‼️🇷🇺🇮🇳 BIG | Moscow has recently engineered a bizarre... economic scheme: a nation that boasts some of the world's largest oil reserves and production capacities is now forced to export its raw crude at steep discounts, only to buy it back as refined gasoline and diesel from the very same buyers. This desperate move aims to stabilize a severe domestic fuel crisis triggered by precise Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries. To facilitate this arrangement, Russia has nearly doubled its discounts on Urals crude for India, pushing the price deduction from $4 to approximately $7 per barrel. This shift is directly tied to Moscow's urgent need to purchase finished fuel from Indian refiners. As a result, Indian refineries find themselves in a highly lucrative position: they import dirt-cheap Russian raw material, process it, and sell the finished product back to Moscow at a premium. According to data from Reuters, at least 60,000 tons of fuel have already been shipped from India to Russia under this framework. To mitigate the paralysis of its own refining infrastructure, the Kremlin is hoping to secure up to 400,000 tons of gasoline imports monthly. Beyond India, Moscow is leaning heavily on neighbors and allies like Belarus and Kazakhstan to patch the holes in its domestic market and prevent widespread supply shortages. The irony of this situation is as profound as it is justified. This entire scheme serves as a textbook example of how military adventures can lead to geopolitical and economic absurdity. Prior to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia positioned itself as Europe's primary energy guarantor, reaping massive financial rewards. Today, a nation once mockingly—yet accurately—described as "a gas station masquerading as a country" is facing an internal fuel shortage. Furthermore, selling raw materials at a loss and buying back the refined product (while absorbing massive logistical overheads) is economic suicide. Meanwhile, New Delhi is playing the geopolitical field masterfully—refusing to enforce Western sanctions while aggressively capitalizing on Moscow’s desperation to bolster its own economy. Ultimately, this development proves that Ukraine’s targeted asymmetric warfare against Russian energy infrastructure has dealt a far more crippling blow to the Kremlin than many sweeping Western sanctions. Moscow is now burning through its financial reserves just to put out domestic fires, desperate to avert a total market collapse and subsequent civilian unrest. Video is made Grok AIshow more

This week is the first time in 4.5 years... that the “special military operation” is affecting the daily life of every resident of Russia. Once dubbed by McCain as a “gas station masquerading as a country,” Russia is experiencing a fuel crisis because of Ukrainian strikes on its refineries. To get gas, Russians now must spend hours — sometimes an entire night — waiting in line. Many gas stations just closed, including in Moscow. The more the Russian government says “don’t panic, there is no fuel shortage,” the more people panic.show more

🇺🇦🇷🇺 U.S INTEL IS FUELING UKRAINE’S STRIKES ON RUSSIAN... OIL TARGETS The U.S has been quietly helping Ukraine hit deep inside Russia, targeting oil refineries and energy infrastructure in a covert campaign to cripple Putin’s war economy. American intelligence has guided Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes, enabling hits on at least 16 of Russia’s 38 refineries, disrupting over 1 million barrels/day of capacity. This strategy ramped up after a July call between Trump and Zelensky, where Trump reportedly backed a plan to “make them feel the pain” and force Russia to negotiate. Despite previous White House hesitation, Washington is now closely involved, from target selection to mission planning, according to U.S and Ukrainian officials. The strikes have forced Moscow to import fuel, slash diesel exports, and scramble to patch its supply chains. Source: Financial Timesshow more

Ukrainian drones have attacked Moscow's largest oil refinery. One... in three cars in Moscow runs on fuel from that refinery—but now, drones have struck it. The Moscow refinery meets around 35% of the Russian capital's fuel needs. The facility supplies up to 40% of Moscow's gasoline requirements and about 50% of its diesel needs. Bitumen from the Moscow refinery is used in the construction or repair of one in every two roads in the Russian capital. Although the Kremlin has redeployed a significant portion of its air defense systems to Moscow, drones still managed to strike one of the country's key fuel facilities.show more

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Ukraine has hit so many Russian refineries that... Moscow is now, for the first time ever, importing gasoline from India. The first shipment landed last week, moved through a chain of Russian-linked tankers and a ship-to-ship transfer off Egypt to dodge sanctions. Russia's crude processing ran about a third below normal in July, and Kyiv has only stepped up the strikes since. When Russia has to import gasoline from an oil buyer 4,000 miles out, things are bad. Source: Bloomberg / Writer: Julieshow more

Ukraine strikes the last oil refinery supplying Moscow and... the Moscow region On Thursday morning, Ukrainian drones attacked Yaroslavl. According to a video analyzed by OSINT experts, one of the drones exploded on the territory of a local oil refinery. The Yaroslavl oil refinery was the last of four major oil refining plants that supplied fuel to the capital region and continued to operate after previous Ukrainian drone attacks. The video shows a drone flying over the industrial zone of Yaroslavl and then diving before exploding on the territory of the Yaroslavl oil refinery. The oil refinery in Yaroslavl is the fifth largest oil refining facility in Russia. It can process 15.72 million tons of oil per year. This plant is one of three oil refineries (the other two are located in Ryazan and the Nizhny Novgorod region) that supply gasoline to the capital region via a pipeline, and all of them have already been targeted by attacks.show more

❗️❗️🇷🇺 #BREAKING Russia has deployed a submarine to protect... one of its oil tankers from U.S. military forces — the fuel tanker Bella 1 is attempting to evade the United States Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel is currently empty, as it was unable to load oil in Venezuela due to the U.S. blockade. Russia has dispatched a submarine and naval surface vessels to provide an escort for the tanker. Details of the operation remain unknown at this time.show more

🚨The energy crisis triggered by the Persian Gulf conflict... is accelerating the shift to a multipolar world. 🇷🇺🇨🇳Russia and China are building a parallel energy system less dependent on Western finance, shipping, and payments. This accelerates de-dollarization through energy trade in national currencies, energy economist Dr Kazi Sohag told Sputnik. 🔸China is becoming the Global South’s main guarantor of energy security through its dominance in green technologies — solar, batteries, EVs, grids, and storage. 🔸Via the Belt and Road Initiative, China offers complete turnkey solutions — hardware, financing, construction, and rapid deployment — at prices and scale the West cannot match. 🔸Amid global scarcity, Russian oil becomes far more attractive, strengthening their bargaining power with India, China, and other major buyers. This weakens Western sanctions as importers prioritize physical supply over compliance. 🔸The energy crisis exposed Western vulnerability to physical supply shocks and the limits of sanctions, proving that financial power alone cannot guarantee energy security. 🔸As a result, Russia strengthens its role as a key hydrocarbon supplier, while China accelerates its leadership in clean energy. Together, they are speeding up multipolarity by encouraging countries to diversify away from exclusive Western systems.show more

🔥Drones have struck Russia’s largest oil refinery — the... KINEF plant in the Leningrad region has been successfully hit. A fuel crisis is looming! Kirishinefteorgsintez is located more than 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border and is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia. The plant, situated in the city of Kirishi in the Leningrad region, is a subsidiary of Surgutneftegaz. This is not the first attack on the refinery: it was previously targeted in March and September. After the last strike, the plant was forced to shut down a unit that provided up to 40% of its capacity.show more

🇷🇺🇺🇦 You might think this is normal, but it... isn't A Ukrainian suicide drone was spotted on its way to St Petersburg, which is around 1,000km from Ukraine, and that's if it flew a direct path over Belarus. This was one of several that hit the city's oil terminal, giving Putin another domestic headache as fuel shortages plague parts of Russia. Zelensky is once again flexing his "long-range sanctions." Source: TABZ (Telegram) / Writer: Ianshow more

Russian Telegram channels report that there is a total... fuel shortage in Russia, with about 360 gas stations shutting down due to a lack of gasoline. Supply disruptions have affected the Moscow, Leningrad, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod regions, among others. It is reported that the situation is felt most severely in southern Russia, where the number of gas stations has decreased by 14%, and in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Sevastopol - by nearly half. At the same time, Sergey Aksenov, so-called "head" of the Russian-occupied Crimea, called on residents of the peninsula to be patient and stated that the situation is under control and will soon be resolved, with gasoline once again becoming available. From "Kyiv in three days" to "gas shortage"...show more

In 2024, Russia faced a 13-year record jump in... gas prices after a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries that caused fuel production to collapse by more than 10% in the first half of the year. According to Rosstat, from the beginning of the year to December 23, gasoline prices rose by 11% on average in Russia. At the same time, prices in remote regions of the Far East exceeded the Russian average by a quarter. By the end of the year, gasoline price growth will be the strongest since 2011. For the first time in 6 years, gasoline prices have risen significantly above the headline inflation rate, which the Russian ministry of economic development estimates at 9.7% a week before the end of the year. This year, the Russian government tried to curb gasoline prices by banning its exports: the restrictions were imposed shortly after two dozen major Russian refineries were attacked by Ukrainian UAVs and a number of them were forced to halt production. By the end of May, the decline in gasoline production in Russia reached 20% compared to December 2023, and diesel fuel - 11%. In response, the authorities classified fuel output statistics, citing geopolitics and the threat of market manipulation as reasons. In 2025, gasoline will continue to rise in price in Russia. In the best-case scenario, it will rise by 10-15%, and in the worst case - 20%, which, according to Rosstat, has not happened in Russia since 2004 (when the cost of fuel jumped by a record 31.3%). The reason will be an increase in Transneft's pipeline pumping tariffs, as well as a sharp increase in excise taxes: they will rise 14% for gasoline and 16% for diesel fuel, which is three times more than was provided for in the Tax Code (4.7%). According to government calculations, this will bring 170 billion rubles ($1,6 billion) to the treasury, of which 116 billion ($1,13 billion) will be due to the unscheduled increase. Rising gasoline prices will automatically lead to higher prices for everything else in Russia, as the cost of fuel is included in the delivery of all goods and automatically increases the cost of the end product for the buyer. Inflation in Russia will also increase.show more

❗️❗️🇺🇦Ukraine has completely obliterated the illusion of Russian domestic... security, launching a massive, multi-tiered drone offensive that successfully neutralized critical energy infrastructure up to 1,500 kilometers deep inside the Russian mainland. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that elite Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) operatives and long-range defense units executed a flawless, deep-penetration campaign against Putin's economic lifelines. The coordinated strikes simultaneously targeted and crippled twin oil depots in Stavropol and Tver—each sitting 500 kilometers from the frontline—alongside a vital reserve fuel storage facility 800 kilometers away. Proving that no corner of Russia is beyond its reach, Ukraine pushed its operational envelope to the absolute limit, striking a major oil pumping station in Ufa at a staggering distance of nearly 1,500 kilometers, while concurrently flattening a strategic marine oil terminal in the Rostov region. This relentless, deep-theater campaign proves that Ukraine has systematically mapped out and dismantled the vulnerabilities of Russia’s oil infrastructure. By shifting the battlefield from the frontlines straight to the Urals, Kyiv is violently choking the fuel supplies needed to sustain Russia's war machine and proving that the Kremlin's vast air defense networks are entirely incapable of protecting its multi-billion-dollar energy monopolies.show more

❗️❗️🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has laid out a historic,... multi-tiered defensive strategy that aggressively redefines the global arms landscape, pairing a brutal economic irony with the unveiling of a secret homegrown anti-ballistic system. Zelensky delivered a staggering rhetorical blow to Moscow, mocking the Kremlin's desperate search for fuel imports as an absolute "historical joke." For a petro-state whose entire modern empire was built on fossil-fuel dominance, being forced to look for external refined fuel after relentless Ukrainian deep-striking campaigns is a profound humiliation. Zelensky forcefully made it clear that Ukraine hasn't just discussed stopping Russia's energy supply lines—it has already physically forced the Kremlin to its knees on the domestic energy front. To completely solve its dependency on slow Western defense assembly lines, Zelensky officially unveiled "FREYA"—Ukraine's highly classified, sovereign anti-ballistic missile defense system. Engineered to match the lethal ballistic-interception capabilities of the American Patriot system, FREYA is designed as a more cost-effective "European model" optimized for rapid, high-volume mass production. An elite international summit of national security advisers and defense companies is convening immediately in France to secure the manufacturing backing needed to bring FREYA to life within weeks. While acknowledging that the U.S. Patriot remains the gold standard of modern air defense, Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine is also looking toward the next-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T NG system as a key Patriot equivalent. However, with Western production lines choked by long waiting lists and limited output, Ukraine refuses to sit idle. By scaling up the domestic FREYA project alongside the localized acquisition of Western shields, Kyiv is establishing a sovereign, unbreachable aerospace fortress that permanently neutralizes Putin's ballistic threats. See the latest updates with us: NSTRIKEshow more

It is already possible to speak about the outcome... of the Russia-China talks, to which Putin traveled as a partner, appeared at as a guest, and bargained like a supplicant. ▪️ The greeting ceremony as a mirror of relations The difference in protocol between the two visits - Trump’s and Putin’s - became the clearest symbolic indicator. President Trump was greeted on the tarmac by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, while Putin was met by the lower-ranking Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Trump’s delegation was accompanied by the heads of Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia, while Putin’s delegation was accompanied by square-jawed security personnel and a few officials. Xi demonstrated that he can host both Washington and Moscow in the same week - and that both come to him, not the other way around. Beijing placed itself at the center of the U.S.-China-Russia triangle. Despite the same red-carpet ceremony, Putin’s visit stood in sharp contrast to President Trump’s trip a week earlier. Putin quoted a Chinese proverb - "not seeing you for a day is like not seeing you for three autumns" - and invited Xi to Moscow next year. Xi responded with generic remarks about "development and rejuvenation" and never once stepped beyond protocol. ▪️ Economic and political dependence Economically, China is not a better trading partner for Russia than the European Union once was. It buys oil and gas at discounted prices, invests far less in Russia, and its products are often technologically inferior. Unlike the West, which provided Ukraine with billions in grants, Russia pays full price for Chinese imports. But in the absence of alternatives, China has become Russia’s economic lifeline. Russia’s dependence on China for sanctioned technology imports has risen to 90%, up from roughly 80% a year earlier. This comes despite Kremlin efforts to promote import substitution and achieve "technological sovereignty." China has purchased more than $367 billion worth of Russian oil and gas since the war began. At the same time, between April 2022 and February 2026, China’s average discount on Russian oil reached 7.7%, saving Beijing approximately $18.3 billion. Russia sells - China sets the price. The key evidence of this asymmetry is Power of Siberia 2. For Russia, it is a strategically critical project meant to compensate for the loss of the European gas market. Yet once again, no full agreement was signed during the visit: there is only a "general understanding," without pricing, timelines, or a final contractual framework. Politically, the dependence runs even deeper. Russia receives from China what it cannot secure on its own: an international stage, symbolic normalization, proof of "non-isolation," a shared language about a "multipolar world," and an anti-American framework. But China does not offer Moscow a formal alliance and does not allow Russia to dictate economic terms. The conclusion is straightforward: Russia received a stage, a declaration, and symbolic confirmation of status. China demonstrated that it fully controls its junior partner.show more

‼️ We are witnessing a pivotal moment in Russia’s... war against Ukraine this spring. Ukrainians are bringing the war back to where it came from. Over the past few weeks, Ukraine has begun launching more aerial drone strikes on Russian territory than Russia is carrying out in Ukraine. Unlike the Kremlin, Kyiv is targeting Russian facilities related to the military-industrial complex, while Russia continues to strike civilians, churches, schools, and maternity hospitals. This footage is from the latest massive Ukrainian drone swarm attack on Russian oil terminals in the Port of Novorossiysk, in Russia’s Krasnodar region, on the night of Monday, April 6. In the videos, we can see oil infrastructure burning across the port.show more

❗️❗️🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin has reportedly flown into a furious... rage, rejecting any possibility of a ceasefire and violently rebuking his own inner circle for daring to suggest freezing the conflict along the current frontlines. According to Kremlin insiders speaking to Reuters, a panicked group of advisers presented Putin with a compromise proposal to halt the war at the existing borders. Putin completely blacklisted the option, lashing out at his team with harsh reprimands. Trapped with no political exit strategy, the Russian dictator remains obsessively fixated on conquering the entire Donbas region. Reuters notes that his desperation has been pushed to a boiling point by devastating Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, which have plunged parts of Russia into critical fuel shortages. Trapped and embarrassed, Putin is now moving to exact immediate revenge, with intelligence sources warning that the Kremlin is preparing a brutal wave of massive missile strikes and a full-scale, nationwide mobilization to fuel a ruthless upcoming offensive. This backroom explosion exposes a deeply fractured, terrified Kremlin elite that realizes Russia cannot sustain this economic and military bleeding. By aggressively purging any talk of peace and choosing total escalation instead, Putin is doubling down on a high-stakes gamble that will force hundreds of thousands more Russians into the meat grinder—proving that his regime would rather destroy its own country's future than admit defeat to Ukraine's deep-strike campaign.show more

I’m grateful to our warriors for their precision –... today, Ukraine’s long-range sanctions have once again reached Perm, which is more than 1,500 kilometers from our border. Recently, there have also been important results in Chelyabinsk – up to 1,800 kilometers away, as well as in Yekaterinburg – nearly 2,000 kilometers away. The effects of Ukraine’s long-range capabilities have also been felt in Novorossiysk, Krymsk, Tuapse, and in the Samara and Nizhny Novgorod regions. We have repeatedly offered the Russian leadership the option of moving toward peace. In response, we have received only new Russian strikes. That is exactly why Ukraine’s long-range sanctions are extending to distant locations in Russia linked to its military-industrial complex, war infrastructure, and the financing of its aggression. Every day, Russia can make a choice and end its war. And not for a few hours in order to receive our permission to hold a parade in Moscow, but in a way that protects human lives. People must be valued, not parades. There is a need to establish peace, rather than running around the world’s capitals begging for a pause on May 9. We need peace. Thank you to everyone helping bring Russia to this realization.show more

❗️🇫🇷France calls on the 🇪🇺EU to impose new sanctions... against 🇷🇺Russia after the "Palm Sunday massacre" in Sumy, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said "If Ukraine has been agreeing to a ceasefire for over a month, Putin clearly has no intention of moving in this direction. Therefore, he must be forced to do so. That is why I call on the EU to impose the toughest sanctions against Russia to strangle its economy and prevent it from fueling its military efforts."show more

ANOTHER OIL EXPLOSION, THIS IS 100% A PATTERN 🇭🇺... Hungary's Largest Oil and Gas Facility Explodes as the Iran War's Energy Toll Keeps Growing At least 1 worker was killed and 7 others hospitalized with SEVERE BURNS after a massive explosion and fire tore through the Olefin-1 unit at MOL Group's facility in Tiszaújváros during a post-maintenance restart. MOL's plant is the LARGEST oil and gas facility in Hungary. A damaged pipeline is still actively flaring at the site. MOL receives Russian crude via the Druzhba pipeline, one of the last major Russian energy supply lines still running into Central Europe. This is now roughly the 15th non-combat energy incident since the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28. Someone is definitely trying to INCREASE the pressure on Europe's energy market and drag them into this conflict. No missiles. No drones. Just another "ACCIDENT" at a critical energy facility that happens to sit on a Russian supply line, in a country that refused to fully comply with Western energy sanctions.show more

India is a sponsor of war - make no... mistake about it. 10,000 migrants from #India have arrived in #Moscow, who are queuing to process their documents. Experts expect an increase in the flow, as Russia may need up to 5 million workers from India to address its labor shortage, as previously stated by Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. It won’t be long before the smell of curry, and corpses appear on the frontline - followed by the predictable bullshit “we were duped” and families wailing for their loved ones. Fuck em all, Indian or Russian fertiliser - is still just fertiliser.show more