A sabotage and reconnaissance unit was stopped while attempting to cross into Russia’s Belgorod Region, according to the Defense Ministry Kiev’s forces sought to mount a cross-border attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region but were foiled in their efforts by border guards, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday. A sabotage and reconnaissance…

Crude prices soared to $86 per barrel on Monday, hitting a four-month high, with industry experts attributing the surge to China’s strong economic data and Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian oil refineries.

Contracts with domestic energy firms are aimed at boosting daily production in major fields of the sanctions-hit country Iran’s energy companies were granted their biggest contracts in the past decade on Sunday, as Tehran seeks to boost output at major oil fields, state media have reported.