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Russian stuff blowing up: Explosion rocks Russian missile plant in Perm
A fire broke out at a major Russian missile manufacturing plant in Perm. Perm is about 1,500 km from Ukraine so it is possible this was a drone attack. Whatever the cause of the fire, the effect might be huge. As experts said, the Proton-PM plant produces components for aircraft engines for government aircraft Il-96,…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia’s new Starlink-alternative satellite system fails
Russia is having roaring success getting its alternative to Starlink up and running. Rassvet, which means daybreak in Russian, is a planned constellation of hundreds of low-orbit satellites for internet communications. Launches began in March in batches of 16 but so far most of those have failed to reach the desired orbital height of 800…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian shadow fleet tanker boarded in Mediterranean
EU forces boarded another Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea. Let’s see what they do more than give the captain a speeding ticket. Ukrainian forces reportedly have cleared Russians out of the town of Hrekivka, which is just north of the salient near Lyman where Russians are being cut off and surrounded. This…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine targets huge refinery near St. Petersburg
Ukraine struck Russia’s Kirishi refinery near St. Petersburg. The attack reportedly involved 60 drones. The Kirishi facility processes 20 million tons of oil a year. Ukraine launched a massive assault on Belgorod, targeting its energy infrastructure and an Ozon warehouse. A caller from Belgorod wants to know why Ukrainian drones just come right on through…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine’s secret counteroffensive near Lyman
It is being called Ukraine’s secret counteroffensive. Ukraine has been having success in closing off a Russian salient north of the city of Lyman along the eastern front. There are an estimated 300 to 500 Russian soldiers in this area. Closing off the salient would not necessarily mean the Russians there would be forced to…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes Russian bomber base
Ukraine severely damaged a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber during a strike on the Engels-2 strategic bomber base, which is east of Saratov. The Tu-95 is an old model of bomber that first went into service back in the 50s. But there have been several modernizations since then and the Tu-95 MS is one of the…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine keeps pressure on Russian shipping
A Russian ship was attacked attempting to enter the port at Tuapse on the Black Sea coast. Attacks in the Black Sea have prompted this carrier to suspend shipments to and from the Russian port at Novorossiysk. There is video of the aftermath of recent attacks on other Russian ships in the Black Sea. Ukrainian…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Wildberries warehouse razed
There was another strike on another Wildberries warehouse. This strike is a return visit to the warehouse in Kotovsk, which is outside the city of Tambov and southeast of Moscow. This time it was finished off. Ukraine also struck the oil refinery at Kstovo again. Reports indicate that the brief meeting of CIA Director John…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Joint Russian- Chinese chemical plant goes up in flames
There is a huge fire that has engulfed the Amur Gas and Chemical Complex in Russia’s Far East. This plant is a joint Russian-Chinese project to produce ethylene and propylene and was expected to launch operations early next year. Amur is located along the Chinese border and is 6,500 km from Ukraine. Located near the…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Three more Ozon warehouses struck by Ukraine
Ukraine hit targets across Russia last night, including three more Ozon warehouses — in Nevinnomyssk, Tyube and Adygea. Adygea is in the Caucasus north of Sochi. Tyube is in Dagestan and Nevinnomyssk is in the Caucasus south of Stavropol. All those rounds come down somewhere. Let’s update the bingo card. Russia vows vengeance for Ozon.…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes Russian aircraft, Ozon warehouse
Ukraine hit three Russian aircraft, eight radar systems and an S-400 air defense system. An Ozon logistics warehouse in Orenburg, which is near Kazakhstan, was hit but it sounds like it wasn’t a massive strike. The Orenburg warehouse is Ozon’s largest. An industrial plant near St. Petersburg accidentally caught fire. Hmmmm. Inquiring minds want to…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine destroys first Ozon warehouse
Now it’s Ozon’s turn to watch its warehouses go up in flames. This one is in Chapayevsk, which is southeast of Moscow and near the Volga River and the city of Samara. For those of you just tuning in, Ozon is Russia’s second largest online retail operation, behind Wildberries, which has been getting hammered by…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian refinery in Perm up in flames
The Russian refinery at Perm is on fire after a Ukrainian attack. Perm is about 1,150 km northeast of Moscow. A Russian Su-34 bomber was hit during a Ukrainian drone attack on an airfield at Akhtubinsk. Russia bombed a large shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, killing six and injuring more than 91. This was a…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian assault on Kyiv kills 15
An electrical substation was burning in Cheboksary, which is east of Moscow. Refineries were also struck. The Nizhnekamsk refinery is in Tatarstan. Russia murdered 15 more civilians in Kyiv. Some Russians are celebrating the Kyiv assault. Russia also murdered a farm worker and attacked a museum. Odesa has also been targeted. Russia has turned up…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner exchange brings home 103 Ukrainians
A new prisoner exchange has brought home more than 100 Ukrainians. The Russian refinery at Ufa in Bashkortostan has been hit again. A Russian logistics convoy goes up in flames. Ukraine tracked Russian fuel tankers in Donetsk, then blasted 67 of them in one fell swoop. Parts of Moscow were plunged into darkness. Resistance is…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine liberates village west of Donetsk
Ukraine has retaken the village of Andriivka-Klevtsove (also known as Iskra) and captured 30 Russians in the process. This village is west of the city of Donetsk. Something’s burning in a Russian military manufacturing complex in Biysk. It is unlikely to come from a Ukrainian strike since Biysk is about 3,200 km east of Moscow.…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine hits Russian drone storage site
It has been a relatively sedate day in the war in Ukraine— relatively speaking of course. Wildberries is still a smoking ruin, Russian drivers are still lining up for fuel, and bombs and missiles are still flying. And drones are still rule the front lines. Let’s check in on the fuel situation in Russia. Numerous…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Largest Wildberries warehouse goes up in flames
Ukraine set off a massive fire with an attack on the largest Wildberries warehouse in Russia in the town of Koledino near Moscow. Ukraine also struck a shopping center in the occupied territories. Bavovna Protests continue over the dismissal of the defense minister I cannot recall any other large-scale demonstrations over a defense minister in…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine targets Russian rocket motor plant
Ukraine attacked a Russian rocket motor plant in Samara with Flamingo missiles. Gee, what a shame. Maybe they should pack up their shit and go home. Another Russian atrocity. Wildberries gets attacked online. Let’s check on the fuel situation in Russia. Russia destroyed a harvester. And I want a rainbow 🌈 colored unicorn. Another 1,370…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine continues to hammer Russian refineries
The Russian refinery at Orsk has been shut down due to Ukrainian attacks. Hits on refineries have continued despite the campaign against Wildberries. Let’s check in on Wildberries. Putin was in Russia ‘s Pacific region and decided to make a point by visiting the Kuril Islands, which Russia seized from Japan at the very end…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine launches widespread attack in Crimea
Ukraine launched a broad attack against Sevastopol in Crimea, plunging the city into darkness. A key radar station and other facilities in Crimea were hit. Ukraine also struck another oil refinery in Bashkortostan. Another Wildberries goes up in flames. This one is in Chishmy, which is just west of Ufa in Bashkortostan. A Russian Shahed…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine unleashes attack on port at Novorossiysk
Ukraine launched a large-scale drone/missile attack on the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk. The attack also targeted four navy ships. The assault included Palyanytsia drones and Neptune missiles. Palyanytsia is a jet-powered long-range system that is more like a cruise missile. There was a labor uprising of sorts by workers in the St.…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine torches another Wildberries
The Wildberries in Voronezh is burning brightly. The Wildberries in Aleksin is FUBAR. Apparently Wildberries thinks it’s unfair that Ozon isn’t getting hit too. Updating the bingo card. Ukraine has also struck the refinery at Orsk, which is about 1,500 km east of Moscow along the border with Kazakhstan. A refinery in Russia’s Far East…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes chemical plant deep inside Siberia
Ukraine strikes a Russian petro-chemical complex in Tobolsk, a Siberian town that’s more than 500 km northeast of Yekaterinburg. Tobolsk is where the Russian imperial family were first evacuated to after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in 1917. It is also northeast of the village of Pokrovskoye, which is the birthplace of Grigori Rasputin. The Russian…
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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian missile blitz targets Odesa
Ukraine puts on a show for these Russian beachgoers by blowing up an S-400 air defense system in the port at Gelendzhik. Russia launched 11 ballistic missiles at Odesa during the night. Kharkiv and Pavlohrad also came under assault. The line to be blown up starts back there. These guys are lucky they are able…
