Maria Drutska
@mariadrutska
Thoughts on Rus-Ukr war updates. I speak fluent sarcasm.
Lavrov on the tankers in the Sea of Azov: “This is not piracy. Pirates take things for themselves. Here, they simply destroy tankers. This is terrorism.” Interesting. So what does he call Russia wiping entire Ukrainian cities off the map?
Drone sanctions have dropped Russian oil refining capacity to 2005 levels, worsening the fuel crisis. Road repairs are the latest thing disrupted, due to the price of diesel rising >75% and bitumen rising >45%. And strikes by workers are being downplayed, but are increasing.🍿
As another day dawns, another Russian refinery receives drone sanctions and the fuel crisis gets worse. This time the Salavat refinery has entered unscheduled maintenance, and based on the video, it'll be down for a while. The road to victory is lit with oil lamps.🔥
Russia cannot win on the battlefield, so it keeps brutally striking Ukrainian cities. In just 48 hours, Russia launched almost 200 missiles and drones at Odesa and the Odesa region.
Over 100 ships have now been hit in the last week by Ukrainian drones. Meanwhile, the Black Sea Fleet keeps hiding in Novorossiysk doing nothing, unable to sortie for fear of being sunk. No Russian fleet has been this badly humiliated since the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.
Some beautiful scenery to accompany your morning coffee.☕️ The Mikhailovsk oil depot received drone sanctions overnight, and it looks like a lot more Russian oil is being converted into heat and light.🔥 As fuel lines get longer, anger grows and Putin's control slips further.⌛️
The Hunger Games for gasoline continue in Russia. 15 hours in fuel queues. Sleeping in line. Barely getting any petrol. #SpecialFuelOperation
💔 Very sad news. Senator Lindsey Graham was one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters in the U.S. Senate during some of the hardest moments of this war. He stood with Ukraine, pushed for tougher sanctions on Russia, and kept arguing Putin’s aggression had to be defeated. May his memory be honoured.
Tomio Okamura, Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies and leader of the pro-Russian SPD movement, says he agrees with what he describes as the view of “most Czechs” that Ukraine should cede territories where Russians have historically lived in order to end the war.
‼️Putin is getting desperate enough to risk a general mobilization after the sham elections in September. In preparation, exit visas are reportedly going to be reintroduced, and companies are already being fined for not mobilizing enough employees. Expect significant unrest.🔥
🚫 THE SEA OF AZOV IS NOW CLOSED TO RUSSIAN TRAFFIC, BY ORDER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE 🚫 The Kerch Strait and the Don-Azov Canal have stopped letting ships through, and the remaining ships in the Sea of Azov are being sunk. Hey Black Sea Fleet, how's Novorossiysk? 🤣🤡🤣
I love this video. The Syzran oil refinery is burning due to drone sanctions, and several Ukrainian drones are flying around like they own the place. Which is correct. They DO own the place now.🔥 Russia will say everything is under control. It is, but not under THEIR control.
Ukraine destroyed 113 out of 133 Russian aerial targets during the latest attack. Intercepted: • 0/6 Iskander-M / S-400 ballistic missiles • 2/4 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles • 0/2 Kh-31 anti-radiation missiles • 111/121 attack drones
Kyiv. Just a couple kilometres from my home. A huge crater between residential buildings. Windows blown out. Damaged cars. People waking up to ruins in their own neighbourhood. Russia keeps terrorising civilians while they sleep.
The situation in Russia keeps getting more dangerous for Putin: 🔹Security forces are being deployed to more and more fuel stations due to public unrest 🔹Meat and vegetable prices are spiking due to the fuel crisis 🔹Some in Putin's inner circle want to end the war Soon...🍿
According to latest reports, another 29 (!!) ships have been hit in the Sea of Azov overnight. The scale of these losses, with almost 80 hits to ships over the last week, is truly catastrophic for Russian logistics. And we're not done yet. It will get worse.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥The Kurgannefteprodukt maritime terminal was hit in Taganrog. #SpecialDroneSanctions continue.
After Ukrainian strikes, additional Pantsir-S1 air defence systems were placed near the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya. Russia understands perfectly well what is coming. #SpecialFuelOperation continues.
Pay close attention to Russia's economic indicators now. Everything is going wrong. The Moscow stock exchange is on a record losing streak. Investors are abandoning banks due to fears of collapse. The government has warned even military production is being affected. Soon...🍿
The Russians have had a very bad week on the Sea of Azov. First, Ukrainian drones hit pretty much everything afloat including dozens of tankers. And last night, they also hit Russian oil depots and ports along the shoreline. The road to victory is lit with oil lamps.🔥
Russia continues to strike petrol stations. This time in Zaporizhzhia.
Russian fuel crisis update: 🔹Diesel exports are banned due to shortages 🔹Kazakhstan is limiting Russian vehicle traffic due to high fuel demand in border areas 🔹A buckwheat shortage looms this fall due to fuel shortages impacting the harvest And it will keep getting worse.
💥 Ukrainian air and sea drones hit 22 ships in the Azov and Black Seas in the last 72 hours 💥 There were 38 ships sailing for Kerch. Now there's less. This is catastrophic. In World War II, only one convoy had more losses than this: Convoy PQ 17, with 24 of 35 ships sunk.
Ukraine’s air defence shot down 139 of 176 Russian aerial targets during the attack. Destroyed: • 139/169 drones • 0/5 Iskander-M ballistic missiles • 0/2 Kh-31P missiles from the Black Sea Across Ukraine, 5 ballistic missile strikes were recorded in 4 locations, and 20 drones hit 11 locations.