The fully loaded Liberian-flagged shadow fleet tanker hit by naval drones off the coast of Sochi created a massive fire as 760,000 barrels of oil were ignited and spilled.
But Russia says there is no health threat. Just like plague, right?
I think this is a correct analysis — that Ukraine is sending Russia, which just recently sank a cargo ship loaded with corn. The message is that Ukraine can sink loaded ships too. This would be the same tit-for-tat approach that Zelenskyy said prompted Ukraine to target Wildberries and Ozon warehouses after Russia went after postal facilities.
this is a game changer.
till now the AFU has hit mostly empty ships they knew would not be full… this is sending russia a message after last night.
the tanker games have started https://t.co/2ldZanBJKQ
— david D. (@secretsqrl123) October 6, 2026
But why let a massive conflagration spoil a nice evening on the shore.
I love this meme. This is a good place for it.
Ukraine also struck an airfield in Bryansk.
Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Seshcha airfield in Bryansk Oblast, along with an EW station and radar, the General Staff says. Other strikes hit Russian drone command posts, command positions, UAV facilities and logistics sites across occupied Ukraine. #Ukraine
— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 2026-10-07T12:08:20.396Z
On Putin’s 74th birthday Russia celebrated by murdering at least 18 people, including children, and injured another 55 in a missile strike on a five-story apartment building in Pryluky near Chernihiv
That driver might want to pull over. Ukraine appropriately codenamed this operation Ghost Rider.
This qualifies as one of those “holy shit” moments.
Moscow has been going through some things lately.
🧵650 Ukrainian drones swarmed Moscow in 8 hours. One every 47 seconds. Four airports shut, a vital fuel pipeline ablaze, and state wire TASS busy publicly correcting Vladimir Putin on a misquoted poem. A Russian war blog admitted in four words: “Was it hard? No.” 1/🧵 pic.twitter.com/CcmfihtRxH
— Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦 Perverse & Unintended Consequences (@actfast) October 7, 2026
A rare prize.
❗️Soldiers of the 🇺🇦Third Assault Brigade destroyed a transporter-loader vehicle for the 🇷🇺Buk-M3 air defense system for the first time since the start of the full-scale war.
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@handle.invalid) 2026-10-06T17:07:40.319Z
A Shahed is shot down over Odesa.
“Shooting down a Shahed on the approach to Odesa from the Black Sea”
— The hedgehog (@the-hedgehog.bsky.social) 2026-10-06T23:55:06.370Z
A jet-powered Geran is shot down over Kyiv.
A Ukrainian MiG-29 destroyed a Russian Geran-4 jet-powered drone head-on over Kyiv Oblast. The fighter flew directly through the fire and debris cloud created by the exploding drone after the interception. #Ukraine
— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 2026-10-07T12:14:00.793Z
Gee, that’s a shame. That could cause shortages.
❗️The 🇷🇺Volgograd oil refinery halted operations after an attack by 🇺🇦Ukraine’s Defense Forces on the night of October 2, Reuters reports.Sources told the outlet that crude processing was suspended because equipment was damaged by the strikes.
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@handle.invalid) 2026-10-06T17:53:03.273Z
Other sites won’t be picking up the slack.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirms extensive damage from earlier strikes on Russian energy facilities. The Samara oil station suffered damage to 14 storage tanks, pipelines and a loading station, while three processing units were damaged at the Astrakhan gas plant. #Russia
— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 2026-10-07T12:11:23.074Z
Russia hates books.
Russia will be delighted to have destroyed “Tens of thousands of books” in the new warehouse of Kyiv publishing firm “Knyholav” in Podil. It comes 3 months after its previous place was hit.No injuries, but Russia’s continued attack on heat, food and education continues unabated.
— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T11:36:42.201Z
They also hate film studios.
And damn – speaking of cultural vandalism, I am very sad to see yet more damage to the magnificent @dovzhenkoc.bsky.social Film Studios.Fragments of a Russian missile pierced the roofs of the sixth and seventh filming pavilions.
Clearing a path.
A Ukrainian civilian stepped out to clear branches and debris blocking an unmanned ground vehicle operated by the pilots of the 4th Separate Detachment of Ukraine’s Omega Special Forces. pic.twitter.com/4yW2I7NMMc
— In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) October 7, 2026
Let’s see if Russia continues to blitz Kyiv with drones and missiles while this meeting is going on.
Russia has a culture of corruption? Who could have guessed?
1/ Russia has experienced a huge increase in corruption cases over the last five years, with over 50,000 cases being heard in that time, 3 trillion rubles ($35 billion) in stolen assets being recovered, and a 500% increase in the number of top officials being arrested. ⬇️
— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T13:43:36.832Z
3/ Russian warblogger Anastasia Kashevarova calls the stories from the security forces “simply outrageous, the pinnacle of greed; they truly pine over gold. One [official] tried to burn dollars in a microwave, as you can imagine, they didn’t burn.”
4/ “Another was found with billions in cash and watches worth hundreds of millions. Where does all this go? Where are the boundaries of theft?”
…..
6/ “Why do they steal, knowing they’ll go to jail? That’s the main question. [Igor] Vasilyev, the general director of Patriot Park, knew his predecessor was in prison. He knew his deputies had been arrested. He knew he was being watched. And yet he took the bribe anyway.
7/ “This isn’t just corruption. It’s a disease. An addiction. Like a drug addict – he knows he’ll die, but he still shoots up. The security forces have been given orders: jail all embezzlers and open cases.
Today is the first day that I have not been able to find the daily casualty chart, aka the Odometer of Death.
More sanctions coming from the EU.
Things are moving forward now that Orban is gone.
A bag of onions should suffice.
1/ Compensation payments to families of fallen Russian soldiers have fallen precipitously, by as much as 95% in some regions. It appears to be part of an ongoing trend, caused by budget shortfalls, of less and less value being placed on Russia’s war dead. ⬇️
— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) 2026-10-06T19:26:42.803Z
If this war drags on much longer Ukraine will likely have a missile capable of reaching the Pacific coast.
"Russians are building new Ozon logistics hubs deep within Russian territory, more than 3,500 km away from the borders of Ukraine.:
— The hedgehog (@the-hedgehog.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T07:37:20.445Z
Ukraine has turned a Humvee into a ground drone.
❗️A 🇺🇦Ukrainian Humvee armored vehicle, converted into a remotely controlled unmanned ground vehicle, is being used for logistics on the front line.In the video, it delivers timber for building and reinforcing positions.
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T11:50:01.890Z
And we have yet another new drone.
“🇺🇦 Ukrainian company “Horyzont Aerotech” has unveiled the SHOT-L1 strike UAV.🔹It has a range of up to 80 km and a warhead of up to 4 kg, was developed for the autonomous detection and targeting of electronic warfare (EW) systems within a designated sector.…
— The hedgehog (@the-hedgehog.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T09:52:18.235Z
Good Lord.
🇷🇴🇲🇩🇺🇸 A planned high-voltage power line linking Romania and Moldova will be named “Trump Liberty Line,” – ReutersThe project, “backed by a $130 million US government investment”, would strengthen Moldova’s energy security and independence.
— MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 2026-10-07T11:39:32.939Z
You know your commanders don’t expect you to live long when they give you body bags to use as sleeping bags.
Rest in peace.
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