Russia says the annual commemoration of Soviet victory in World War Two will not feature military vehicles or cadets.

MOSCOW >> A Ukrainian drone attack caused a major fire at a Russian oil refinery in the city of Tuapse today, officials said, in what President Vladimir Putin described as evidence of increased Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets.

Ukraine has stepped up its attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, aiming to knock out oil refineries, depots and ports and cripple Moscow's biggest source of funding for its war in Ukraine as global p