Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil refinery near Kstovo in Nizhny Novgorod region overnight, starting a fire. State investigators opened a terrorism case while regional authorities reported measures to supply filling stations and introduced limits at pumps.
By midday attention shifted to Kremlin messaging on contacts with Kyiv. Aide Ushakov repeated the invitation for Zelensky to negotiate in Moscow, and spokesmen said Putin would answer if Zelensky called. Independent outlets noted Zelensky's counterproposal to meet in Turkey.
Evening coverage returned to the previous night's U.S. embassy warning about Tsaritsyno in Moscow. The FSB said a check of U.S.-provided information led to the detention of a minor accused of threatening an attack, released detention footage and publicly thanked Washington.