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2naSalit

(105,197 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:17 PM 10 hrs ago

The Kremlin Is SUDDENLY Locking Down Jason Jay Smart



Ukraine has just struck Russia's largest refinery for the first time, pushing its drone campaign deeper into the country's energy network as fuel shortages spread across Russia. While Putin claims major battlefield victories, Ukraine is increasingly attacking the economic engine that keeps Russia's war machine running.

The strikes on the Omsk and Yaroslavl refineries, attacks on fuel tankers bound for occupied Crimea, repeated S-400 and radar losses, and expanding long-range drone operations show how Ukraine is forcing Moscow to defend thousands of kilometers of infrastructure at once. Russia's territorial gains have slowed dramatically while refinery attacks, fuel disruptions, and mounting economic pressure continue to grow.

Across Russia, gasoline shortages have reached nearly every region. Fuel rationing is expanding, Belarus is increasing gasoline exports to Russia, Gazprom is recruiting civilians into anti-drone units, and billions of dollars are being spent repairing damaged energy infrastructure instead of expanding military production. Ukraine's strategy is steadily increasing the cost of sustaining Russia's war economy.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Ukraine Halts Russian Refinery Operations
01:30 - Statistical Fraud: Putin Inflates Russian Battlefield Progress
03:46 - Impermeable Failure: Ukrainian Drones Pierce Deep Russia
05:46 - Finished Fuel: Ukraine Liquidates Russian Petroleum Logistics
07:28 - Fourteen Liters: Fuel Rationing Paralyzes Russian Regions
09:27 - Prestige Defense: Gazprom Guards Putin’s Vulnerable Bridge
11:20 - African Eviction: Ukraine Defeats Collapsing Russian Influence
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The Kremlin Is SUDDENLY Locking Down Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) 2naSalit 10 hrs ago OP
Putin still bombing and killing Ukrainian citizens................. Lovie777 10 hrs ago #1

Lovie777

(24,657 posts)
1. Putin still bombing and killing Ukrainian citizens.................
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:37 PM
10 hrs ago

Putin refuses to stop. shithole and Putin are comrades.

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