EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine turns to alternative grain export routes, counts losses as Russia blocks ports

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine turns to alternative grain export routes, counts losses as Russia blocks ports  Reuters

Drone attacks have hit hundreds of gas stations in apparent retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries.

MOSCOW, Aug 3 : Oil shipments from Russia's western ports are set to increase 4 per cent in August from July as drone attacks on domestic refineries make more crude available for exports, while strong demand in Asia encourages sellers to load more, two traders said.Exports from the Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga

Russia is increasingly pressuring men into military service through alleged coercion, detentions and beatings as voluntary recruitment slows (Image: Reuters)Russia is increasingly pressuring men into military service as voluntary recruitment slows, with military recruiters and police in some regions allegedly detaining

The Transportation Ministry and the military have set up a joint task force to reroute freight and protect commercial ships.