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Ukrainian drones struck Volgograd and Samara overnight. Astra reported a large fire near Volgograd’s refinery and chemical plant, as well as a fire at Samara’s Transneft oil depot. Volgograd’s governor reported one injury. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Ukrainian drone attacks hit Volgograd and Samara, setting a refinery and a major oil tank farm on fire — Meduza
Ukrainian drones struck Volgograd and Samara overnight on October 2. Andrey Bocharov, governor of the Volgograd region, said there had been a “massive drone attack on industrial infrastructure” but…
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Then in January of 2022, the Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin dropped out of ERIC. He made his announcement to a group of far right election activists, to sustained applause. But for other election officials it was a puzzle. One state election official who worked for GOP secretaries of state said:
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