Ukraine’s gloves are off in its energy war with Russia. How much can it increase the pressure? | CNN Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, signalling an expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off Russian ...

CNN has reached out to Lukoil and the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment. 😟
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For the first time Ukrainian drones struck an oil rig belonging to Russia. The Filanovsky oil platform in the Caspian Sea was struck by at least 4 UAVs. This is one of Lukoil's key oil rigs in this region.

V. Filanovsky is the largest oil field.
Russia’s oil refineries are processing about 6% less oil.
Russia's oil & gas revenues decreased by 33.8% in Nov 2025, to 530.9 billion rubles (801.7 billion rubles previous year).
How long can Russia withstand this?😟
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#SBU drones halted the operation of a Russian oil production platform in the Caspian Sea

Long-range drones from the SBU's "Alfa" Special Operations Center hit the Filanovsky oil production platform, which belongs to the "Lukoil-Nizhevolzhneft" company.

Trump named 'Europe's Top Influencer' 😃🤩

Russia welcome Trump's new security strategy to 'Make Europe Great Again' Is President Trump fundamentally trying to change the world order? Last week, Trump unveiled a new national security strategy where he appears to criticize Europe and no longer see Russia as a threat....

Russia welcomes Trump's new security strategy to 'Make Europe Great Again'
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"We are Russia's next target.
"Too many don't feel the urgency. And too many believe that time is on our side.
"It is not. The time for action is now."

Russia has brought war back to Europe... 😡

👀 Russia is preparing for a mobilization of reservists, — ISW

Putin's new decree allows for the conscription of an unlimited number of reservists into the army in 2026.

No clear rules have been established regarding the participation of these conscripted reservists in combat operations.

NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte in Berlin:

“We are Russia’s next target.. We have to shift to a wartime mindset.. Ukraine must have what it needs to defend itself..”

“Russia is losing 1200 soldiers a day. If Putin is prepared to sacrifice ordinary Russians in this way, what is he prepared to do to us?”

Putin is prepared to sacrifice anybody who opposes him.

"Putin is a murderer": Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza (FRANCE 24 English)

Viktor Orbán calls for a new architecture for Europe.
He warns that the current EU system is dying, unfairly punishing Hungary, and suppressing mid-sized nations that refuse to give up their identity.

Is Europe heading toward a total redesign? 😟

Bloomberg reports Viktor Orbán is preparing for life after the April 2026 election by planning a power grab through the presidency. Orbán is exploring how to rewrite laws to turn Hungary’s ceremonial presidential role into the most powerful office in the country. It would allow him to stay in charge

Kremlin praises Trump's national security strategy The strategy argues the US should revive the 19th century Monroe Doctrine, which declared the Western hemisphere to be Washington's zone of influence.

Moscow would not be able to continue the war without Trump's help either
#GodBlessAmerica 🙏
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❗️NATO Secretary General Rutte: Moscow would not be able to continue the war without Beijing's help

"China is the lifeline. China does not want to allow the defeat of its ally in Ukraine. Without China's support, Russia would not be able to continue this war."

🇧🇪🇪🇺 Belgium risks isolation over Russian assets, while EU prepares fallback options for Ukraine, - POLITICO

The EU may apply the same approach to Belgium as to Hungary if it continues to block the decision to provide Ukraine with a "reparation loan" at the expense of frozen Russian assets.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 "It would be great to reach a peace agreement by Christmas, but it should be sustainable, not the result of political haste," - German Foreign Minister

Wadephul said that Germany supports the use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine and calls for increased pressure on Russia.

According to the FT, the draft of Trump’s peace plan does not require Russia to withdraw its troops from Donbas for demilitarization. This requirement applies only to Ukraine.
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US-Russia relations stabilizing; Putin expresses sincere gratitude 🥰

Several Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been forcibly sent to North Korea 😠

Melania Trump, Olena Zelenska spotlight billion-dollar Russian plot to abduct, indoctrinate Ukrainian kids Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.

US First Lady Melania Trump and Ukraine's Olena Zelenska have joined the campaign to expose Russia’s billion-dollar operation to abduct and indoctrinate Ukrainian children. Russian dictator Putin faces war crimes charges for his role in the abductions

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🇬🇧🇺🇦 Boris Johnson: The only chance of ending the Russia-Ukraine war is to turn up the heat on Putin.

It’s no use for Europeans to blame Americans while Europe still buys Russian gas. And no use us sitting in beautiful Bergen whimpering about Friday’s document.

"I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the President."
😃😎

❗️The United States has handed Europe a secret plan for bringing Moscow back into the global economy, – WSJ.

It proposes a vision for returning the Russian economy from isolation through American investments in strategic sectors (from rare earth mineral extraction to oil drilling)

"I think CNN should be sold," Trump said, slamming the news outlet's leadership 😮

❗️Additional footage of the repelling of today's 🇷🇺Russian mechanized assault on the Pokrovsk direction

💔 European Parliament interpreter breaks down in tears during speech by 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv

The boy survived a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia on 14 July 2022, in which his mother was killed — that was the last time he saw her alive.

@rshereme.bsky.social

This is a map of black soil — the most valuable agricultural land in Europe. As you can see, most of it lies in Ukraine.

Yes. Provided the Elections are 'Free and Fair' 😈

Yes!
Ukraine struck an oil tanker (Dashan) belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday.
Video obtained by CNN shows a Sea Baby drone diving under the tanker before a series of explosions in the vessel’s stern area. Thick plumes of smoke then engulf the tanker. 👊

If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?