🔗 Share this article Trump States He Isn't Contemplating Sending Long-Range Cruise Missiles to Kyiv. FormerPresident Donald Trump stated on Sunday that he was not seriously contemplating supplying Ukraine with advanced Tomahawk cruise missiles. In response to a query by a reporter on his plane, he responded, “No, not really.” Earlier accounts had indicated the Pentagon told the administration that American inventories of Tomahawks were adequate to enable such a delivery. Ukraine's Defense Efforts Persist Without Weapon Shortage Although Ukrainian forces has been pursuing Tomahawk missiles to execute long-range attacks against Russian targets, it has nonetheless succeeded to wage a successful operation using its own drones and missiles against Moscow's military and key objectives, such as fuel storage facilities and processing plants. On Sunday, a Kyiv's drone attack targeted the Tuapse oil port on the Black Sea, causing a blaze and harming two ships, according to Moscow officials. Nearby Russian airports in the region also had to be closed. Turkish Oil Plants Shift to Alternative Oil Sources Ankara's biggest oil refining facilities are increasing purchases of alternative crude in reaction to the recent international sanctions on Russia, according to market sources. Turkey is a significant buyer of Russian crude, along with China and New Delhi, but refiners are following India's lead in cutting back imports. STAR Plant Expands Oil Procurement One of the largest Turkish refineries, the STAR refinery, operated by Azerbaijani company SOCAR, has lately purchased multiple cargoes of crude from Iraq, Kazakh, and additional alternative suppliers for December arrival, as per sources. This amount to roughly tens of thousands of barrels daily of alternative crude, varying by shipment volume. In contrast, Russian crude made up nearly the entirety of the plant's supply in recent months, totaling about 210,000 barrels per day, based on market information. SOCAR declined to provide a statement. Another Major Refiner Also Increasing Non-Russian Buys The other leading Turkish oil processor – Tupras refinery – was additionally increasing acquisitions of non-Russian types of crude, according to multiple sources. The company was furthermore expected to soon entirely phase out Russian crude at a key facility of its primary main domestic plants to maintain fuel shipments to the EU without violating the EU’s incoming sanctions. The refiner did not respond to a inquiry for comment. Ukrainian Sends Elite Units to Eastern City Ukraine has sent elite troops to the embattled east city of Pokrovsk in an effort to push back an fierce Moscow's offensive comprising a large number of soldiers, as stated by Kyiv’s top military leader. Pokrovsk, called “the entrance to Donetsk,” lies on a key logistical route for the Ukrainian army and has been under Russia's sights for more than a twelve months as Russia pushes to seize the whole eastern Donetsk area. Recent Developments in Pokrovsk At least 200 Moscow's troops had breached the city's defences, Ukrainian officials said last week, while analysts concluded that additional forces were advancing on its outskirts in a encircling maneuver. In his evening speech on Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of the fighting in Pokrovsk and “successes in the destruction of the occupiers.” Zelenskyy Announces Enhanced Air Defence System The president, who has been pushing his allies for additional air defense systems to counter Moscow's strikes, stated on this past Sunday that the country had reinforced its air defense capabilities with Germany’s assistance. “We have boosted the Patriot element of our Ukrainian air defence,” he declared, referring to the sophisticated U.S.-made defense systems. Without offering additional details, the Ukraine's leader singled out Berlin and its chancellor, the German chancellor, for gratitude. Moscow's Strikes Claim Innocents, Disrupt Power Russian unmanned aircraft and missiles targeting Ukraine took the lives of at least six people, including 2 children, and disrupted electricity to tens of thousands of households, authorities said on this past Sunday. Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa areas, according to the representatives of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. The victims were two boys aged 11 and 14, said the nation's human rights commissioner. The attacks cut electricity to the entire east Donetsk region as well as nearly 58,000 homes in the south Zaporizhzhia region, their local leaders announced. The Vostok army group confirmed a number of its personnel were killed in one of the enemy strikes on the region.