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BREAKING: Ukrainian drones have just struck Russia's Kapotnya oil refinery in Moscow, the city's only refinery with a capacity of around 280,000 barrels per day, in a raid on the capital this morning.

This comes only six days after Trump claimed that Ukraine had agreed to stop… pic.twitter.com/qx5zwh6Wre

— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) September 20, 2026

JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇨🇳 Saudi Arabia withdraws from China's blockchain payment system designed to reduce reliance on the US dollar and SWIFT.

• Saudi Arabia withdrew from mBridge, China's blockchain-based cross-border payment project.

• mBridge enables faster, cheaper central-bank… pic.twitter.com/MBopNW3wjX

— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) September 20, 2026