1/ The Russian warblogger 'Fighterbomber', a retired Russian air force pilot, is taking heavy flak from other warbloggers for disclosing a fuel delivery to Crimea that the Ukrainians promptly blew up. "Go fuck yourself. Preferably holding hands," he responds. ⬇️
2/ On 17 June, in an apparent attempt to refute widespread accounts of fuel shortages in Crimea, 'Fighterbomber' wrote on his Telegram channel: "The audience is saying that fuel has arrived in Crimea. Lots of it. There's more coming. 😍"
3/ Three days later, Ukrainian forces struck the Kerch oil terminal's fuel depot, causing a major fire. An official Ukrainian Telegram channel trolled Fighterbomber by crediting the warblogger for the strike (it's unlikely that he had any influence on it).
4/ Nonetheless, this was enough for other Russian warbloggers to pile on the denunciations. Vladimir Romanov pithily calls him "a moron" and writes:
5/ “The channel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit officially expressed gratitude to the idiot for the information, which contributed to the strike on the TES-Terminal-1 fuel terminal in Kerch. I think the relevant services in Voronezh deserve a personal "thank you".
6/ 'Archangel Spetsnaz' isn't impressed:
"Special thanks to some Russian channels that started reporting that fuel is being quietly shipped to Crimea by ferry."
[Note – Ukraine has also now attacked and disabled the ferries.]
7/ "It's not that the enemy is stupid or lacking intelligence, but still, this is incomprehensible in the fifth year of the war."
'Helicopterpilot', another serving military blogger, is equally unimpressed:
8/ "Fuck, I almost forgot! Some "expert" there happily wrote: "Fuel has arrived in Crimea! Lots of it! And more is coming!" I open Aksyonov's channel, and he announces a complete halt to fuel sales on the peninsula. So where did it all go, you idiot? 😁"
9/ 'Faust's Mouthpiece Z' has an invitation for 'Fighterbomber':
"If I were you, you probably should keep your mouth shut and not spread it around, given the large audience, insider information, rumors, and information you're being fed, you chumba.
10/ "By the way, are you even fighting? What kind of plane are you bombing in? So let me help you out, join my unit, or the guys in Zaporizhzhia.
11/ "...Your time will soon be up, and the young hotheads who've been in this meat grinder for years now not only should, but are obligated to replace you and other clown bloggers like you, who've forgotten what military life is like and are now making a living…
12/ …off state-funded food, training camps, stars for their writing, and much, much more."
Andrey Filatov is particularly scathing:
"It's clear that the enemy was already monitoring the flow of fuel and lubricants into Crimea and their accumulation."
13/ "Firstly, there are satellite images that can be used to see how the oil storage facility is "breathing" vapors and determine how full it is. Of course, [the Ukrainians] weren't planning on hitting an empty tank.
14/ "But that's a different matter. Each such raid costs several million dollars: in birds, in logistics, in the preparations. If anyone's curious, ask how much fuel costs in [Ukraine] – it's not cheap there either, and they try to spend it wisely.
15/ "So, they need to find diesel fuel, find trucks to transport these long-range aircraft. So, preparing all this crap costs millions of dollars. And hitting, for example, an empty tank – well, that's not so great.
16/ "It's clear that they're gathering intelligence using various methods to confirm it from various sources.
17/ "And just when they've gathered all the intelligence and realize it's time to strike, Fighterbomber comes running out with a flag: "That's right, awesome, we've got everything, let's fucking go!"
18/ "He tried to do [crisis management], but he overdid it and gave [the Ukrainian] extra confirmation for his goals, plus a reason to mock the situation in the media. There's a simple and succinct name for this: moron.
19/ "And [the Ukrainian] will do the right thing by blowing this case up. The swine is giving our moron the go-ahead to tighten the screws on concerned citizens because of the shit of a boastful braggart who's sucking dick."
20/ However, 'Fighterbomber' isn't going down without a fight (or a bomb). In a now-deleted post, he writes:
"There, domestic internet fighters, having read [Ukro] publics, decided that I bombed Kerch.
I report. Go fuck yourself. Preferably holding hands."
21/ "Anyone who wants to fight, contact me. I will help. I also report that fuel has arrived in the Central Federal District, Southern Military District, Siberia, and the Far East. More will arrive tomorrow. And then every day. A lot. And it will come to Crimea again.
22/ "And it will come today too. Hundreds of details. A tank was spotted in the Kaliningrad region. A warship in the Baltic Sea. An airplane in the sky.
1/ Dozens of specialist workers were likely killed or wounded in today's Ukrainian strike in Voronezh. Russian warbloggers are dismayed, complain that the Russian government is ignoring it, and call for London to be nuked in retaliation. ⬇️
2/ Heavy missiles (it's not yet clear what type; the Russian warbloggers assume a UK/French Storm Shadow or SCALP/ER) have caused heavy damage and raging fires at the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant, a vital element of Russia's missile production chain.
3/ The regional governor says that five people are known to have died, with dozens more injured. He says that while most were able to take shelter and survived, many ignored the alert and were caught up in the attack.
1/ Russian warbloggers complain that their readers are insufficiently enthusiastic about the disastrous war in Ukraine, following an outpouring of negative sentiment after the drone strikes on Moscow. "Social media has been a living hell since yesterday," one gripes. ⬇️
2/ Warblogger Andrey Antonov urges his readers not to believe what they're reading:
"Be vigilant! Social media has been a living hell since yesterday.
A coordinated campaign against our peace of mind is underway.
I saw the same thing in 2022, during Crocus, Kursk, and so on."
3/ "Your feed is flooded with nonsense, both from new accounts you never followed and from tried-and-true opposition faggots you never followed, but bots are amplifying the popularity of these posts, and they're popping up everywhere.
1/ The occupied Donetsk region is being isolated from Russia through drone-dropped remote mining, according to reports from the area. The forced closure of border checkpoints highlights the region's vulnerability to Ukraine's anti-logistics campaign. ⬇️
2/ Despite occupied regions of Ukraine having been formally annexed, Russia still maintains full border controls with its 'new territories'. This is generally believed to be to meant prevent the smuggling of weapons and drugs, and to stop military deserters returning to Russia.
3/ However, the retention of border controls has also created chokepoints which Ukraine can block. Recent reports have indicated that air-dropped mines are being deployed around the checkpoints from Ukrainian drones, many kilometres from the front line.
1/ Ukraine's attacks against bridges, ferries, and logistics in Crimea have virtually cut off the peninsula. Russian warbloggers are reacting with anger and dismay. "Crimea has become an island," one admits. "Are we tolerating it?", demands another. ⬇️
2/ 'Intelligence Diary' sums up the situation following a Ukrainian attack using hundreds of UAVs, with Russia claiming to have shot down 239 but many more getting through:
"Crimea has become an island.
No ferry
No gasoline
No Chongar Bridge
No buses
No trains"
3/ He reports gloomily that "Crimea is in a complete fuel lockdown and there's a gasoline panic.
People are close to hysteria. The peninsula is descending into chaos."
He notes that Ukraine's data-enabled attack planning is fundamentally changing the situation for Russia:
1/ Russian-occupied Donetsk now exists under a state of "drone terror", says a local Russian inhabitant. Local influencer 'Donetsk MartynoVa' describes how normal life is grinding to a halt under relentless Ukrainian mid-range strikes. ⬇️
2/ As the thread below highlights, Ukraine's 'drone siege' of the occupied regions of the country ramped up quickly during May 2026 and has come to threaten Russia's control over the area through the decimation of Russian logistics.
1/ The Russian authorities are threatening to charge people who photograph military cemeteries with treason. It highlights how the Kremlin has become sensitive to cemeteries representing a potent symbol of Russia's huge losses in Ukriane. ⬇️
2/ 'Mobilization News' reports:
"Treason charges have been threatened for photographs of military graves in Yekaterinburg cemeteries."
3/ "Local cemetery administrations, in conjunction with the FSB, are preparing information signs that will be placed "on information boards at cemetery entrances and along visitor routes."