From Karelia to Kamchatka: Russia rations fuel where drones strike and stockpiles it where they cannot
A drone campaign against refineries has Russians buying gasoline by QR code, license-plate number, and five-hour queue.
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The energy superpower now rations fuel by QR code lottery
Governors negotiating jerry-can quotas. The assemblies voting not to convene. What the fuel crisis looks like from Samara, Pskov, Irkutsk, and Sevastopol.
Crimea isolation: SBU hits two Russian spy ships and an S-400 in occupied Kerch as 2,760 cars piled up trying to get off the peninsula
Russia shut the bridge for six hours during the air alert, and the queue never recovered by midday.
Trade, banks, energy, crypto—the EU keeps its full Russia economic sanctions wall standing to 2027
The Council also held open the door to a 21st package still being negotiated.
Occupied Crimea’s grid takes another night of strikes as Yalta and Sevastopol lose power
Drones came in from every direction while the occupation's air alert lagged hours behind.
A depot supplying two Russian regions with fuel is burning after an overnight drone strike
Russian officials again blamed "falling drone debris," the phrasing Moscow uses to avoid admitting a direct hit.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s ongoing Crimea operation is “carefully calculated”
The President linked it to a single condition: getting from G7 partners what Kyiv quietly asked for.
Ukraine drones black out all of occupied Sevastopol. Balaklava power plant was target
Explosions were reported overnight across multiple occupied Crimean cities, including near a radar station of Russia's Aerospace Forces.
Ukraine’s special forces disabled the rail bridge feeding Russian-occupied Crimea
The crossing in eastern Crimea carries freight and troops onto the peninsula via the Kerch Bridge.
Russia’s fuel crisis jumps from 15 to 25 regions in five days—plus six occupied Ukrainian areas
The Russian Energy Ministry created a task force on 8 June to handle the gasoline shortage amid "growing enemy air attacks," but the crisis continued spreading anyway.
Ukrainian drones knocking out the northwestern entrance to Crimea: four bridges targeted in one night
The occupation authorities reported the attacks on four bridges in the area of Armiansk.
Chonhar bridge linking occupied Kherson Oblast to Crimea is closed again after the second attack in two days
It is one of only two land routes between Crimea and mainland Ukraine and carries the highway Russia uses to supply its forces on the peninsula.
Ukraine targets a Su-34 base, aircraft repair plant, and Black Sea Fleet Air Force HQ in one night
The strikes hit the Taganrog 325 Aircraft Repair Plant, the Voronezh Baltimor airbase, and reportedly the Black Sea Fleet Air Force HQ in occupied Sevastopol.
From “defending Crimea” to defendants: Russia jails its own Española naval unit fighters in occupied Sevastopol
The unit was set up by Stanislav Orlov in late 2024 to hunt Ukrainian sea drones with FPV drones. Six months after Orlov's death, his men are facing prison.
What’s left of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea comes under fire as Ukraine hits three warships in Sevastopol strike
The SBU also reported strikes on Belbek airfield, including a MiG-31 and airfield infrastructure, as part of the same operation.
Moscow is flying in commission to replace Sevastopol commanders who lost S-400 in Ukrainian strikes, instead of ending war
Russian air defense lost S-400 radars, a helicopter, drones, and naval vessels in one month.
Partisans burn out Russian jamming tower near Sevastopol, clearing skies for Ukrainian drones, Atesh claims
Site sits near Black Sea Fleet backup command post and coastal missile brigade.
One night, two of Russia’s scarcest military assets gone — Ka-27 helicopter and S-300VM SAM launcher
Ukraine hit the naval helicopter near Kamyshly in occupied Crimea and destroyed the air defense launcher near Mariupol, while also striking troop concentrations, logistics warehouses in Donetsk, and a communications node.
Frontline report: How Russia’s Española brigade commander was shot in broad daylight after defying top brass
Stanislav Orlov’s death in Sevastopol reveals what happens when paramilitary leaders cross Kremlin red lines.
Ukraine’s drones destroy MiG-31 jet, anti-air system, and radars at Belbek base in occupied Crimea (PHOTOS, MAP)
The Security Service of Ukraine shared thermal footage showing radar and air defense targets moments before impact.