Russia - Ukraine War News Round-Up -- April 25, 2022

Flames light up the night sky over Bryansk, a Russian city some 70 miles from the Ukraine border, after suspected Ukrainian missile strikes hit oil storage facilities there overnight  

Daily Mail: 'Ukrainian missile strikes' blow up oil facilities in Russia supplying troops in Donbas as British intelligence says Putin's forces have 'yet to achieve a significant breakthrough' and many units are 'exhausted' 

* Explosions rocked two oil storage facilities - one of that at a military base - in Russian city of Bryansk overnight 

* Blasts, though to have been caused by Ukrainian missiles, sparked huge fires which raged into the morning 

 * Bryansk is a logistical hub supplying Russian forces in Donbas, where Putin's main offensive is taking place 

* UK says Russia has yet to achieve any 'significant breakthrough' of Ukrainian defences in the region, because of poor logistical support and ongoing fighting in Mariupol tying up troops 

Flames lit up the sky over Russia in the early hours after suspected Ukrainian missile strikes blew up two oil storage facilities supplying Putin's troops fighting for control of Donbas. 

The Transneft-Druzhba Oil Depot, located in the city of Bryansk around 70 miles from the Ukrainian border, caught fire at 2am local time before a second fire broke out at a nearby military facility around 15 minutes later, Russian state media said this morning.

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Live Updates  

Live updates: Railway strikes targeted arms supply routes - Russia -- BBC  

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War -- AP  

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Live: ICC prosecutor to join EU team investigating crimes in Ukraine -- France 24  

Russia announces expulsion of 40 German diplomats in tit-for-tat move — live updates -- DW

Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia’s FM warns of World War III risk -- Al Jazeera 

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Russia - Ukraine War News Round-Up -- April 25, 2022  

Russia hits faraway targets; diplomat warns of risk of WWIII -- AP 

UN chief embarks on Moscow trip amid criticism -- Al Jazeera  

Russia bombs five railway stations in central and western Ukraine -- The Guardian  

Putin's message to Biden? Russia pounds five railway stations in central and western Ukraine after Blinken travelled to Kyiv by train -- Daily Mail  

Moment two Russian fighter pilots parachute from their doomed jet as it spirals out of control and crashes in a fireball after being struck by Ukrainians -- Daily Mail  

Oil depot on fire in Russian region bordering Ukraine -- RT 

 Fortress Zaporizhzhia prepares to fight as war closes in -- The Guardian

Ukrainians mark Orthodox Easter as military warns of high-precision Russian missiles -- ABC News Australia  

Russia pauses military op on besieged steel plant for evacuation of civilians -- TASS 

 Russia opens humanitarian corridor for civilians from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant -- RT  

'Mariupol is wiped down but will never surrender' claims top Zelensky adviser Igor Zhovkva -- France 24  

Russia plans to use chemical weapons to 'smoke out' civilians and soldiers holed up in Mariupol steelworks, Ukrainian intelligence claims -- Daily Mail 

‘Traitors’ will be executed – Ukrainian governor -- RT  

Ukraine: Facing the Russian Army on the frontline in Donbas -- BBC  

Ukrainian drones shot down in Russia – governor -- RT  

Russian troops destroy 423 targets in Ukraine — Russian Defense Ministry -- TASS  

US ships artillery to Ukraine to destroy Russian firepower -- AFP  

Russia warns US against sending more arms to Ukraine -- Al Jazeera  

FSB Detains 'Neo-Nazis' Plotting to Kill Russian Journalist Solovyev on Kiev Instructions -- Sputnik  

Russia does not think ceasefire in Ukraine is now possible — first deputy ambassador to UN -- TASS  

Ukraine threatens to quit peace talks with Russia -- RT  

As Russia targets eastern Ukraine, Kyiv cautiously reopens -- Al Jazeera  

ICC prosecutor to join EU team probing war crimes in Ukraine -- Al Jazeera