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๐ฅUkraine methodically knocked out almost all Russian refineries within 1,000 km.
With Russia already paralyzed, the strikes are only intensifying.
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๐ฅ Ukraine's systematic strikes against Russian fuel infrastructure, caused significant damage impacting millions of Russians.
2/25
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๐ฅUkraine is close to completely disabling the last major facilities at a depth of up to a thousand km from its territory.
In August alone, more than ten successful attacks were recorded on key oil refineries.
3/25
๐ฅRussian oil refineries have been partially or completely shut down after successful ๐บ๐ฆ strikes for just a month. Attacks also target the infrastructure of oil pipelines, oil depots, railways.
Many refineries are being attacked repeatedly, which indicates a strategy.
4/25
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๐ฅA massive UAV attack paralyzed the largest plant in Samara: the Kuibyshev oil refinery has completely stopped operations.
5/25
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๐ฅGas stations are emptying en masse across the country: the crisis in Russia is becoming nationwide. The lack of gasoline is increasingly being recorded.
The Far East, Transbaikalia and temporarily annexed Crimea have suffered the most from fuel shortages.
6/25
๐ฅ50% drop in oil exports from the Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea, - Reuters
"Russia's Ust-Luga oil export terminal will operate at around 350,000 barrels per day in September... following damage to pipeline infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks," the article reads.
7/25
๐ฅPanic! Prices are exploding, the sale of gasoline in some regions has been temporarily suspended and in some regions there is simply no gasoline at all. Russian authorities were forced to summon the management of oil companies to an emergency meeting in the government.
8/25
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๐ฅThose lucky enough to find gasoline have to pay for it at new prices, which in some places are as much as 21% higher than they were at the beginning of the year. They continue to rise as fast as prices for everything in the country. Officials do nothing...
9/25
๐ฅRussian oil lukoil lost half of its profits in six months in Russia. The worst forecasts of analysts have come true: the leading corporations of the gas station country are submitting depressing financial reports.
Net profit fell by half & amounted to 287 billion rubles
10/25
๐ฅThe consequences of Ukraine's strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline will be catastrophic for Moscow. The Russian budget will lose about 100 bln rubles monthly, which is about 20% of the country's oil & gas revenues according to the Russian economist Vyacheslav Shiryaev.
11/25
๐ฅThis ia getting more and more Ironic : Russia has started urgently buying gasoline from Belarus
Demand for Belarusian petroleum products in the RF increased in the second half of August, but Belarusian refineries have limited capacity.
12/25
๐ฅโAs anger simmers among the population the Kremlin's largest state bank has officially acknowledged for the first time that Russia's economy has entered recession.
"After 2 yrs of artificial growth fueled by military spending, the ๐ท๐บ economy is in decline," - A. Klepach
13/25
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๐ฅThe latest data confirm that the so-called "military boom" was short-lived. Putin's bet on war has become a trap: the continuation of military actions have resulted not only in military failures, but also in serious problems within the country.
14/25
๐ฅRussian metallurgy collapsed.
The Kremlin-controlled Rosstat reported a sharp decline in the volume of metallurgical production in Russia - the basis of Russia's military machine. It signals that resources for mass production of weapons are becoming increasingly limited.
15/25
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๐ฅThe financial crisis is gradually engulfing all sectors of Russian industry.
The key Roscosmos enterprise that developed all of the USSR's rockets is preparing to close due to its catastrophic financial situation.
16/25
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๐ฅSanctions are finishing off the Russian auto industry: one of the main "import substitution products", the new Lada Vesta, has proven to be life-threatening. While driving, the car's steering wheel suddenly locks, causing it to become uncontrollable and dangerous.
17/25
๐ฅThe SochiโYerevan flight cannot take off due to engine malfunctions on two aircrafts.
The engine of the Rossiya Airlines plane was faulty. The flight was then delayed, & a backup plane was supposed to operate it. However, it also failed to take off due to engine failure
18/25
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Dissatisfaction w/ Putin grows rapidly in Russia
Z-Bloggers say Putin must stop the 'SVO' very soon: The economic crisis Russia is in threatens the collapse of Putin's regime and the disintegration of the country, explains blogger Maxim Kalashnikov.
19/25
๐ฅFor the first time the share of war spending in revenues in the first quarter of 2025 was 50.1%.
The Moscow Times notes that these figures are absolute records in modern Russian history and even exceed the levels of the last years of the USSR.
20/25
๐ฅ"Record low losses of Russian armored vehicles conceal problems of the army and the military-industrial complex. The Russian occupation army is losing less and less armored vehicles on the battlefield, but this is evidence of weakness, not strength." - Yigal Levin
21/25
๐ฅRussia has admitted that it has become a vassal of China, which could have ended the war against Ukraine long ago.
"Without them, we would not be able to make a single missile, let alone a drone, & the entire economy would have collapsed long ago,"- ๐ท๐บ official, Reuters
22/25
๐ฅAfter 11 years of Russian occupation, the once developed and rich region of Ukraine has turned into a humanitarian disaster under Russian rule. Donbass has turned into a city where old men drag canisters up and down the floors and neighbors fight over a bucket of water.
23/25
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About 220,000 Russians between the ages of 18 and 55 died since Putin lunched it's special military operation.
In three years of war, Putin has destroyed Russia's economy and all the efforts made over the past decade to redress the country's demographic situation.
24/25
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๐ฅToday, Ukrainian strikes are not only undermining Russia's war finance, but also destabilizing the very functioning of the Russian Federation.
You can help Ukraine save lives and bring Russia to its knees๐
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Sources: Kommersant, Mediazone, Medusa, the Insider, Reuters, Bloomberg, Radio svoboda, Interfax, Defense Express, Moscow Times, azeta. Ru, Euromaidan Press
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