Igor Sushko

Hail Mary: The intricate but carelessly executed Kremlin subversion operation to recruit the US admin to force Ukraine's negotiated capitulation reeks of desperation.
Ukrainian surrender is a fantasy.
Is Putin approaching the risk of domestic instability or even collapse?

Sure. But Biden did betray Ukraine.

💥 Russia: Ukrainian strikes annihilated a major combined heat & power plant in Shatura, Moscow region.
One of the oldest plants in the country with a capacity of 1,500MW.
At least 820 MW taken offline - equivalent to electricity usage of 1.5 million Muscovites.

Remember: In 2022, as Russia stormed toward Kyiv, Biden urged Zelensky to flee while Europe's inaction piled on the ultimate pressure for Ukraine to surrender & capitulate. Ukraine persevered, defeating Russia in the Battle for Kyiv despite all odds.

Why Russia cannot help but invade The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're going to make a deal." Some view this as a setback for diplomacy, but it may we...

"To win all of Ukraine back in its original form," — as Trump put it — is not a maximalist aim but the prerequisite for peace.
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This is all so obvious, and yet needs to be constantly repeated. Russia is a tyrannical regime, guilty of mass murder and war crimes in Ukraine.

Ukraine's diplomatic position on the Russian fascists' repeated demands for capitulation disguised as "peace proposals."

Budanov correctly assesses that Europe in its current state will be defeated if Russia invades.

This headline is journalistic malpractice.
The leaked info is not about a "peace plan," it's a draft plan presented by the Kremlin fascists for capitulation of Ukraine.
P.S. Ukraine just struck Russia with American ATACMS missiles.
Trump isn't looking for Ukraine to capitulate.

💥 Russia: Russians report their own air defense in occupied Crimea shot down their own $85 million Su-35 fighter jet in the course of trying to intercept incoming Ukrainian Neptune cruise missiles.

Confirmed: Russia blew up the railroad in Poland with planted explosives.

Russia: Lenta supermarket chain now puts cheese and butter in theft-deterrent magnetic nets due to rampant shoplifting.

💥 Russia: Apocalyptic natural gas pipeline explosion on the outskirts of the city of Omsk in Siberia - 1.1 million population.
70 miles away from the Kazakhstan border.

💥 Russia: Natural gas pipeline blew up in Omsk region, Siberia.
Declared official cause: gas leak. 🚬

🚨 40% off fire sale: US sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft have forced Russia to sell Urals crude oil from the Baltic and Black Sea terminals at a steep loss: $36.62/barrel.
Whopping $23.52/barrel discount from the international Brent benchmark.
Breakeven estimate: $40-44/barrel.

Bipartisan Senate legislation is coming to impose sanctions on countries who fund Russia's invasion of Ukraine through purchases of Russian oil.

🚨 Europeans must prepare for war instead of dreaming of an imminent Russian collapse.
- Russia will attack the Baltics before Europe is ready and can do so prior to any end to war in Ukraine.
- Europe can't counter Russian drones and will run out of munitions within weeks.

🇫🇷🤝🇺🇦 Ukraine: Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet supplied by France.
Over the coming decade Ukraine is slated to build one of the largest air forces in all of Europe.

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drones struck the Zincum plant in Kursk region.
The defense contractor supplies zinc alloys and chemical materials to the Russian military.
The strike disrupted its output of 200,000 tons per year, about 10% of Russia's zinc supply chain.

💥 Russia: Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Samara region and other military targets were reportedly successfully struck by Ukraine's new Bars missile drones.
Range up to 800km, 50-100kg warheads.
This munition can also be air-launched.

💥 Russia: Yesterday Ukraine destroyed the following at the Novorossiysk 1537th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment:
4x S-400 launchers ($100m)
2x 96N6 early warning radars ($100m)
2x 92N6 target designation radars ($250m)
Sub total: $450 million, not counting cooked off missiles.

💥 Russia: The night sky is crimson after multiple Ukrainian strikes on the Ryazan Oil Refinery.
Processes 5% of Russia's crude oil -
15.35 million tons annually
309,000 barrels per day

Global oil and gasoline prices jumped 2% to compensate for the loss of 2% in supply.

Ukrainian strikes on Novorossiysk are extremely consequential.
1) Massive loss of revenue for funding Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
$70 million / day
$2.1 billion / month
$25.2 billion / year
2) Proof of maturity of Ukraine's new Neptune missile.
1,000km range
260kg warhead

💥 Russia lost $70 million daily oil export revenue: Ukraine used Neptune cruise missiles to strike an air defense military unit and oil export infrastructure at the Port of Novorossiysk.
Export of 2.2 million barrels/day halted - 2% of global crude & petroleum products supply.

💥 Russia: Prior to successfully striking the oil terminal, Ukraine appears to have taken out the Russian air defense battery protecting the Port of Novorossiysk.

💥Russia: Oil terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk struck by Ukraine on the Black Sea coast.

💥 Russia: $60 million Su-27/Su-30 fighter jet crashed near Petrozavodsk, 180 miles northeast of Saint Petersburg.
Both pilots dead.

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💥 Russia: Orsk Oil Refinery struck by Ukrainian drones in Orenburg region.
6.6 million tons annual capacity.
130,000 barrels per day.
2% of Russia's total refining capacity.