Ukraine just dealt two remarkable blows to Putin’s Russia, including a daring drone strike on a major oil refinery inside Russia.
120 Days of Fighting
On February 24, Putin ordered 200,000 heavily armed troops to invade Ukraine. Instead of caving and capitulating, Ukrainians demonstrated wonders of bravery, resisting and beating back the evil imperialist invaders.
Putin’s invasion in the north of Ukraine was completely defeated, while those in the south and east were stopped at an early stage.
Thursday, June 23, marked the 120th day of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the entire West. Over 80 days, Russians focused all of their flawed, deficient might on conquering the Donbas region in Southeast Ukraine.
Even though they vastly outgun Ukrainians, Russian hordes have failed to make any kind of a breakthrough while squandering a lot of their forces.
As per the latest report of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, as of Thursday morning, the Russian military lost at least 34,430 troops killed in combat and almost 9,900 units of destroyed military equipment.
The actual manpower losses of the Russians may be twice as large, at some 70,000 killed, according to Telegram channels claiming to have insider information from the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
🎥A suspected Ukrainian combat drone on Wednesday hit a major oil refinery in Russia’s south and caused a large fire, in what appears to be a fresh attack by Kyiv on Russian soil https://t.co/wf72zmOMkI
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 22, 2022
Snake island – 21/6/22 – @Maxar
It would appear there is still a number of vehicles/equipment on the island.
Magnified areas of interest/locations of vehicles & equipment.
⭕️ – Trenches, Revetments, Sentry points – That appear to have not been damaged in recent attack. pic.twitter.com/whtDuyIMXM
— OSINT-88🏴 (@OSINT88) June 23, 2022
new before/after satellite imagery of Snake Island, where Ukraine allegedly hit Russian positions a couple days ago. Images 1-2: taken June 17. Images 3-4: taken June 21. Some damage to the tower on the island's southern end is visible along with burned vegetation. 📸 @Maxar pic.twitter.com/WwKtllzupN
— Mike Eckel (@Mike_Eckel) June 22, 2022
Satellite images have emerged showing a before and after comparison of #SnakeIsland in #Ukraine.
The pictures released by @Maxar show the contrast from 1 June and 17 June, following reported attacks on Russian positions there.
Read more here 👉 https://t.co/JBtFsJN2GK pic.twitter.com/x8dJBOIcIi
— Forces News (@ForcesNews) June 22, 2022
Ukrainian troops have crashed a modified kamikaze-drone into an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia, 220 km east of Donetsk City.
The drone costs around USD 10K.
The damages to the oil refinery and the Russian war effort will be much costlier. pic.twitter.com/uAJvXBhKcg
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 22, 2022
Rostov, #Russia: Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery is on fire. Kamikaze drone attack captured on video.
Ukrainian traitor #Medvedchuk used to have holdings in this refinery. pic.twitter.com/qEPrzeu700— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 22, 2022
Experts once upon a time: "Russia has a formidable air force, electronic warfare capability, and advanced air defense systems."
Ukraine: *flies ridiculously slow-moving drone 150km into Russia and blows up oil refinery* https://t.co/QfYZKJ5XYF
— CasualtiesOfTheDay 🇺🇦 (@Ayei_Eloheichem) June 22, 2022
Oil Refinery and the Russians on Snake Island
Since the second day of Putin’s war of aggression, Ukraine has been hitting back at Moscow’s war machine on Russian territory.
They’re using missiles, helicopters, and a seemingly vast, efficient network of spies and saboteurs. They set on fire about 50 key Russian military institutes and factories.
Defenders of Ukraine performed another highly remarkable strike on Russia on Wednesday, sending a kamikaze drone to blow up and set fire to the oil refinery of the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov.
Videos shared on social media showed a Ukrainian drone crashing right into the oil refinery and causing a huge fireball blast, followed by a large-scale fire. The explosion was filmed by refinery workers.
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the strike on the oil refinery in Rostov, but claimed the blasted area was really tiny. This didn’t exactly correspond with the videos and the report that 12 fire brigade teams were rushed to put it out.
In another far more severe blow to Russia, also on Wednesday, Ukraine managed to carry out a fresh missile strike on Russians occupying the tiny Snake Island in the Black Sea.
This stands 80 miles off the Ukrainian coast and has a territory of 100 acres.
According to Ukraine’s southern command, it used “various forces” to hit the island. It destroyed a Russian anti-aircraft system, several vehicles, and a radar station.
Ukrainians already destroyed three small, but modern Russian naval vessels trying to reach the island over the past several weeks.
The Armed Forces of #Ukraine struck the #Russian Pantsir-S1 SAM system, which was installed on the occupied #SnakeIsland. pic.twitter.com/xR2FSW18xe
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 23, 2022
The goal of the #Ukrainian armed forces is the complete liberation of #SnakeIsland.
The head of the Ukrainian State Security Service, Kirill Budanov, stated that strikes on Snake Island would be carried out until it is going to be liberated. pic.twitter.com/9u9L72TSFa
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 23, 2022
The #Ukrainian military showed footage of the battle for #Sievierodonetsk. pic.twitter.com/0HN8Um0lfy
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 23, 2022
Problems with electricity occurred in #Buryatia and #Trans-lBaikal Territory due to an accident at the Gusinoozyorskaya thermal power station. pic.twitter.com/4cUS4xVTh6
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 23, 2022
A paint and varnish factory is on fire in the town of #Elektrougli in #Moscow region. The fire spread over an area of 2.4 thousand square meters. pic.twitter.com/rAac7Y5xUu
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 23, 2022
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of June 23, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/8FJtEofM8d
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 23, 2022