Footage of Ukrainian forces hitting another 13 Russian vessels near Crimea overnight, including another 10 oil/fuel tankers.
Ukrainian attack drones have hit 48 Russian ships in the Black Sea over the past 5 days.
It just occurred to me: if Viktor Yanukovych -- the hyper-corrupt Russian puppet -- had not fled Ukraine in disgrace after the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution, and if the revolution had been crushed, he would now already be serving his fourth "presidential term".
That's out of the maximum of two allowed by the Ukrainian Constitution.
And those "elections" would almost certainly have become blatantly rigged, purely symbolic exercises, just like in Lukashenko's Belarus, over and over again.
And even more likely, he would have "reset" his presidential term count "at the request of the Verkhovna Rada" through a "constitutional reform" -- just as Putin secured himself effectively unlimited rule in 2020, and, very recently, Tokayev did the same in Kazakhstan.
Ukrainian attack drones struck another dozen Russian oil/fuel tankers off Crimea overnight.
The Russian Navy has so far been incapable of stopping the attacks at sea, with nearly 40 vessels hit in the last 96 hours.
The West just can't resist trying to save Russia every time it has a chance to collapse and actually reset from being a fascist, imperialistic state.
If you want Russia to be a normal country someday, you have to let it lose and allow its regime to crash fully.
Putin is literally the only person in the world who could end this war right now. He started it. He can end it. He doesn't need anyone else to agree to end it.
A Russian man on Putin and the war against Ukraine:
"They're hitting us hard. There are almost no people left.
The 'SMO' is a lifeline for Putin's ass. Without it, he would have been overthrown long ago.
Ukraine has great potential. It's going to tear our country apart."
Long obvious, but confirmation always welcome. Especially to expose Western politicians who still share fantasies about ignoring Russian aggression to "focus on China".
BREAKING:
Shooting for the Stars: secret military documents we obtained show China fully involved with supporting Russian war in Ukraine and plans against the West, even offered a contingency plan to shoot down @elonmusk's Starlink. https://t.co/uFfZtB7jde
This week, our warriors achieved important results in imposing long-range sanctions against Russian facilities that fuel this war.
Ukrainian drones reached Siberia and struck the oil refinery in Omsk – nearly 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine. Now, no Russian oil refinery is beyond the reach of Ukrainian weapons.
Our responses to Russian strikes also targeted oil facilities in the Saratov, Rostov, Tver, Stavropol, and Krasnodar regions, as well as in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. An airfield in the Voronezh region and a strategic enterprise in Tver were hit. Drones were also used against facilities in the Moscow, Leningrad, and Bryansk regions.
Our long-range sanctions plan against Russia is firmly on track. I thank all of the units involved for their accuracy!
🤌Zelensky is trolling Putin with remarkable finesse — and every time he does it, it gets even more elegant
"If Yeltsin had known that Russia would end up importing fuel because of the war, he would have chosen a different successor. It's a joke," the President of Ukraine said.
Right now, we have a window of opportunity. Ukraine has become stronger both on the battlefield and in the skies. Everyone sees these results made possible thanks to our warriors in the first place. I am very grateful to them.
Putin – whether he knows this or not – is certainly receiving information and understands that right now he has no advantage. He has ballistic missiles; there are indeed absolutely tragic and horrific strikes against the civilian population of our state, but this is the only advantage he has left. There is nothing else. And everyone sees this.
We spoke with President Trump, and I also met with many different leaders during the summit. Even with leaders of countries with whom I had not had a meeting before. They all note one thing: Ukraine has become stronger.
From answers to journalists’ questions. (1/3)