PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 8, 2026--
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that Alisha Bellezza, PPG senior vice president, Automotive and Packaging Coatings, was recognized as a finalist for Leader of the Year by the Women Automotive Network, recognizing her leadership and impact across the global automotive industry.
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The Women Automotive Network’s annual awards, held last week at the organization’s annual Women Automotive Summit Detroit, celebrate individuals driving progress, advancing innovation and championing inclusion across the automotive sector. Bellezza was selected as a finalist due to her leadership in guiding PPG’s automotive business through a period of rapid transformation while maintaining a strong focus on customers, innovation and people.
“Being named a finalist reflects the talent and commitment of our global teams and the culture PPG leaders have cultivated within our organization,” said Bellezza. “It was inspiring to be among so many leaders at the summit, including women who are leading and shaping the future of major automotive companies. The automotive industry is evolving quickly, and I am proud to work alongside PPG colleagues who are helping our customers navigate change, drive innovation and deliver on our purpose – We protect and beautify the world – every day.”
Bellezza has served in her current role since joining PPG in 2023 and is a member of the company’s operating committee. Before joining PPG, Bellezza served as president, thermal and specialized solutions at Chemours and held multiple leadership roles across sales, operations and finance. She also held positions at FMC Corp. and in finance and banking earlier in her career.
The Women Automotive Network awards program brings together industry leaders from around the world and recognizes individuals and organizations making a measurable impact across the automotive value chain.
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Alisha Bellezza, PPG senior vice president, Automotive and Packaging Coatings, was recognized as a finalist for Leader of the Year by the Women Automotive Network, recognizing her impact across the global automotive industry.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Monday, as part of their campaign aimed at making Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.
Separately, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Roman Abramovich acted as a go-between for messages between Kyiv and Moscow.
Zelenskyy told Sky News that the former owner of Premier League team Chelsea traveled to Kyiv with a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy said Abramovich brought the message that the Russians “want to understand what we are ready to do,” and had offered to take a reply to Putin.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said a new, proposed round of sanctions against Russia includes 80 listings targeting Russia’s “military industrial complex, human rights violators and propagandists.”
Kaja Kallas told a news conference after a meeting of EU defense Ministers Monday that Western sanctions have already cost Moscow an estimated $1.2-1.5 trillion.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 310 Ukrainian drones overnight into Monday, including over the Moscow region, western and southwestern Russia, Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.
Russia targeted Ukraine with 155 drones, of which Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 124, according to its air force.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian forces had struck Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight, hitting the Grushovaya oil transshipment base near Novorossiysk. The complex is one of the largest transshipment hubs in southern Russia for oil and petroleum products.
Russian regional authorities confirmed a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at the facility, adding that there were no casualties. While they did not comment on the extent of damage, they said 130 rescue workers were involved in putting out the blaze.
Asked whether the Kremlin is worried about the fuel crisis in Crimea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Energy Ministry and other agencies are working on a set of measures to respond to the situation.
“There are indeed certain problems at the moment,” Peskov said. “Measures are being taken.”
The Krasny Yar “linear production and dispatching station” in the Volgograd region was also hit, the General Staff said. A fire broke out at the site, according to the statement. Russian Gov. Andrei Bocharov didn’t specify what the facility produces, but said there were no injuries.
Ukraine also carried out strikes overnight in the Semykolodezkaya oil base in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula on Sunday night, sparking a fire at the facility. The base is used to store fuel reserves supplying the Russian military, according to the statement posted on Telegram.
Ukrainian forces also struck an oil depot near Feodosia in Crimea, the General Staff said.
Zelenskyy said his message was that he would meet Putin “any time” in any location other than Russia or Belarus, and either bilaterally or with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.
But he said Ukraine would not surrender the Donbas region, currently part-occupied by Russia.
“It was the key message. I said we will not leave and we will not go out from our territory,” Zelenskyy told Sky News.
Putin said last week that a Russian businessman, who he didn’t identify, traveled to Kyiv last month and met with Zelenskyy to hear his offer of a personal meeting. The Russian leader rejected the idea of a meeting, saying he saw no point in it.
Russian drone strikes overnight injured civilians and damaged buildings and businesses in the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Chernihiv regions, regional authorities said.
Ukraine’s Emergency Service reported that four people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region when strikes hit residential buildings. In Odesa, three people were wounded after a Russian drone struck a public transport stop.
Separately, a Ukrainian drone overnight struck a passenger train from Moscow to Simferopol in occupied Crimea, injuring the driver and killing the driver’s assistant, Kremlin-installed regional leader Sergei Aksyonov reported early Monday.
Akysyonov added that no passengers were hurt. But all passenger train traffic in Crimea was halted following the attack, with passengers evacuated and replacement buses provided, Russian operator Grand Service Express reported on Telegram that same morning.
Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Monday, June 8, 2026, a rescue worker puts out a fire of a storage facility after a Russian strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
Marharyta Nekhoroshyva holds her son Mark inside a shelter at the children's regional hospital of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
