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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian attack puts Russia's Ilsky refinery out of business [1]

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Date: 2025-09-07

Another Russian refinery goes up in flames.

x 💥 Russia: Ilsky Oil Refinery struck by Ukrainian drones in Krasnodar Krai. This refinery contributed 2.47% to total Russian refining capacity.

Ukraine said they had already taken out more than 25% of Russian refining capacity prior to this strike.



[image or embed] — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM

This post says that the Ilsky refinery was put out of operation and that a Russian resistance group helped do it.

x 🔥The resistance movement in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, put a key oil refining complex of the local refinery out of commission. 🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/blac...



[image or embed] — Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) September 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM

The resistance movement in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, put a key oil refining complex of the local refinery out of commission. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces. On the night of September 7, units of the Special Operations Forces, together with the Black Spark resistance cell in the Krasnodar Territory, conducted a special operation at the Ilsky Oil Refinery named after A. A. Shamar. At about 2 a.m., as a result of well-coordinated actions, the main facility that ensures the operation of the entire enterprise, the Yelou-AT-6 unit, was destroyed.

Still lots of refineries out there waiting to be blown up.

Imagine what the price of gas in the U.S. would be if we lost a quarter of our refining capacity.

x In August, Russia lost up to 24.2% of its oil refining capacity due to strikes by Ukrainian UAV forces. The 14th UAV Regiment hit 7 refineries, 5 of which halted operations fully or partially, causing fuel shortages in Russia’s Far East, Southwest, and occupied territories.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Ten Russians who should have stayed home.

x ❗️A 🇺🇦Ukrainian fighter jet using precision-guided bombs destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian command post in the East. At least 10 Russian officers and soldiers were reportedly killed in the strike.



[image or embed] — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM

Ambushing the ambush drones.

x Ukrainian forces identifying and destroying Russian ambush drones along the roads. Some of these Russian drones look like fiber-optic "KVN" quadcopters flown by the Rubicon Center units. t.me/army_tv/12299



[image or embed] — Samuel Bendett (@sambendett.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Russia struck targets in Kyiv, Sumy and Odesa in the early morning hours.

One of the targets in Kyiv was a horse club. This post shows three horses killed, but be warned that it is graphic.

The targets included the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv. Russia and Ukraine have largely refrained from attacking each other’s governmental buildings during this war. That might change now. If Russia is going to keep this up, then the Kremlin and Putin’s various palaces should be added to the target list.

x ‼️Russian drones were able to break through the strongest zone of Ukrainian air defense: the area around the Cabinet of Ministers, next to Verkhovna Rada and Zelensky's residence were hit, — NYT.



[image or embed] — Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM

x A Russian drone attacked the Cabinet of Ministers building in #Kyiv last night. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has shown the aftermath of the attack. She called on Ukrainian Allies to increase sanctions against Russia and help #Ukraine close our skies.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM

x My cat Sourcream hasn't come out of hiding since this morning. She always does this after intense shelling. Today was a record. Russia launched more than a thousand drones against us. I heard missiles flying over my house. Quite a night, to be honest.



[image or embed] — Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM

x Night, my hometown, Kremenchuk, was also attacked by the russians. There were more than 40 explosions in the city. Local fishermen, who were on the river bank, saw the moment of shelling. The russians tried to destroy the bridge connecting the two banks.



[image or embed] — Katerina Horbunova (@blue-eyed.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM

x Odesa too has been hit in this morning's massive drone attack. The council says "civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged. Several fires broke out in the city, including in multi-storey buildings." No reports of injuries yet.

#StopRussia



[image or embed] — Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM

x 💔Viktoriia Grebeniuk, 32, and her 3-months-old son Roman were killed by the Russian attack on #Kyiv last night. They were thrown out of the window by a drone strike. Viktoriia's husband, Roman's dad, was badly injured. Deepest condolences...



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM

A Russian drone also hit a government building in Sumy.

x ‼️ Russians hit the center of Sumy - the Sumy Regional State Administration building was damaged. A 60-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy were injured, and his 6-year-old brother suffered a stress reaction after the explosion.



[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM

Two weeks maybe?

x 🇺🇸 The head of National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, said that the US will discuss possible new sanctions against Russia in the coming days. ❗️He noted that his department is responsible for applying sanctions against countries like India for economic assistance to Russia.



[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM

More bullshit.

Fuck off Elon. 🖕

x 🤨 Russian defense developers have presented a new drone system that can be controlled through Starlink terminals, despite the service being officially unavailable in Russia.



[image or embed] — UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) September 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM

Drunk Russians shoot each other.

WARNING: The video is graphic.

Russia lost nearly 100k troops over the summer.

x Over the summer, Russia lost 94,000 troops, while Ukrainian forces destroyed over 32,000 units of enemy equipment. The occupiers also launched nearly 600 missiles and over 16,000 UAVs, triggering more than 4,000 air raid alerts across Ukraine, UA War Infographics reports.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM

However, irreversible losses during the winter amounted to approximately 80,000, while currently they were almost 100,000, as I wrote in the attached thread. …. What conclusions can we draw? A significant decrease in armored equipment losses is immediately apparent, resulting from Russian commanders conserving it, which is related to depleting supplies in warehouses. Therefore, losses of this equipment have decreased almost drastically. And precisely because of this conservation of armored equipment, irreversible losses of military personnel have increased, even though the overall number of Russian personnel losses has decreased. It makes perfect sense that armored equipment provides much better protection for attacking infantry than civilian equipment. These facts lead to another conclusion: since the Russians conserved armored equipment and suffered more irreversible losses of military personnel, firstly, their gains in terrain were smaller, and secondly, these gains were purely tactical.

This chart from the Azov Corps claims heavy Russian losses in the Dobropillia salient northeast of Pokrovsk, with “irreversible” losses (presumably deaths) being twice that of “medical” losses (presumably wounded).

x I'm attaching a list of Russian losses in the Dobropillia area, provided by the 1st Azov Corps, that have occurred since the unit's soldiers began participating in combat.



[image or embed] — madrykot316.bsky.social (@madrykot316.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM

The ratio of irreversible to medical losses, 2:1, is immediately striking. I've written about this many times, most recently in the attached thread. That's why the Russians are increasingly feeling the shortage of personnel and are starting to talk about it officially.

x I'm attaching a chart by M0nstas, which shows the number of obituaries of Russian soldiers during the war, collected by the Gorushko Telegram channel.



[image or embed] — madrykot316.bsky.social (@madrykot316.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Note how many obituaries appeared in July and August of this year, even though the losses reported by the GSUA weren't particularly high. In any case, they were much lower than in October and November of last year, and there were far fewer obituaries then than there are now.

Just a couple more charts — these two are tank and other armor losses for Russia. The fall off is largely due to Russian commanders holding back their dwindling number of armored vehicles.

x Tank losses during winter operations, according to my calculations (based on data from the GSUA, Perpetua, and Oryx), amounted to approximately 1,010, while currently they was only 375.



[image or embed] — madrykot316.bsky.social (@madrykot316.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM

x AFV, IFV, and APC losses during winter operations, according to my calculations (based on data from the GSUA, Perpetua, and Oryx), amounted to approximately 2,757, while currently they was only 792.



[image or embed] — madrykot316.bsky.social (@madrykot316.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM

Here’s how Russia solves the water shortage in the Donetsk region — arrest the whiners and complainers.

x Leader of "United Russia" in the so-called "DPR" threatened criminal cases against residents complaining about water shortages. Instead of dealing with the problem, Russia threatens victims.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM

The first clue was when he asked for “a nice Chianti.”

x ‼️ There are cannibals in the Russian army. This is because of the hunger strike at the front, - Budanov 👀 "We even had a cannibal in captivity, he was sitting in a common cell, and his cellmates were on duty in turns. Psychologists talked to him, they said - it's scary."



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM

This video shows a Ukrainian refugee who boards a train in Charlotte and is murdered by a stranger sitting behind her. The video is edited to stop right before he stabs her.

The assailant is reported to be a mentally ill homeless man with a long criminal record. He has been charged with murder.

x Surveillance video released of Ukrainian refugee's fatal stabbing on Charlotte transit train. The video captures 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska at least three times with a folding knife, including once in the neck, during an unprovoked attack on 22 August 📹WBTV



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM

A Ukrainian girl walking a scooter across a clearly marked crosswalk in Melitopol is murdered by a Russian prosecutor driving a car that never slows down. No word on whether the prosecutor was arrested.

WARNING: The video is graphic.

A third-grader who lost his arm gets a warm welcome at school.

x Matvii now has his prosthesis and has started third grade. His classmates welcomed him with hugs, and the teachers had professionally prepared for his return, ensuring a smooth transition.

#Ukraine



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM

Proof that cats can sleep anywhere.

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