Ukraine war updates: Drones hit Russia's largest iron ore plant (VIDEO)

Russian officials said two Ukrainian drones hit a fuel tank at one of Russia's largest iron ore plants in the Kursk region on Wednesday morning.

Kursk Governor Roman Starovoyt blamed Ukraine for the attack but said no injuries were recorded.

"Today another attack on the Kursk region was carried out by Ukraine," Starovoyt said in a video published on Telegram.

The Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing plant is located some 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The company, owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, is on the international sanctions list.

It said that the fire had not impacted the facility's operations.

Kyiv made no immediate comment on the attack, but Ukrainian drones have increasingly been used to hit targets deep inside Russia. On Monday, Ukraine claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a rail bridge in Samara. 

Russia dismissed ICC arrest warrant, called it 'provocation'

Russia on Wednesday dismissed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for two senior Russian officers. 

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that ICC arrest warrants issued for two of its commanders in Ukraine had no significance for Russia, and amounted to a "provocation".

The court previously accused Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov of targeting Ukraine's power infrastructure with strikes between October 2022 and March 2023.

Kremlin officials also said they do not "recognize" the court's warrant for the arrest over the actions of the officers in the Ukraine conflict.

The ICC does not have its own police force for enforcing the arrest warrants and relies on the justice system of its 124 members to carry them out.

Russia is not a member of the ICC.

Survey shows most Germans against sending missiles to Ukraine

A recent survey found most Germans against the decision to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

The survey was conducted for the German news agency DPA by an opinion research institute YouGov.  

The poll found that 58% of respondents were against sending the missiles. Of those respondents, almost a third were against any form of military support for Ukraine.

Less than 30% of respondents favored the sending of cruise missiles, which have a range of 500 kilometers, to Ukraine.

The survey of 2,169 Germans who are eligible to vote was conducted from March 1, 2024 to March 5, 2024.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine out of fear that Germany could become involved in the war if the cruise missiles hit Russian territory.

While his refusal is aligned with popular opinion, Scholz has come under increasing pressure both from colleagues in the Bundestag as well as Germany's allies.

According to YouGov surveys, opposition to delivering the Taurus missile platform has grown in recent weeks.