In a significant escalation of the ongoing conflict, Ukraine reportedly launched drone attacks on the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region on Monday, causing 13 fatalities and injuring 75 others. The target was an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, approximately 1,200 kilometers east of the Ukrainian border, which houses two refineries and a petrochemical plant. Russian authorities have yet to confirm the drones' targets but acknowledged that several fires were sparked at industrial facilities across the country, including one in Tyumen, western Siberia. This attack is one of the deadliest incidents in the four-year-old war between Ukraine and Russia, with Ukraine repeatedly using long-range drones to target Russian oil facilities, exacerbating fuel shortages, decreasing refining capacity, and unsettling the population within Russia. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asserts that his country aims to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and halt the full-scale invasion launched in 2022. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization's European office reported that their warehouse in central Ukraine was hit twice within 24 hours, destroying emergency supplies worth an estimated half a million dollars intended for front-line health facilities. The AP continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the ongoing war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine.