically-produced unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets against Moscow's military and strategic targets, including fuel storage facilities and refineries. On Sunday, a Ukrainian drone attack hit the port facility on the Black Sea, igniting a fire and harming two ships, according to Russian authorities. Nearby airfields in the region also had to be shut down. Turkey Refineries Shift to Non-Russian Crude Supplies Turkey's largest oil refining facilities are boosting procurement of non-Russian crude in response to the latest international restrictions on Moscow, as reported by market insiders. Turkey is a significant buyer of Russian crude, together with China and New Delhi, but processing companies are following India's example in cutting back imports. SOCAR Turkey Refinery Expands Crude Procurement One of the largest Turkey's refineries, the STAR refinery, owned by Azerbaijani company SOCAR, has lately acquired four cargoes of crude from Iraq, Kazakh, and other alternative suppliers for year-end arrival, as per sources. These purchases amount to approximately tens of thousands of barrels daily of non-Russian crude, depending on cargo size. By comparison, oil from Russia accounted for nearly the entirety of the plant's crude intake in October and September, totaling approximately 210 thousand barrels per day, according to trade information. SOCAR declined to comment. Another Major Refiner Likewise Boosting Non-Russian Buys The other leading Turkish oil processor – Tupras refinery – was additionally raising purchases of alternative types of crude, according to two sources. The company was furthermore expected to soon completely phase out imports from Russia at one of its primary major domestic refineries to continue petroleum shipments to Europe without violating the European Union's upcoming sanctions. Tupras did not respond to a request for a statement. Ukrainian Sends Elite Units to Eastern City Kyiv has deployed elite troops to the embattled east city of Pokrovsk in an effort to repel an intense Russian offensive comprising a large number of soldiers, according to Ukraine's senior military leader. The city, dubbed “the entrance to Donetsk,” lies on a key logistical route for the Kyiv's army and has been under Russia's sights for more than a twelve months as Moscow aims to seize the whole east Donetsk area. Latest Updates in the City No fewer than two hundred Russian soldiers had breached the city's defensive lines, Kyiv reported last week, while military experts assessed that others were advancing on its outskirts in a encircling maneuver. In his evening address on this past Sunday, the Ukrainian president spoke of the combat in Pokrovsk and “results in the elimination of the invading forces.” Ukrainian President Reveals Strengthened Air Defence Network Zelenskyy, who has been pushing his allies for more air defense systems to counter Russia’s strikes, announced on Sunday that Ukraine had reinforced its air-defence network with Germany’s assistance. “We have strengthened the U.S.-made Patriot element of our national air defense,” he declared, mentioning the sophisticated U.S.-made air-defence systems. Without offering additional details, the Ukraine's leader singled out Berlin and its leader, Friedrich Merz, for gratitude. Russian Attacks Claim Civilians, Disrupt Power Moscow's unmanned aircraft and missiles fired at Ukrainian territory killed at least six individuals, including 2 minors, and disrupted power to tens of thousands of residents, officials said on Sunday. Russian forces struck the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, according to the office of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. The children were male minors aged eleven and 14, stated the nation's human rights commissioner. Russia’s attacks cut electricity to the whole eastern Donetsk area as well as almost 58 thousand homes in the south Zaporizhzhia region, their local leaders said. The Vostok army group confirmed a number of its members were killed in a particular of the Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk.