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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian drones revisit Moscow’s refinery
Ukraine made a return visit to the large oil refinery at Kapotnya in Moscow with drones and cruise missiles. This facility supplies the capital with nearly half its fuel and was hit for the second time this week. An explosion at an oil storage tank blew the tank’s lid into the air. When I first…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine hits another Black Sea Russian oil tanker
Ukraine targeted a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea. An old pal of Putin’s from St. Petersburg gets the axe. According to Fontanka, the operations on June 17 were carried out by officers from the central apparatus of Russia’s FSB. Traber, 75, is best known for his long-standing and close relationship with Putin.…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine hits Moscow’s largest oil refinery
The largest refinery in the Moscow area went up in flames after a Ukrainian drone attack. The strike reportedly set afire an AVT-6 crude distillation and an electric desalting unit. Video shows a Ukrainian drone flying into the Moscow refinery seemingly unmolested by Russian air defense. Maybe the air defense crew was on a smoke…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia sets fire to 1,000-year-old monastery in Kyiv
Russia bombed Kyiv’s Pechersk Lavra, a nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, setting fire to a UNESCO World Heritage landmark that is intrinsically tied to Ukraine’s national identity. The attack set fire to the roof of the Dormition Cathedral, which was last burned in 1941 by the Soviets in an attempt to blame it on the German army.…
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Russian stuff blowing up: British marines seize Russian oil tanker
British marines boarded and seized a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the English Channel. But boarding these ships is pointless if the ships are then released with a slap on the wrist. Plenty of Russians seem to think there would be no consequences if they ratcheted up attacks on the west like this. Defenestration Alert!…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine continues campaign to isolate Crimea
First off, the rumor mill says that Russian Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina has been placed under house arrest. She hasn’t appeared in public for a while now and she has been something of a maverick on economic issues. This is, of course, unconfirmed. She might actually be sick. Or maybe she’ll fall out of…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian infrastructure in Tatarstan, Samara comes under fire
The attack on the missile corvette Boikiy at the Kronstadt base near St. Petersburg inflicted severe damage to the ship. Primary Impacts: The structural core is heavily compromised. Asymmetrical shadow depression shows exactly where the mainmast and primary radar deck completely collapsed inward and downward after severe bucking from severe heat. Mission Systems: The strike…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine aims to cut off Crimea
The bridges that connect Crimea to the rest of Ukraine have been hammered by Ukraine. Russia has had to erect pontoon bridges at the sites, which no doubt will then be targeted also. A Russian convoy that tried to cross into Crimea got chewed up at the Armyansk bridge. Commander Robert Magyar says the goal…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Dagestan gas pipeline erupts in massive fire
A gas pipeline in Dagestan blew up, setting off a raging inferno. Three explosions were reported on the pipeline. Dagestan is in the Caucasus along the Caspian Sea. Russia says no big deal — only needed a dozen people and three pieces of equipment to put out the fire. Photos show that the Chonhar bridge…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Car bomb in Moscow kills Russian officer
A 62-year-old Russian officer was eliminated in Moscow when his car went bavovna. Some reports say it was a lieutenant general, others ID him as a colonel. There is no indication yet who deserves credit for this one. Could be a Ukrainian operation. Could be he pissed off someone in the Kremlin. Maybe it was…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia reportedly withdraws from the Kinburn Spit
Russian troops are reportedly withdrawing from the Kinburn Spit. The Kinburn Spit, you may recall, is that narrow sliver of a treeless sandbar that juts out into the bay at the delta of the Dnipro River. It commands the approach to the river and offers a great place from which to launch artillery and other…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia attacks spent nuclear fuel storage facility
Ukraine sent a swarm of 40 drones to attack a depot near St. Petersburg with about 5,000 tons of ammunition. Russia attacked and destroyed a facility near Chernobyl that was used to store spent nuclear fuel. Russia claims that Ukraine struck the Chongar Bridge on the Crimean isthmus. Russia also claims it shot down Ukrainian…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes at St. Petersburg targets again
Ukraine paid a return visit to Russia’s naval base at Kronstadt west of St. Petersburg, where two days ago it struck a missile ship in dry dock. Ukraine launched a reported 140 drones at the Kronstadt and St. Petersburg area. Russia claimed to have shot down 86. Lots of explosions on this video. Several key…
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Russian stuff blowing up: New prisoner exchange brings home 186 Ukrainians
Ukraine has brought home another 186 prisoners. A Russian attempt to throw a bridge over a river at Vovchansk so an armored column could try to advance got as far as the bridge-laying equipment hitting a mine and exploding. This Russian cargo ship in the Sea of Azov was heavily damaged by a drone. It…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine hits Russian warship, gunpowder factory
Ukraine hit another Russian naval vessel, just a day after striking a missile corvette at St. Petersburg. This one is in Crimea near the Kerch bridge. This class ship has a normal crew of 28 and is armed with naval guns and anti-aircraft missiles. The anti-aircraft crew must have been on a smoke break. A…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine opens St. Petersburg economic conference with a strike on oil terminal
Ukraine unleashed an assault on St. Petersburg just in time for the city’s big economic forum, which gathered participants from around the world, including a representative from the U.S. Ukraine picked the perfect day for this attack, targeting oil infrastructure facilities just outside the city and sending huge columns of smoke into the air to…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian missile attack leaves at least 15 dead in Dnipro
Ukraine struck the Russian cargo ship Leonid Pestrykov in the port in occupied Berdyansk. Ilsky is next up on Ukraine’s refinery Hit Parade. Ilsky, which can refine about 6.6 million tons of crude oil a year, has been attacked four times this year. Bavovna. Russia struck the city of Dnipro with cluster munitions, killing at…
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Russian stuff blowing up: France seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker
French troops seized the Russian shadow fleet tanker Tagor off the country’s Atlantic coast. The ship was reportedly en route from Murmansk while flying the false flag of Madagascar. Russia is having a sad about it, invoking international law. 😅😅 Ukraine struck a building in the Crimean village of Perevalne, which is in southern Crimea…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine continues to hammer Russian oil infrastructure
It’s another day ending in Y, which means more Russian oil infrastructure on fire. Ukraine claims to have achieved air superiority in the Luhansk region. Who would have guessed that was possible? More Russian supply trucks going bavovna. Kostiantynivka is the new urban battleground. This is likely to go on for months. One of the…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine destroys two Russian Tu-142 Bear bombers
Ukraine destroyed two Tu-142 bombers at an airfield in Taganrog. These planes were reportedly used for anti-submarine duties, but since Ukraine has no submarines it seems likely they had other duties. Russia had about 15-20 of these planes, which haven’t been produced for about 30 years. They now have two fewer. Yep. Keep leaving those…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian drone strikes Romanian apartment building
A Russian Geran-2 drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania, injuring two people. Romania reportedly scrambled two F-16s to intercept but did not shoot it down. Galati is located in the delta of the Danube River where the borders of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova converge. The Romanian government first said it did not shoot…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian artillery targets Kherson playground
Russia attacked a playground in Kherson, wounding two children and murdering their father. Russia claims the attack was staged. There is video of the children being rushed to the hospital after the attack. It is difficult to watch. WARNING: The video shows a lot of blood. I won’t embed it but if you want to…
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Trump threatens to attack Oman
Apparently we haven’t attacked enough countries in the 16 months that Trump has been terrorizing the world. Trump was asked about what the U.S. should do in the event the Persian Gulf country of Oman, an American ally which shares the Strait of Hormuz with Iran, decides to reach an agreement with Iran to share…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes Black Sea Fleet HQ in Sevastopol
Ukraine has attacked the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. It was reportedly a Storm Shadow strike in the early morning hours. The port at Novorossiysk was also attacked. Reports indicate targets might have been a warship or oil infrastructure. Four more prisoners for the exchange fund. Russia blew up a cemetery. Yes,…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia destroys a UN aid warehouse
An oil depot in Bashkortostan has caught fire. It is not certain whether this was from a Ukrainian drone strike. Russia says the fire was caused by an accident. Russia attacked a Ukrainian sailing ship in the port at Odesa. According to one theory, the operator of the Russian drone did not detect any more…
