Ukraine blew up another Russian refinery complex — this one at Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan.
It’s like going to an air show.
A Ukrainian Sea Baby drone paid a visit to a Russian tanker near Yalta trying to deliver fuel to Crimea.
Ukraine struck a gas pumping station in the Krasnodar area east of Crimea.
Ukraine also struck Russia’s refinery at Saratov, which is on the Volga River near the border with Kazakhstan.
This isn’t Saratov’s first rodeo.
A Russian military airfield in Borisoglebsk was also targeted. Borisoglebsk is about 600 km northeast of Kharkiv.
Ukraine says it downed an Su-35 jet “in the eastern direction.” Details are lacking about how it was downed, where it was downed or if it’s related to the strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield.
Russia attacked a cigarette warehouse.
Russia also hit a 25-story apartment building in Kyiv.
Ukraine has been waging a campaign against bridges in the Belgorod region.
The urban warfare in Kostiantynivka has been intense, but Ukrainian drone operators took the time to make sure a stray dog has something to eat.
You’d have to be drunk to run over mines that are just laying on top of the road in neat rows.
Oops.
Let’s check in of Russia’s fuel crisis.
Russians are going to have to start installing anti-drone cages around their gas tanks.
Translation: In Russia, “fuel pirates” have appeared They puncture the fuel tanks of parked cars and drain the fuel:
I think this qualifies as a hijacking.
You kids are lucky. When I was your age, I had to walk to school in the snow. Uphill. Both ways.
Don’t forget to bring your boxing gloves.
What could possibly go wrong?
The coming Auto-pocalypse.
8/ “All cars manufactured after 2015 will be at risk—especially those with highly-powered turbocharged engines, and virtually all modern Chinese, German, Korean, Japanese, and other vehicles.
9/ “The government is thus indirectly shifting the losses to consumers, who are offered no alternative but to switch to a fuel that does not meet the technical requirements of modern engines.
10/ “This is a classic example of nationalisation of losses—shifting the mistakes of some onto the wallets of others.
11/ “As the market becomes saturated with “anti-crisis” fuel, car owners will experience massive failures of fuel pumps, catalytic converters, injection systems, and other high-precision fuel equipment.
This is what panic looks like. Kemerovo is 3,000 km east of Moscow. The kind of drones Ukraine uses against logistics are nowhere near capable of reaching the middle of Siberia.
Another 1,260 Russians plus 61 artillery systems.
He wasn’t even old enough to shave. His blood is on Putin’s hands.
Six Russians walking into the meat grinder.
Why waste perfectly good equipment on guys who are doomed to die anyway.
A Russian MP gets incensed when he is asked why he doesn’t go to fight in Ukraine.
This asshole is ready to kill millions of Ukrainians.
Shaheds are weeds.
A day after the IOC heaped shame upon itself FIFA says “Hold my beer.”
FIFA and the IOC need to be reminded of this.
South Korea steps up — although it would be even better if South Korea, which is a major arms producer, sent some of its production to Ukraine.
Considering Russia’s history with Poland, this guy is worse than a Quisling.
Has Russia run out of tanks?
Short answer: No.
Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missile has had a spotty record of success against Russian industrial targets, but that record is improving, according to the Missile Matters substack by Fabian Hoffmann.
Ukrainian sources reported that five missiles were launched on the night of 26 June, three of which struck the Titan-Barrikady facility. The fate of the remaining two has not been disclosed, though interception or systemic error is the likely explanation. Volgograd governor Andrey Bocharov acknowledgeddamage to a production facility and at least ten injuries.
Ground-level imagery showed collapsed girders, flattened walls, and wrecked machinery, consistent with the detonation of roughly half a ton of high explosive per warhead. One missile struck workshop 38, the plant’s primary production building, reportedly housing machine tools, cranes, and assembly equipment. A second Flamingo hit workshop 2, though open reporting does not establish its specific function. The third impact struck an unidentified workshop.
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Accuracy is also still below what the manufacturer and the Ukrainian armed forces would likely want. Across the last four use cases, the Flamingo reached its target twice but failed to inflict significant damage because the missiles missed their likely intended aimpoints. The fix is either improved sensor components to reduce CEP or higher production capacity, enabling larger volleys, which would improve the statistical probability of hitting an aimpoint even without accuracy gains.
That said, the recent operational record is encouraging and suggests the gap between manufacturer claims and actual performance may have narrowed. The Flamingo remains Ukraine’s most promising heavy missile program of record, and a critically needed one if Ukraine intends to hold at risk larger industrial facilities and the supply chains most relevant to Russia’s war effort.
An American-made APC is converted into a drone.
It is astonishing that even after all this time Trump is still pushing the idea of giving up land for a peace agreement.
And next week he’ll change his mind.
He also referred to Iran as the Islamic Republic of Japan.
Trump was asked if he would go to Kyiv for a visit. He said he isn’t sure the Secret service would let him.
Someone should tell him that Joe Biden wasn’t afraid to go to Kyiv. 😂
Every war has profiteers.
Hungary continues to unravel Orban’s machine.
Hoping for recovery for Valeria and tiny Artem.
Rest in peace.
Free Katyuska!!
Rescued.
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