🔗 Share this article Donald Trump Affirms He Isn't Contemplating Supplying Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine. Ex-President Trump remarked this past Sunday that he was not seriously planning providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles. In response to a query by a reporter aboard Air Force One, he answered, “No, not really.” Recent accounts had indicated the Pentagon informed the administration that U.S. inventories of Tomahawks were adequate to allow such a delivery. Ukrainian Military Actions Persist Without Weapon Shortage While Ukraine has been seeking Tomahawk missiles to execute far-reaching strikes against Russian targets, it has still managed to wage a effective operation using its own unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets against Russian armed and key targets, such as fuel storage facilities and refineries. On Sunday, a Kyiv's airstrike struck the Tuapse oil port on the coast, causing a fire and harming two ships, as stated by Moscow officials. Adjacent airfields in the area also had to be closed. Turkish Oil Plants Shift to Alternative Crude Supplies Ankara's biggest oil refineries are increasing procurement of alternative crude in response to the recent western restrictions on Russia, according to industry sources. Turkey is a major purchaser of oil from Russia, along with China and India, but refiners are mirroring New Delhi's lead in reducing imports. SOCAR Turkey Plant Diversifies Crude Procurement One of the largest Turkish refining plants, the STAR refinery, operated by Azerbaijani firm SOCAR, has lately purchased multiple shipments of crude from Iraqi, Kazakh, and other alternative suppliers for year-end arrival, according to sources. These purchases amount to roughly tens of thousands of barrels daily of non-Russian crude, depending on cargo size. By comparison, Russian crude accounted for virtually all of the plant's crude intake in October and September, amounting to approximately 210,000 barrels per day, according to market information. SOCAR declined to provide a statement. Another Major Refiner Also Increasing Non-Russian Purchases Another major Turkey's refiner – Tupras refinery – was also raising purchases of alternative grades of crude, as stated by multiple sources. Tupras was also likely to soon entirely phase out imports from Russia at a key facility of its primary main domestic refineries to continue fuel exports to the EU without breaching the EU’s upcoming restrictions. The refiner declined to comment to a request for comment. Ukraine Deploys Elite Units to Pokrovsk Ukraine has sent special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an effort to push back an fierce Russian assault involving a large number of soldiers, according to Ukraine's top military leader. Pokrovsk, dubbed “the entrance to Donetsk,” lies on a key logistical line for the Ukrainian army and has been under Moscow’s crosshairs for more than a twelve months as Russia aims to seize the whole east Donetsk region. Latest Updates in Pokrovsk At least two hundred Russian troops had penetrated the city's defences, Kyiv reported recently, while analysts assessed that additional forces were advancing on its perimeter in a encircling maneuver. In his nightly speech on Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of the combat in the city and “results in the destruction of the invading forces.” Ukrainian President Reveals Enhanced Air Defence Network The president, who has been pushing his partners for additional air defense systems to counter Russia’s strikes, announced on this past Sunday that Ukraine had strengthened its air defense capabilities with Germany’s assistance. “We've strengthened the U.S.-made Patriot element of our national air defence,” Zelenskyy said, mentioning the sophisticated American defense systems. Without offering additional details, the Ukrainian president specifically thanked Germany and its leader, Friedrich Merz, for gratitude. Moscow's Attacks Claim Civilians, Cut Electricity Russian drones and rockets targeting Ukraine took the lives of at least six people, among them 2 children, and disrupted electricity to thousands of residents, officials said on this past Sunday. Russian forces struck the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa areas, said the office of the country's chief prosecutor. The children were two boys of ages eleven and 14, stated the nation's ombudsman. Russia’s attacks disrupted electricity to the entire eastern Donetsk area as well as almost 58,000 households in the south Zaporizhzhia region, their governors announced. Ukraine’s Vostok army group said some of its personnel were killed in one of the enemy strikes on Dnipropetrovsk.