Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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The Forever Thread has gone full Woke; when not cheering for nuclear war, Speedy, BeauBo & 'tard defend the posting of BlueSky material on tFR
"BlueSky is just like any other media"
FreeRepublic should not be banned, just because an individual (like you) posts objectionable, deliberate lies, and/or simply asinine extraneous material, driven by their psychological abnormalities.
This is inherent in freedom of speech. It requires discernment by the reader, rather than some Stalinist blanket censorship of open forums, like you advocate.
BlueSky celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination and you defend BlueSky. That says so much about you
Another night, another Russian oil terminal and ammunition plant in flames.
Kyiv Independent (6 Oct):
“Ukrainian drones struck Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on Oct. 6, hitting the Feodosia oil terminal, General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Oct. 6.
The terminal, located about 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Ukraine-controlled territory, is the largest oil storage facility in Crimea. It can hold up to 250,000 tons of fuel, which supplies Russian forces.
Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind said the explosion sparked a fire visible from tens of kilometers away, while additional blasts were reported near the Saki and Kacha airfields.
According to the General Staff, the terminal serves as a multifunctional facility for transferring oil and petroleum products between rail, sea, and road transport.
Ukrainian forces also struck an ammunition depot belonging to a logistics battalion of Russia’s 18th Combined Arms Army in Crimea, though the results of that strike are still being assessed...
...Ukraine last struck the Feodosia oil depot in October 2024, prompting Russian-appointed local occupation authorities to declare a state of emergency.”
And also from the Kyiv Independent (6 Oct):
“Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s state-owned Sverdlov Plant overnight on Oct. 6, one of the country’s main producers of explosives and ammunition, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.
The plant, located in the city of Dzerzhinsk in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border, is “one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of explosives,” the General Staff said.
The facility produces a wide range of munitions, including aircraft and artillery shells, guided air bombs, anti-tank missile warheads, and ammunition for air defense and engineering units.
It also manufactures warheads for precision-guided missiles and supplies unified inter-service guided munitions to Russia’s military, according to the General Staff.
The Ukrainian military said multiple explosions and a large fire were reported at the site following the strike. The extent of the damage is still being verified.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it had intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 20 over Nizhny Novgorod Oblast...
...Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, located about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow, is a key industrial and transport hub linking the European and Asian parts of Russia.
Ukraine last claimed a strike on the same plant on Oct. 20, 2024.”
That's not the problem
. The problem is that Kash Patel DOES NOT have the support of the institutional embeds within the FBI ranks, including the FBI field office leadership. And, he never will.
The FBI as an institution is full of corruption, Machiavellian FBI agents, operatives, analysts, administrators and staff.
It doesn't matter one lick how much support Patel has from above, when those underneath are operating in status quo as they have for decades. They are just waiting for Patel Inc. to exit, and putting sand in his machinery.
Why can't you guys understand this. This is not a top-down issue. This is an INSTITUTIONAL issue.
Until Kash Patel accepts the problem, and more importantly, takes action to admit and addresses the core and fundamental problem, he is going to have this problem and We The People suffer because of it.
It's almost laughable at this point to watch the Mike Davis's of the world pontificate about Kash Patel's leadership, when the outcomes of the FBI are the same today as they were 5 years ago.
The 40 FBI agents who worked for 2 years on the transparently fraudulent and political Mueller investigation are laughing at you.
The operatives who coordinated and planted the J6 pipe bomb are laughing at you.
The FBI agents who hid the Hunter Biden laptop, the Anthony Weiner laptop, etc. are laughing at you.
Why is that?
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Siberia is no longer sanctuary. An Over 2,000 Km strike just hit into Siberia on 6 October - Into Tyumen, the first major city (almost a million people) in Siberia, if you are coming from the West. It is an oil town, fairly Southern, down near Kazakhstan.
Kyiv Independent (6 Oct):
“Ukrainian drones reportedly attacked the city of Tyumen in the Russian region of Siberia late on Oct. 6, local officials reported.
Officials from Russia’s Tyumen Oblast claimed on Telegram that three Ukrainian drones were shot down over an “industrial facility” in the city, adding that no fire, casualties, or explosions occurred amid the attack.
Officials further claimed that the unspecified facility is operating “without interruption,” following the attack.
Russian media Telegram channel ASTRA reported, citing local residents, that the intended target may have been the Antipinsky oil refinery, located in the south-east part of the city. Local residents reported hearing explosions as well as numerous fire trucks en-route sometime between 8pm - 9pm local time.
Reacting to the attack, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said that no fire had occurred at the refinery.
The Kyiv Independent cannot independently verify the reporting nor claims made by Russian officials.
Although it is likely that Ukrainian long-range drones were used, Ukraine’s military has not yet commented on the attack…
…Russia’s Tyumen Oblast, which lies over 2,060 km (1280 miles) (from Ukraine) has previously served as a target of Ukrainian attacks. A source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on July 11 that the agency was behind an operation that caused an explosion on a major gas pipeline in the region.”
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Ukraine Strikes 3 Russian Refineries in 3 Days!
10-5-2025, Jake Broe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJyWdLCHbs8
“Ukraine has struck three more Russian oil refineries in three days as their operational tempo is increasing heading into another winter for Russia. Oil and gas revenue year over year has decreased by 25% as a result of the strikes and Russia’s budget deficit this year is already over $50 billion.”
Russia appears to be accelerating the informational and psychological condition setting phase — “Phase 0” — of its campaign to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future. Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on October 6 that the United Kingdom (UK) is planning for a group of pro-Ukrainian Russians fighting for Ukraine to conduct an attack on a Ukrainian Navy ship or a foreign civilian vessel in a European port.[1] The SVR claimed that the saboteurs will claim they were acting on orders from Moscow and that the UK plans to equip the group with Chinese-made underwater equipment in order to blame the People's Republic of China (PRC) for supporting Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The SVR’s October 6 claim follow similar SVR false flag claims targeting European states, such as Poland, Moldova, and Serbia, and the SVR has been issuing such statements more frequently in recent weeks that constitute a new concerted pattern of activity.[2]
Russia appears to be conducting concerted preparations as part of the physical and psychological condition-setting phase for war contingencies. Russia has been engaged in a variety of overt and covert attacks against NATO states, such as sabotage missions, electronic warfare (EW) interference, GPS jamming, and arson, in recent years.[3] Russia has dramatically increased these attacks on NATO states in recent weeks since Fall 2025 — most notably with the drone incursions into NATO airspace.[4] This pattern of organized activity suggests that Russia has entered the first phase of preparations — “Phase 0” — to move to a higher level of war than the one Russia is currently engaged in, such as a future NATO-Russia war. ISW is not assessing at this time whether the Kremlin has decided to engage in such a higher level of war or on what timeline the Kremlin may expect to do so. Russia has been undertaking longer-term plans that ISW assesses may be part of preparation for a NATO-Russia war in the future, such as the restructuring of Russia's military districts on its western border and the buildup of military bases on the border with Finland.[5] ISW has not observed indicators that Russia is actively preparing for an imminent conflict with NATO at this time.
Russia's overt and covert attacks and false flag claims serve multiple purposes for Moscow both internationally and at home. Russia aims to create fear throughout the European population and fragment NATO's resolve. The wide range in the type and location of the attacks and false flag claims aims to foster a sense that the threat of violence is pervasive throughout all of Europe. Russia aims to use fear in Europe to gain concessions in its war against Ukraine and a possible future NATO-Russia war. Russia is trying to push Europeans to decrease their support of Ukraine out of fear that continued support will increase Russia's overt or covert attacks. Russia is also trying to push Europe to decrease or cease its ongoing efforts to shore up its defenses out of fear that these efforts will provoke Russian attacks. These efforts are part of Russia's wider reflexive control campaign that aims to push Russia's opponents to make policy decisions that actually benefit Russia. The Kremlin's use of the SVR’s repeated false flag claims aims to affect the Russian population's views of the West, framing Western actors — not Russia — as responsible for attacks or threat of attacks. The Kremlin is setting conditions to justify and rally public support for any possible future Russian aggression against NATO.
European officials continue to report drone sightings in European airspace. Norwegian officials reported a possible sighting of unidentified drones over the Gardermoen International Airport in Oslo, Norway, on the night of October 5 to 6.[6] The Norwegian Eastern Police District reported that a pilot and other unspecified actors spotted between three and five drones.[7] Airport authorities delayed several plane landings and temporarily closed the airport after the sightings.[8] Norwegian law enforcement has not yet confirmed the possible sighting and has not attributed the event to any specific actor.[9]
German officials attributed recent drone flights over the Munich Airport to Russia. German Chancellor Friederich Merz stated on October 5 that he “assumes” that Russia was behind “most” of the drone flights that forced German authorities to close the Munich Airport on the nights of October 2 to 3 and October 3 to 4.[10] Merz stated that the likely Russian drone incursions were conducting espionage and reconnaissance and aimed to spread fear among the German population.[11] Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder stated that Russia meant for the drones over the Munich Airport to make Germans nervous or to scare the population.[12] Neither Merz nor Söder have attributed the drone sighting over Frankfurt Airport on October 2 to Russia so far.
The Kremlin continues to deny responsibility for recent drone incursions into NATO airspace. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev used his English-language Telegram account on October 6 to deflect blame away from Russia for recent drone incursions in European airspace, including by claiming that the drones could have been a Ukrainian provocation.[13] Medvedev claimed that the reason for the incursions “is not the point.” Medvedev threateningly claimed, rather, that the point is for Europeans to “get a taste of what the danger of war really means” and to feel their “imminent and excruciating end closing in.” Medvedev claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron and Merz are “scoring political points on blood” and that Europeans might “rip the heads off” of Macron and Merz if Europeans were to “understand what war means.”[14] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on October 6 that statements from European Union (EU) leaders about Russian involvement in the recent drone overflights are “sweeping and unfounded” and called on European leaders to “broaden their horizons” rather than attributing all drone sightings to Russia.[15] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko implied on October 6 that Europeans are behind the latest drone incursions, claiming that drones in EU airspace aim to increase European “military psychosis” and force European parliaments to increase military spending.[16] Medvedev’s, Peskov’s, and Grushko’s claims are part of the Kremlin's wider effort to deny and downplay the threat that Russia poses to Europe in order to dissuade European states from continuing their efforts to bolster their own defenses. ISW continues to assess that Russia is pursuing a multipronged informational effort to deter the West from defending against hostile Russian actions and to set conditions for a potential future conflict with NATO.[17]
Russian forces conducted a fiber optic first-person view (FPV) drone strike for the first time against Kramatorsk on October 5 — furthering Russian efforts to disrupt Ukrainian logistics within and near the fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast. Kramatorsk City Military Administration Head Oleksandr Honcharenko reported on October 5 that Russian forces struck Kramatorsk with a fiber-optic FPV drone for the first time, damaging a car.[18] Geolocated footage of the strike indicates that the location of the strike was about 20 to 22 kilometers from Russia's closest frontline positions on the Chasiv Yar-Zaliznyanske line (southeast of Kramatorsk) and a few blocks from the H20 Slovyansk-Kostyantynivka highway that runs through the entirety of Ukraine's fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast.[19] Russian forces are now able to conduct FPV strikes against all the cities of the fortress belt — Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Kostyantynivka.[20] Russian strikes against logistics hubs and major ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in the fortress belt are part of Russia's efforts to adapt its drone technologies and tactics to generate effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI).[21] Russian forces are expanding their employment of fiber optic drones, including by equipping relatively cheap Molniya fixed-wing FPV drones with fiber optic cables to make the Molniyas immune to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW).[22] Russia is also reportedly producing over 50,000 fiber optic drones per month.[23] Successful Russian efforts to scale up their fiber optic FPV strikes against fortress belt cities and nearby GLOCs would significantly hamper Ukrainian logistics in Donetsk Oblast. The recent strike against Kramatorsk indicates that Russian forces are attempting to disrupt Ukrainian logistics not only on the southern flank of the fortress belt near Kostyantynivka, where Russian forces are prioritizing offensive operations, but also from the north.[24]
Ukraine continues to conduct long-range drone strikes against Russian defense industrial enterprises and oil refineries. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on October 6 that Ukrainian forces conducted a strike against the Sverdlov Plant in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod on the night of October 5 to 6.[25] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Sverdlov Plant is one of Russia's largest explosives manufacturers and produces ammunition for aviation and artillery shells, aerial bombs, anti-tank guided missiles warheads, ammunition for Russian engineering forces, and warheads for air defense missiles.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported and geolocated footage confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck the Naval Oil Terminal in occupied Fedosia, Crimea, which transports oil and oil products from railway cars to sea vessels and road transport vehicles, and supplies Russian forces in Ukraine.[26] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the strike caused a fire at the facility. Commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Major Robert Brovdi reported that USF elements conducted the drone strike against the oil terminal and that the facility is the largest transshipment for oil products in occupied Crimea with a tank capacity of 250,000 cubic meters.[27] Brovdi noted that Russian forces use the terminal to supply fuel to Russian forces in occupied Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts by rail. Russian opposition outlet Astra reported that Ukrainian forces also struck the Ayvazivska railway station in Feodosia.[28] A Kremlin-affiliated Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai overnight, causing a fire in a security room and injuring two.[29] Footage published on October 5 reportedly shows explosions near the Tuapse refinery.[30] Krasnodar Krai authorities claimed that downed drone debris fell on the Tuapse Oil Refinery.[31]
Reuters reported on October 6 that Ukraine's October 3 to 4 overnight strike against the Kirishinefteorgsintez Oil Refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, shut down its CDU-6 oil refining unit, which has a capacity of 160,000 barrels per day and accounts for 40 percent of the plant's total refining capacity.[32] Sources told Reuters that repairs will last one month and that the refinery will operate at 70 percent capacity during repairs. ISW continues to assess that Ukraine's strike campaign against Russian refineries is impacting Russia's domestic gasoline market, exacerbating shortages, and causing price spikes that will likely push inflation upwards and create further macroeconomic instability in Russia.[33]
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of October 5 to 6, striking a maternity hospital. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 116 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones from the directions of Bryansk and Kursk cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Hvardiiske, Crimea.[34] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian air defense downed 83 drones and that 30 drones struck seven locations. Ukrainian Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak reported that Russian drones targeted a maternity hospital in Sumy Oblast with 11 children, 35 patients, and 120 employees inside, causing a fire.[35] Ukrainian officials reported that Russian strikes primarily targeted energy and civilian infrastructure in Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, and Sumy oblasts.[36] ISW continues to assess that Russia is prioritizing strikes against civilians and energy infrastructure to continue its long-standing campaign to degrade Ukraine's energy security ahead of Winter 2025–2026 and demoralize the Ukrainian populace.[37]
The Ukrainian military continues to transition to a corps structure. The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed on October 6 that it is disbanding the Dnipro Group of Forces (GoF), which was responsible for operations from Kharkiv Oblast through Zaporizhzhia City, as part of its transition to the corps structure.[38] Ukrainian forces formally began implementing organizational reforms to transition the Ukrainian military into a corps structure in February 2025.[39] The Ukrainian General Staff noted that the Dnipro GoF was a temporary structure and that the corps structure eliminates the need for operational-strategic groups. Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on October 6 that Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, who headed the Dnipro GoF, will retain his post as the commander of Ukraine's Joint Forces Command and move to the northeastern direction of the frontline, reducing his area of responsibility (AoR) by roughly half.[40] Ukraine's efforts to form an echelon between brigades and operational groups of forces and to strengthen the army corps staff structure will likely improve Ukrainian command and control for Ukrainian brigades and help facilitate more effective operations, assuming Ukraine can effectively develop the corps-level professional staff.[41]
more + maps https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-6-2025/
Vladimir Putin is alarmed by the latest news about enemy strikes on Russian oil refining facilities. In particular, he was concerned about a series of attacks on a large refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad Region. “Strikes on refineries have a cumulative effect. Despite repairs and restoration work. Logistics are disrupted, and stocks are being reduced in some places. The president understands this,” a source in the Presidential Administration told us.
Another interlocutor noted that tomorrow [i.e. 7OCT], on the birthday of Vladimir Vladimirovich, he should receive a report on the real situation with the refinery and the energy sector in general.
I wonder if there is a person in the government who is ready to take responsibility for a difficult situation and upset the president on his birthday? Or will we draw one thing on paper again, but in fact it will be like with defensive structures in the Kursk region?
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6264
Obviously, P does not trust that he is receiving accurate information.
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