Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Rosneft Marine Oil Terminal at Port of Tuapse is burning right now after mass Ukrainian drone strike. Port infrastructure ablaze along with at least one oil tanker.
“Rosneft Marine Oil Terminal at Port of Tuapse is burning”
Ukrainian sanctions - the most effective.
We talk a lot about Russia’s oil refineries, but its export terminals are key outlets for its oil to flow, and there are fewer of them, than there are refineries to strike.
“Rosneft Marine Oil Terminal at Port of Tuapse is burning right now”
Customers need to wean off of Russian oil supply, before they find themselves suddenly cut off by Ukrainian strikes. President Trump is doing them a favor, by giving them a head start with tariff and sanction incentives.
OilPrice.Com reports (1 Nov):
“Indian refiners are moving away from Russian oil following new U.S. sanctions, opting for more expensive U.S. and Middle Eastern grades to avoid repercussions.
The sanctions have reduced the attractiveness of Russian oil by narrowing discounts and increasing transaction risks, causing India’s share of Russian oil imports to decline...
...In contrast, U.S. crude imports into India surged to 575,000 barrels per day in October, the highest level in three years, signaling a deliberate pivot...
...Commodity analysts at Standard Chartered have predicted that the oil price trajectory will be determined by the quantity of Russian barrels removed from supply following the sanctions. Rosneft and Lukoil exported 1.9 million barrels per day (mb/d) of crude via sea over the past year, most of it to India and China. China also imported ~ 800K barrels of crude per day (kb/d) from Rosneft via pipeline.”
Wow, that does look like a doctored photo with the mushroom cloud, but it can happen with conventional explosions, and an oil tanker blowing up would certainly be in the ball park to make one.
They are particularly vulnerable, while in the process of taking on fuel (bunkering), or loading flammable/explosive cargo.
The rise of Putin came from Russian oil and gas. Now it will sink him and kill him.
They say that Russia rises or falls on the price of oil.
Oil revenue is their Center of Gravity, and President Trump has always understood that.
“Russia has Baltic sea facing oil export docks. Ukraine will try to wreck them too”
Ust Luga and Primorsk. They are big targets, but there are few of them. Ust Luga is currently degraded from recent Ukrainian strikes - they are clearly priority targets.
Imprisonment for celebrating Halloween in Russia is planned as early as next year, this was reported by our source close to Patriarch Kirill.
“We planned to punish forbidden satanic symbols this year. But for the large-scale prosecution of those who celebrate Halloween, this was not enough. By next year, we will also ban neo-paganism, add demonic and pagan symbols of Halloween to the lists of prohibited ones. And we will be able to punish everyone who celebrates this date, thereby threatening the future of Russia,” the representative of the Church explained.
In the meantime, he appealed to everyone who celebrated Halloween this year: “You need to repent. It's not even that if you don't repent after participating in unholy rituals with pumpkins, skulls and other demonic things, then you will definitely go to hell. And also in the fact that the pagans, the Satanists, who celebrated this date, insulted the Russian army. Which fights for the true religion - Orthodoxy. And for the true God. In this regard, especially serious repentance is needed.” Another source in the Church confirmed that work is underway that will allow people to be imprisoned for the celebration of Halloween next year. Those who celebrate this date can go to prison for a term of 3 to 8 years.
Russian forces are intensifying offensive operations in and around Pokrovsk to seize the town. Geolocated footage published on October 31 and November 1 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced in central and southeastern Pokrovsk.[1] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces also advanced in central Pokrovsk beyond what the geolocated footage supports, in northeastern Pokrovsk, and northeast of Kotlyne (southwest of Pokrovsk).[2] A senior officer of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Pokrovsk direction told Ukrainian outlet Hromadske on October 31 that Russian forces are operating in roughly 60 percent of Pokrovsk and have entered Rodynske (north of Pokrovsk) and Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk).[3] Geolocated footage published on October 31 and November 1 indicates that Ukrainian forces maintained positions or recently advanced in central Rodynske (north of Pokrovsk), an area where Russian sources previously claimed that Russian forces maintained a presence.[4] The chief sergeant of a Ukrainian brigade operating to the east in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area (northeast of Pokrovsk) reported on November 1 that Russian forces significantly decreased offensive operations in the Kostyantynivka direction after a failed mechanized assault on October 27 and suggested that Russian forces may have redeployed forces from this direction to reinforce Russian efforts against Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.[5] A Ukrainian drone operator operating in Pokrovsk indicated to Hromadske that Russian forces are tactically isolating some Ukrainian positions.[6] The spokesperson of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Pokrovsk direction told Hromadske that Ukrainian logistics in the direction are “complicated” but that Russian forces have not cut Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs). A Ukrainian servicemember operating in Myrnohrad told Hromadske that the Russian forces operating in northern Pokrovsk and northeastern Myrnohrad “feel completely at ease” and that Russian first-person view (FPV) drone operators are within range to interdict Ukrainian GLOCs connecting Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. An officer of a Ukrainian unit operating in Myrnohrad told Hromadske that Russian forces have almost complete fire control over the narrow Ukrainian GLOC supplying Myrnohrad. The porous nature of the frontline and ubiquity of drones in this area continue to obscure the tactical picture in Pokrovsk, and ISW will provide an updated assessment as the situation becomes clearer.
Ukrainian forces conducted a heliborne air assault operation west of Pokrovsk on October 31. The Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces reported on November 1 that Ukrainian forces conducted a successful air assault operation near Pokrovsk.[7] Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) sources told Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne on October 31 that elements of the GUR Special Forces conducted the operation, which involved multiple helicopters, and entered areas that the Russian military command previously claimed to have seized.[8] The GUR sources stated that these areas are critically important for Ukrainian logistics in the Pokrovsk direction. Geolocated footage published on October 31 shows Ukrainian servicemembers disembarking from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter west of Pokrovsk in an area where Russian sources previously claimed that Russian forces maintained a presence.[9] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on November 1 that Russian forces repelled the Ukrainian counterattack.[10] A Russian milblogger noted on November 1 that the ability of Ukrainian helicopters to penetrate into airspace saturated with Russian drones without sustaining losses “raises questions,” presumably about the strength of the Russian air defense umbrella in the Pokrovsk direction.[11]
Close combat, urban terrain, and weather conditions are impacting Ukrainian and Russian drone warfare and Russian infiltration tactics in and around Pokrovsk. A Ukrainian officer told Hromadske on October 31 that Ukrainian infantry operating on the forward edges do not regularly engage Russian forces in close combat, as Russian forces instead engage Ukrainian drone and mortar crews in near rear areas.[12] ISW has recently observed reports that Russian infiltration groups are deliberately engaging Ukrainian drone and artillery crews in Pokrovsk to inhibit Ukrainian strikes.[13] A Ukrainian drone operator told Hromadske that the threat of Russian infiltration groups is forcing Ukrainian drone operators to limit the duration of drone flights because the drone operators also have to engage in small arms combat to repel Russian infiltrations in the near rear.[14] The Ukrainian drone operator stated that constant Russian infiltrations into Pokrovsk are forcing Ukrainian forces to pull back the second echelon of drone operators, preventing Ukrainian forces from striking Russian forces on the outskirts of Pokrovsk. A high-ranking Ukrainian officer told Hromadske that about 30 to 40 Russian personnel can infiltrate into Pokrovsk when rainy or foggy weather inhibits Ukrainian drone operations, while no more than 10 Russian soldiers can infiltrate during fair weather when Ukrainian forces can operate drones. ISW has observed reports that Russian forces intensify infiltration efforts during poor weather and that precipitation inhibits both Russian and Ukrainian drone operations.[15] Another Ukrainian drone pilot indicated to Hromadske that Russian and Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk are fighting for control over high-rise buildings and elevated terrain from which to conduct drone operations, particularly against enemy GLOCs at a distance of 30 kilometers.[16]
Ukrainian forces struck Russian oil infrastructure in Moscow Oblast on the night of October 31 to November 1. The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that Ukrainian forces struck three lines of the Koltsevoy oil refinery in Ramensky Raion, Moscow Oblast, and geolocated footage published on October 31 shows explosions at the pipeline.[17] The GUR reported that the Koltsevoy pipeline is 400 kilometers long and transports fuel from the Ryazan, Novgorod, and Moscow oil refineries. The GUR reported that the Koltsevoy pipeline could pump up to 7.4 million tons of fuel annually, including three million tons of aviation fuel, 2.8 million tons of diesel fuel, and 1.6 million tons of gasoline. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces downed 11 drones over Moscow Oblast overnight.[18]
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea for the third time in three days, and German officials reported an unidentified drone incursion near the Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The Polish Armed Forces Operational Command reported on October 31 that two Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on October 31.[19] The Polish Armed Forces Operational Command noted that the Russian aircraft was operating without a registered flight plan or an active transponder but did not violate Polish airspace. Polish fighter jets also intercepted Russian reconnaissance aircraft on October 29 and 30.[20] German authorities at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport confirmed on November 1 that German police spotted an unidentified drone flying near the airport on the evening of October 31, forcing the airport to suspend flights for two hours and divert 11 aircraft.[21]
Russian authorities continue cracking down on Russian social media sources who share insider information about the Kremlin and Russian security services. Russian insider channel VChK-OGPU-Info reported on October 31 that Telegram administrators blocked the main VChK-OGPU channel at the behest of Russian authorities for alleged “doxxing and extortion.”[22] VChK-OGPU-Info claimed that Telegram removed other channels considered “irritants” to Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies and that only Telegram management could have removed the account from Telegram. The channel also claimed that Russian forces detained one of the channel's authors in St. Petersburg on October 30. VChK-OGPU claims to have sources affiliated with Russian law enforcement and has offered purported insights into Kremlin factional dynamics, internal assessments of Russian government policies, significant changes in the Russian MoD, and leaks of information regarding the MoD and Russian military.[23]
The Kremlin likely targeted VChK-OGPU as part of a wider effort to cleanse the Russian information space of sources that publish information that the Kremlin deems threatening to the regime's stability. Telegram first deleted the VChK-OGPU channel and several other channels in April 2025, reportedly at the behest of Russian authorities, forcing VChK-OGPU to rely on a backup.[24] Russian law enforcement also detained three employees of the state-owned Ural regional information agency Ura.ru in June 2025 for allegedly receiving funding from an organization designated as a foreign agent and bribing Russian law enforcement to obtain sensitive internal reports.[25] Russian authorities raided in late July 2025 the offices of Baza, a Russian outlet affiliated with Russian law enforcement, as part of an abuse of power investigation against Russian police officers who allegedly disclosed sensitive information to Baza.[26] Both publications notably maintained relations within Russia's internal government systems and previously published information that the Russian government seemingly hoped to withhold from domestic and foreign audiences.
More about VChK-OGPU ВЧК-ОГПУ
https://rucriminal.info/en/
This was Putin Tsar ultimate goal. To conquer Kiev within weeks, in order to annex 43 million Ukrainian Slavs, to join the 107 million Low birth rates Russian Slavs. This would greatly enhance Russia's ability to make Eastern European nations into their vassal states. Repeating the old USSR. This would make Russia into the BRICs leader. Then within 2 years China would copy Russia by annexing Taiwan, with its TSMC and loads of other hi-tech electronics companies. Taiwan used to design and manufacture most US laptops. These days they design and engineer them, while that manufacture is done in Mainland CCP China.
The end result would be the BRICs new world order replacing the USA+Europe world order that is pulled off by financial engineering dominance by The City in London and by our Wall Street. The BRICs new world order would dominate via Chinese manufacturing and Russian hydrocarbons extraction.
This is why Europe and Joe Biden régime are/were strong backers of Ukraine. With Trump we are still backing Ukraine, but not as much as under Joe Zombie Biden. Tsar Putin's BRICs fever dreams did not pan out, so no Taiwan invasion and/or annexation by CCP China. While Trumps naive loves for Putin + Russia are at an all time low. Donald Trump knows that Bad Vlad bamboozled him, so now very pissed off at Vlad.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4laorkqxk2k
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4nafyab5c2l
from BlueSky —
Side note: Is there any country that has reduced the fossil fuel economy faster than Ukraine? What are we talking about — 20-40% of Russian refineries now shut down?
If Ukraine were an EU country, they would have easily met the climate goals if they count how they “helped the Russians on the ground” to reduce emissions!
AND
Astonishingly, there is vety little reporting on Ukraine’s important climate policies. The country have now helped its neighbor Russia with a 40% reduction of climate harming oil production. I don’t think any other country can match that?
;-)
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m4mxiwfr6s2l
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