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Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Hub, Peru Recruits Fighters

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Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil hub, causing massive fires and environmental disaster; Russian drones retaliate, hitting Ukrainian cities and causing injuries; Kyiv announces army reforms to address infantry shortages and boost morale; Peru investigates a network luring citizens into the war with fake Russian jobs.

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Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Hub, Peru Recruits Fighters

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Hub, Peru Recruits Fighters. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On May 2nd, Ukrainian drones just hammered Russia's Tuops oil hub on the Black Sea for the fourth time in 16 days, sparking massive fires at the refinery and port. This key spot for Russian oil exports is now dealing with thick toxic smoke clouds in oil slicks coating the popular resort beaches, turning paradise into a nightmare. Authorities there are scrambling with a huge cleanup, already pulling out over 13,300 cubic meters of fuel oil and tainted, soil from the coastline. State media showed crews digging deep into blackened sands, but the environmental mess keeps piling up from these repeated strikes since mid-April. On Ukraine side, Russian drones hit back overnight, with 19 shot down over Cherkasy, damaging homes, a school, and a nursery. In Venitsia, a woman got hurt and a building wrecked, while near Odessa a shopping center roof caught fire, wounding at least five people. Kiv's pushing big army reforms this summer to fix infantry shortages and rotate out battle-weary

troops after four years of war. President Zelensky says details wrap in May, changes kick off in June with higher pay for frontline fighters to boost morale and readiness. Meanwhile, Peru's probing a shady network, lowering folks with fake Russian jobs, only to force them into the fight 13 Peruvians have died already. This war's tentacles keep reaching far, pulling in the unexpected from every corner.

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