Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles against Ukraine on August 19, just hours after President Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Trump and European leaders in Washington to discuss security guarantees.

The acting governor of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia said more than a dozen people were hurt and several apartment buildings were damaged.

Drone attacks have proven devastatingly effective as a battle strategy, both in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia and in Moscow's own aerial bombardment of population centers like Kyiv. But drones have also unleashed the potential for violence and crime on some less visible fronts,

The refinery is the second-largest owned by Lukoil and a key producer of petroleum products in Russia's Southern Federal District.

It was around midnight in Moscow when Vladimir Putin took a call from the White House about the latest proposals for ending the war. President Donald Trump had just spent several hours in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other leaders from Europe who had come along in a frantic effort to shore up U.