Ukraine carried out one of its longest strikes of the war, sending FP-1 and\/or FP-2 drones 2,500 km from Ukraine to Russia\u2019s largest oil refinery in Omsk and setting it on fire. Omsk is in southern Siberia, about 800 km east of Yekaterinburg.<\/p>\n
Russia deployed its latest fighter jet \u2014 the Su-57 \u2014 to intercept but it only managed to down one drone. Thirteen drones hit their targets.<\/p>\n
The Omsk refinery in Russia has been hit at multiple points. At least two oil processing towers have been struck and are burning. This is Russia\u2018s largest and most modern refinery with an annual production capacity of 22 million tons.<\/p>\n
\u2014 (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-06T13:09:06.241Z<\/a><\/p>\n Fire Point CTO Iryna Terekh said the strike on the Omsk Oil Refinery was historic because it is Russia\u2019s largest refinery, nearly twice as powerful as Moscow\u2019s, and the only Russian refinery producing cracking catalysts used in secondary oil processing. #Ukraine<\/p>\n \u2014 NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com)<\/a> 2026-07-06T12:08:02.776Z<\/a><\/p>\n Russian air defense fired hundreds of rounds at the drones attacking Omsk.<\/p>\n A Russian A-50 AWACS-type plane was deployed over Omsk but it wasn\u2019t any more effective than the Su-57.<\/p>\n Ukraine also struck the Yaroslvl refinery again.<\/p>\n Fire Point\u2019s CEO says that the company\u2019s FP-1 drone can now fly even further than Omsk. If the 3,400 km prediction is correct, that would put Novosibirsk within range. Novosibirsk is Russia\u2019s third largest city after Moscow and St. Petersburg and is heavily industrialized.<\/p>\n Speaking of Novosibirsk:<\/p>\n A Russian command post near St. Petersburg was also bavovna-ized.<\/p>\n Ukraine is also reported to have struck two ships in the Sea of Azov that were transporting 7,000 tons of fuel each.<\/p>\n Gasoline will not reach Crimea: <\/p>\n two Russian tankers carrying fuel to the peninsula were hit in the Sea of Azov.<\/p>\n The hit tankers were carrying 14 thousand tons of fuel to Crimea \u2014 that’s about 400 tank cars, \u2014 Magyar. pic.twitter.com\/0mp3Ho85yW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Slava \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Heroiam_Slava) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u2757\ufe0fPolitical commentator Mikhail Sheitelman claimed, citing his own source, that two tankers carrying gasoline to Crimea were hit and are burning in the Sea of Azov. He said each tanker carried a platoon of machine gunners. #Ukraine<\/p>\n \u2014 NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com)<\/a> 2026-07-06T07:27:47.988Z<\/a><\/p>\n Russia launched another blistering missile\/drone attack on the Kyiv area, killing at least 21 people. Ukraine was unable to shoot down ballistic missiles in the attack due to a severe shortage of Patriot missiles.<\/p>\n Part of the attack was directed at the town of Vyshneve, which is about 20 km outside Kyiv. Six of the victims were in Vyshneve.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 The strike on Vyshneve destroyed nearly five streets, and around 500 people were evacuated due to a bomb threat. Dozens of houses were damaged, \u2013 Kyiv Regional State AdministrationDue to heavy smoke, air quality has deteriorated fivefold. Residents are urged to keep windows closed.<\/p>\n \u2014 MAKS 26 \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@maks23.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-06T08:48:05.171Z<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine has been appealing for quite a while now for more air defense missiles from Europe and the United States, especially Patriots, which are capable of bringing down most Russian ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n The problem, of course, is that all that shit costs way too much to be produced in the quantities necessary to combat the mass drone attacks going on in Ukraine.<\/p>\n There is a photo being shared online that shows a family that was killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv. The photo is quite graphic in that it shows the family members bunched together and crushed under the debris of the building. So I won\u2019t embed it, but you can see it at the link below. <\/p>\n There has long been a debate about such war photos and whether they need to be seen despite the graphic nature. It reminds me of the iconic photos from Vietnam of the naked girl running from an attack and the VietCong prisoner being executed point blank by a South Vietnamese official. Here is the link, but be warned: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kateinkharkiv.bsky.social\/post\/3mpy6zmrg3s2z<\/a><\/p>\n I look forward to reading this guy\u2019s obituary in the not-too-distant future. Dadaev is a German citizen who is from Chechnya.<\/p>\n A member of the German AfD has joined Putin\u2019s occupation forces: Murad Dadaev\u2014who goes by the name Noah Krieger online\u2014has gone to fight in the war against Ukraine and is also issuing threats against Germany.<\/p>\n It is not without reason that the AfD is described in Germany as a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5hqjyN1rwT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 J\u00fcrgen Nauditt \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@jurgen_nauditt) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Taking out two Orion drones was a nice score.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca5 On July 2, 2026, operators of GUR special unit “Kabul 9″ destroyed two enemy expensive and rare Orion drones \u2013 Russian invaders placed them on the territory of the airport in Kerch.”Orion” is a carrier of guided bombs, X-50 missiles, X-UAVs, “Banderol”.<\/p>\n \u2014 MAKS 26 \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@maks23.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-06T13:42:38.952Z<\/a><\/p>\n Russian forces in the west African nation of Mali got chewed up by Tuareg militia once again.<\/p>\n A Russian convoy was ambushed trying to flee the Malian city of Gao.<\/p>\n Insane photos have emerged of massive Russian mercenary convoy ambushed outside the town of Gao Mali heavy losses can be seen. pic.twitter.com\/ihHWn8lJaF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WarMonitor\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@WarMonitor3) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The Russian airfield at Hvardiiske was also struck. Hvardiiske is in central Crimea north of Simferopol.<\/p>\n Ukraine is also reported to have struck air-defense systems and electrical substations in Crimea.<\/p>\n Another 1,480 Russians who are either already dead or will be soon when they are given crutches and told to get back out there. Plus 580 trucks\/other vehicles and three air defense systems.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s check in on the fuel situation in Russia.<\/p>\n It seems tempers are boiling over.<\/p>\n Crimeans complained about the refusal to sell fuel in Krasnodar Krai<\/p>\n Residents of Crimea who came to a gas station in Taman cannot refuel.<\/p>\n “This is just a whim of the manager of this Lukoil gas station, who suspended sales specifically to Crimeans, and prioritized locals,” said\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/BgU7xj6Igf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Beefeater (@Beefeater_Fella) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Hurry! Hurry! Panic!<\/p>\n Queen\u2019s version was better.<\/p>\n Could have seen this coming a thousand miles away.<\/p>\n \u2757\ufe0fRussian media outlet Kommersant reported that auto repair shops are seeing more vehicles with problems linked to low-quality gasoline. Russia previously allowed the sale of lower-grade Euro-3 fuel through the end of the year because of fuel shortages. #Russia<\/p>\n \u2014 NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com)<\/a> 2026-07-06T11:51:32.678Z<\/a><\/p>\n The good news from the fuel crisis in Russia is that 1,000 horses have been saved from being slaughtered.<\/p>\n 2\/ The Russian news outlet Mash reports: \u201cAbout a thousand horses were saved from slaughterhouses in Russia due to the rise in gasoline prices.\u201d<\/p>\n 3\/ \u201cVillagers are increasingly buying four-legged animals instead of off-road vehicles \u2013 it\u2019s cheaper to get around off-road, go to the forest, mow hay, and engage in farming.<\/p>\n 4\/ \u201cBreeders told Mash that sales have skyrocketed. In the last month alone, some have sold or reserved seven or eight horses, whereas previously, one could wait two or three months for an owner.<\/p>\n 5\/ \u201cThe reason is simple: keeping an animal in many villages turned out to be cheaper than constantly refueling off-road vehicles like the UAZ or \u201cNiva\u201d. A working horse now costs 100-200,000 rubles [$1,300-$2,600] \u2013 depending on age, breed, and training.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s check in on the Russian economy.<\/p>\n In the last month Russia has sold off four tons of its gold reserves.<\/p>\n \u203c\ufe0f \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa NWF UpdateAs of July 2026:The liquid portion of the Russian National Welfare Fund holds:\ud83d\udc49 189.7938 Billion Yuan (+4.2469 billion)\ud83d\udc49 141.0828 tons of gold (-4.0973 tons)\ud83d\udc49 0 Billion Rubles (-1.53401 billion)(Totals for June)\ud83d\udc40 You\u2019re going to want to read this thread\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-05T20:29:36.651Z<\/a><\/p>\n Russian soldiers are literally starving \u2014 and sometimes it is intentional as a way of getting sent back to the rear.<\/p>\n 1\/ Frontline Russian soldiers are literally starving due to constant Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes preventing food deliveries, according to Russian accounts. In some cases, soldiers are said to be deliberately starving themselves so that they can be evacuated. \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n \u2014 ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-06T07:42:31.221Z<\/a><\/p>\n 2\/ \u2018Northern Channel Plus\u2019 reports: \u201cThe food situation in the 9th Motorised Rifle Regiment is quite dire. At the positions, or more accurately, in the holes, there is a severe shortage of food. Food deliveries are made every few days, and sometimes it can take a whole week.\u201d<\/p>\n 3\/ \u201cIt sounds scary, but the guys are truly starving. Sometimes, after a long period of hunger, their stomachs stop working when provisions are finally dropped or delivered to the front lines.\u201d<\/p>\n 4\/ \u201cThe first instinct is to blame the rear, to blame them, and then dismiss the problem. But no, we can always blame the rear; we need to dig deeper, specifically, to understand how delivery and supplies are organised directly at the front lines.<\/p>\n 5\/ \u201cAnd that\u2019s the responsibility of combined arms commanders\u2026 Typically, officers, who, due to various factors, are stationed in well-equipped command posts, don\u2019t have such problems.<\/p>\n \u2026..<\/p>\n 10\/ \u201cSo, there are many factors that influence food delivery. If you deliver by drone, the position or the drop site is exposed.<\/p>\n 11\/ \u201cWaiting drones, artillery (if they can reach that far), and the Ukrainians start dropping their \u201cgifts\u201d that look almost like the original, even labeled with the call sign of whoever it\u2019s for (all this is from radio interception).<\/p>\n 12\/ \u201cBut often, drones deliver only a small amount, mostly with FPV drones. Hexacopters can only drop from altitude due to signal loss, and even canned food bursts [when dropped]. But these are all operational issues; everything is constantly changing and improving.<\/p>\n 13\/ \u201cBut most of the food and ammunition is still carried by foot. And there are days when ammunition and fuel are brought in, and the wounded and dead are carried out, then the food sits and waits.<\/p>\n 14\/ \u201cAnd if the bag isn\u2019t properly sealed, it can be opened by animals during this time. Plus, during delivery, the bags are thrown around, They re-arrange things a lot, especially when drones are flying. There are also urgent parcels with medicines and other things.<\/p>\n \u2026.<\/p>\n 16\/ \u201cThere may also be factors such as the fact that the fighters have the opportunity to eat properly or go nearby to fetch water, yet they either don\u2019t eat, starve themselves and grow weak, so that they can then be evacuated or be given the order to withdraw.<\/p>\n This is great news, but you have to wonder who is putting up the cash because you can be sure it isn\u2019t Trump. <\/p>\n Money-grubbing scum.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u2757\ufe0fThree servicemen tried to sell a truckload of weapons \u2013 State Bureau of Investigation detained them just as they were loadingMore than 700 rounds of ammunition, about 1.2 tons of plastic explosives and four units of anti-tank weapons were seized \u2013 a total of more than 2 million UAH.<\/p>\n \u2014 MAKS 26 \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@maks23.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-07-06T09:12:28.633Z<\/a><\/p>\n As conspiracy theories go, this one is right up there with the Jewish space lasers and the vote-changing Italian satellites.<\/p>\n lol, Russia’s SVR declares that UK specialists “posing as military advisers” are to blame for the June strike on Sevastopol’s Defense Museum. They secretly “loaded targeting data into Ukrainian drones,” aiming for artwork symbolizing UK losses in an 1853\u201356 campaign “that London still resents.”<\/p>\n \u2014 Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me)<\/a> 2026-07-06T13:21:08.385Z<\/a><\/p>\n Shame on Turkey.<\/p>\n Turkey deported anti-war activist Ariadna Litvinova back to Russia, where she is wanted for “discrediting” the army. The Telegram channel Prison Lawyer says she was flown back July 4 with no contact since. She was reportedly deported, not extradited, but it’s unclear what Turkish law she broke.<\/p>\n \u2014 Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me)<\/a> 2026-07-06T01:17:56.841Z<\/a><\/p>\n Rest in peace.<\/p>\n When I was his age I played with Tonka trucks.<\/p>\n