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Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right. Let's get briefed. First up, Kiev just hit one of Russia's most important Black Sea oil terminals with a significant drone attack,

disrupting one of the biggest energy lifelines, currently fueling the Kremlin's war machine.

Later in the show, the Pentagon unveils Operation Southern Spear, because is it really an

operation if it doesn't have a cool name? Well, now you got one. Southern Spear is a new,

or at least sort of new, task force aimed at dismantling narco-terrorist networks across the Western

Hemisphere. The announcement comes as President Trump receives an updated menu of military options

against Venezuela. I'll have those details. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Kiev just unleashed one of their most consequential attacks on Russian oil infrastructure this year,

part of their intensifying campaign to starve the Kremlin of their most vital source of wartime

revenue. Ukrainian drones and missiles struck the strategic black seaport

of Novorazizk, early Friday morning, crippling Russia's second largest oil export hub, one that

moves a massive share of Russian crude to global markets. The operation hit multiple sites across

the port complex, damaging fuel loading facilities, and at least one vessel docked

at the oil terminal, according to a report from Reuters. While we've been tracking escalating

Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy sites for weeks, it's hard to overstate the impact of Friday's

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