Political impacts of Ukraine war

[HavokFour]

Speaking of Fedorov.

Talk about multitasking.

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[The Bread Guy]

Heh, heh, heh ...

Kazakhstan Cuts Oil Production Following Drone Strikes on Black Sea Tankers - The Moscow Times

Kazakhstan has reduced crude oil production following drone strikes on commercial tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast, the country’s energy ministry announced Thursday. “Oil firms adjusted their daily output, causing a temporary drop in...

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[Kirkhill]

Une panne d'essence

Russian Troops Are Running Out of Gas—and Sometimes Leaving Military Hardware Behind

Russian troops face severe fuel shortages, with deliveries cut by up to 30% and frontline units receiving as little as 20 liters daily.

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[PrairieFella]

Une panne d'essence

Russian Troops Are Running Out of Gas—and Sometimes Leaving Military Hardware Behind

Russian troops face severe fuel shortages, with deliveries cut by up to 30% and frontline units receiving as little as 20 liters daily.

united24media.com

A certain European army saw mass shortages of fuel in late 44 too. Lets hope it leads to the same outcome, total defeat.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I already like this guy

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[HavokFour]

The Black Sea is officially unsafe to navigate for ships inside Russian waters.

The warning cites a threat from drones. Russia's exclusive economic zone covers the approaches to several ports, including Novorossiysk – one of the country's key export hubs.

Russia declares its Black Sea waters unsafe for navigation

Moscow has stated there are risks for vessels in its Black Sea exclusive economic zone following Ukrainian attacks. Novorossiysk has restricted night-time navigation and CPC has halted loading.

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[HavokFour]

Ukraine is expanding on it's "fuel desert" strategy it's been using in Crimea, into the city of Belgorod.

Ukrainian drones have knocked out more than a quarter of Belgorod’s gas stations in five days — the worst week yet for the Russian border city’s fuel supply — Meduza

Ukrainian drones struck at least 19 gas stations in and around Belgorod over five days, from July 19 to 23, according to a count by the news outlet Pepel.

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[Altair]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-wildberries-drone-attacks-9.7282731

For a week now, Ukrainian drones have been attacking vast warehouses that are a crucial part of Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries.

Logistics hubs in St. Petersburg were hit overnight Thursday. Video verified by CBC News and Reuters show multiple drones exploding as they crash into the facilities, leading to fires that appear to have totally destroyed the warehouses. It's estimated that billions of dollars worth of goods have gone up in flames.

The attacks started last weekend, one in the town of Kotovsk, some 360 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, and another in the city of Elektrostal, about 50 kilometres east of Moscow. Nine people were killed and 80 others wounded.

What is Wildberries?​

Wildberries is often referred to as the equivalent of Amazon in Russia. By some estimates, it accounts for half of all online sales in the country.

Wildberries was launched in 2004 by Kim, a teacher and a young mother at the time, focused, at first, on selling clothes.

Since then, the platform has become an industry leader and household name, allowing big and small businesses alike to sell their goods to customers across the country by storing, shipping and delivering their inventory. In April, Forbes Russia estimated Kim's fortune at $8.1 billion US.

Kim has said that last year, the company had more than 200 logistics facilities totaling over 5.2 million square metres, with plans to build new warehouses this year in Belarus and Kazakhstan, where Wildberries operates as well. It also operates in Russian-held Crimea.

It's not clear how many sellers there are on Wildberries, but estimates are that it is in the range of 500,000 to 800,000.

Russian fashion designer Viktoria Terekhova says she shipped virtually her entire summer collection of children's clothes last week to the giant warehouse in Elektrostal, east of Moscow.

Within a couple of days, it was destroyed in the Ukrainian drone strike. Terekhova says she lost 12,000 items, amounting to about 45 per cent of her company's total inventory, and another 4,000 items in attacks on Wildberries hubs in southern Russia.

Oleg Kondratyev, co-founder of the clothing brand Airbase that manufactures mostly women's tracksuits, said he had lost about five million roubles ($90,000) of stock in the warehouse attacks.

That has placed him in a dire financial position, he said.

"For today, we cannot pay our loans because sales through Wildberries have stopped. Tax payments are not due yet, but they will be soon, and most likely we will not be able to pay those either," Kondratyev said.

Okay, I'm going to say it....Ukrainians are next level.

Imagine needing to divert air defense assets to protect what amounts to Amazon warehouses.

But on the flip side, imagine letting Ukraine blow them all up? inflation is already bad in Russia, take out their largest affordable retailer....ooofff

 

[The Bread Guy]

Ukraine is expanding on it's "fuel desert" strategy it's been using in Crimea, into the city of Belgorod.

Ukrainian drones have knocked out more than a quarter of Belgorod’s gas stations in five days — the worst week yet for the Russian border city’s fuel supply — Meduza

Ukrainian drones struck at least 19 gas stations in and around Belgorod over five days, from July 19 to 23, according to a count by the news outlet Pepel.

meduza.io

Seems like USSR 2.0 was already poking this way beforehand - good for the RUS goose, good for the UKR gander ....

Russian strikes hit 2 gas stations in Sumy, sparking fires

Russian forces struck the city of Sumy on the evening of July 22, damaging two gas stations. Rescuers released footage showing a large-scale fire that broke out following the strike.

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Russia has attacked nearly 140 Ukrainian fuel stations since early April | NaftoRynok

Russian shelling and UAV attacks continue to inflict significant damage on the Ukrainian fuel retail market.

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Russian drone attacks Kharkiv gas station second time

A Russian FPV drone struck a gas station in Kharkiv two times during a day, injuring a 22-year-old woman. She got an acute stress reaction.

gwaramedia.com

Russian forces relentlessly attack Ukrnafta civilian fuel facilities

For almost a week straight, Russian forces have been attacking civilian facilities belonging to Ukrnafta — production units and gas stations that provide fuel to the population in frontline oblasts, the company wrote on July 5.

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[HavokFour]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-wildberries-drone-attacks-9.7282731

Okay, I'm going to say it....Ukrainians are next level.

Imagine needing to divert air defense assets to protect what amounts to Amazon warehouses.

But on the flip side, imagine letting Ukraine blow them all up? inflation is already bad in Russia, take out their largest affordable retailer....ooofff

Gotta hide one of the very valid reasons the warehouses are a target.

Remember, the Russians who volunteer and sign a contract aren't provided a whole lot in terms of gear outside of weapons and ammunition. Everything else is usually bought out of their own pocket with that juicy signing bonus.

Wildberries hides military goods in search results after Ukrainian strikes hammer warehouses

When users enter the search query "everything for the SVO" — the Kremlin's euphemism for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — the platform now returns the message "No suitable products found."

kyivindependent.com

 

[HavokFour]

Another year with no Navy Day parade.

Russia cancels St. Petersburg Navy Day parade for second straight year amid Ukrainian drone threat

Russia has canceled its annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg for the second year in a row, as Ukraine's increasing deep-strike capabilities put even the country's heavily defended major cities at risk.

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Someone in the planning department really screwed up and forgot to get a key piece for the parade.

In June, Ukraine launched a mass drone strike on St. Petersburg during the first day of Russia's Economic Forum, Putin's annual showcase of commercial prosperity. The attack struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, draping the city in black smoke as Putin and international business leaders arrived for the conference.

A month earlier, Moscow also significantly scaled back its Victory Day military parade in the Red Square due to fears of Ukrainian strikes — despite the permit for the ceremony granted by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president issued no such permit for the parade in St. Petersburg.

 

[HavokFour]

Things have gotten very bad for Russia. Putin is being pressed to enact martial law.

Existing legislation dictates that martial law can be enacted via presidential decree for an indefinite period, granting authority to impose curfews, restrict movement, assign citizens to defense industry work, seize property for military needs, cancel elections, and enforce total censorship.

Potential triggers for this decision include a major military setback during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine or a sharp decline in enlistment numbers, which reached a three-year low earlier this year.

Additional measures under discussion include a new wave of mobilization, tighter foreign currency regulations, and travel bans for specific groups, such as employees of strategic enterprises.

Regional sources also suggest the possibility of forcibly converting a portion of private bank deposits into government war bonds to help address the state budget deficit, which reached nearly 6 trillion rubles ($76.9 billion) between January and June.

Russian Security Elites Reportedly Push Putin to Impose Martial Law After Duma Vote

Russian officials are weighing post-election martial law and mandatory war bonds as Russia's budget deficit hit nearly 6 trillion rubles ($76.9 billion).

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Russian source:

«Положение становится все серьезнее». Силовики призвали Путина ввести военное положение после выборов в Думу - Русская служба The Moscow Times

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