Ukraine has struck three Russian oil refineries in the last three days. Last night drones/missiles visited the refinery in Samara after hitting one in Bashkortostan the night before.
Zelensky says Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two Russian oil refineries over the past day, one in Bashkortostan and another in the Samara region. He also confirmed hits in the Black Sea and thanked the Ukrainian units involved. “We are returning the war to where it came from,”… pic.twitter.com/cTHTcdj23F
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 22, 2026
Russia launched a horrendous attack on Dnipro.
Russia also destroyed another historic building.
In Sloviansk, Russians have destroyed yet another architectural landmark, a hospital built in 1901.”The building was constructed in 1901. For over a century, lives were saved here. The hospital survived both the First and Second World Wars, but could not withstand the Russian invasion.”
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T15:30:50.959Z
Russia is attempting to create a breakthrough in Ukrainian lines in a weak spot in the fortress belt. They shifted troops from Kostiantynivka, which has turned into a stalemate, to mass enough troops. Dobropilla is north of Pokrovsk and west of Konstiantynivka.
For weeks, Russia 🇷🇺 has been attempting to push between Drujkivka and Dobropilla, two key cities protecting the southern flank of Donbas 🇺🇦
This time, they concentrate massive forces and attempt to breach the 1st defensive line.
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— Clément Molin (@clement_molin) September 21, 2026
Donbas is today a very fortified region, there are many trenches, obstacles and fortified cities. To protect against infiltrations, Ukraine 🇺🇦 set up multiple barbed wire/dragon teeths lines in 3 directions :
🔵Sloviansk-Kramatorsk 🔵Dobropilla 🔵West of Pokrovsk
However, there is a hole in these city/barbed wire lines. This hole is between Dobropilla and Drujkivka, protected only be Ukraine’s New Donbas Line. In this area, Russian forces are trying to push on two axes, finding holes in the lines.
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Currently, 3 CAA and 2 divisions are attacking in the area of responsability “Azov”, mainly against the 1st Corps Azov of the National Guard. The priority for Russia seems to reach the high ground behind the 1st defensive line before winter to then assault Dobropilla and Drujkivka.
After breaching the incomplete line 0.5 (1 year of fight), they are now attacking the line 1. The main Ukrainian vulnerability are the weak intermediate lines, which will be easily crossed.
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If Russia manages to cross the line before winter, whatever their losses are, they will be able to gain fire control on 1 out of 3 supply roads to Donbas and to attack key cities from behind.
Based on recent news, the battle for Kostiantynivka is in a stalemate, with fewer fighting. Most of the units moved to the area between Drujkivka and Dobropilla. In this exact front, the Ukrainians are outnumbered 1 to 6 and Russian strikes are overwhelming.
Take a truck loaded with artillery ammo. Add a kamikaze drone. Mix well. Wait for big bavovna.
More bavovna.
That sounds like a dare.
Russia damaged 54 homes with a single bomb in Kramatorsk.
I wonder if the Russian got to take a picture of this flag and claim to have captured the town before it was blasted.
🔥 Ukrainian soldiers destroyed an enemy flag-carrying drone that was sitting on the roof of a building and “waving” tricolor in the Lyman direction.Footage of the combat operation was released by soldiers of the 63rd separate mechanized brigade “Steel Lions”.
— MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T12:10:50.746Z
This video gives a good idea of just how prevalent drones are at the front.
Maybe Russia should erect millions of construction cranes all over the country as a drone defense. 😅
During yesterday’s attack on the Moscow Oil Refinery, a Ukrainian drone successfully made it past the exact cranes that claimed one during the previous strike.
Yes, apparently even the cranes had to be accounted for this time. https://t.co/rc9qQ11ZqW pic.twitter.com/MJb0pdfcG2
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) September 21, 2026
Let’s check in on Russian logistics.
Should have had someone watching the back door.
Remember the other day when Trump said we were going to start buying potash fertilizer from Belarus instead of Canada and save a buttload of money?
⚡️Lukashenko dampens Trump’s hopes for more Belarusian potash
“Even if we wanted to supply (potash) to Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted,” Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.https://t.co/wjPKTPWaML
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 22, 2026
An off day at the front. Only 1,230 Russians this time.
He chose poorly.
Ritter should be permanently banned from social media for this post. And what’s with the community note?
Rubio is a prick.
FOX: “What is it going to take for you to take the lead on Ukraine situation?”Rubio: “Witkoff and Kushner are doing a great job.”I understand there’s a mandatory humiliation ritual in this administration, but Witkoff and Kushner have achieved absolutely nothing in a year and a half of attempts.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T15:05:11.673Z
Embarrassing.
But hopefully the lesson was learned.
Now all Putin needs to do is figure out how to confiscate it all without starting riots.
Just yesterday the story was that this project had been approved.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
🇭🇺 Magyar seems fixated on Ukraine. He skipped the Carpathian Eight meeting, blocks joint projects and clusters, and avoids contacts. Stefanchuk’s Budapest meeting with the speaker was canceled too. Unlike Fico, he’s not seen as Kremlin-linked — which makes this stance even harder to explain.
— Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 (@perevaa.bsky.social) 2026-09-21T18:24:32.835Z
Don’t forget to stock the shelter with some combat cats. 🐱
The EU extended sanctions against Russia for three more years, but they did so at the cost of delisting two oligarchs at the insistence of France and Slovakia.
Now Fico wants EU cooperation.
Robert Fico calls for an emergency EU summit over rising fuel prices
The Slovak prime minister said that the EU is leaving countries “to fend for themselves in the face of the catastrophic consequences of the oil crisis.” According to him, the demand to compensate for high… pic.twitter.com/fMeV6LhUVk
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 22, 2026
Here’s an update on the strike on the Moscow refinery.
New details on the damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery: both of its primary crude-processing units, in total accounting for 53% of capacity, caught fire during the September 20 strike, – Reuters
Crude processing has now completely stopped, yet again.
P.S: After the previous… pic.twitter.com/zJU2BGDOZV
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) September 21, 2026
Girkin thinks Turkey is smacking its lips waiting to feed on the carcass of a defeated Russia.
2/ As highlighted yesterday, Girkin sees an inevitable “terrible future” for Russia after Putin leaves power, with a significant risk of the country’s disintegration and the possible rise of Prigozhin-style criminal warlords.bsky.app/profile/chri…
— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T15:55:51.110Z
3/ He warns that outside powers – and not only the West – would be happy to see Russia disintegrate and grab parts of its territory. He sees Turkey, which once controlled the entire Black Sea coast, as a particular threat:
4/ “The Turkish establishment has come to the unequivocal conclusion that a major war is imminent.
You know we are living in Upside Down Land when the communist guy is the one making reasonable proposals.
Shocking statement: Russia’s top communist turns against Putin
Communist Party of the Russian Federation leader Gennady Zyuganov said that Russia will ultimately lose if the current political course is maintained and the war continues.
At a briefing following the State Duma… pic.twitter.com/UhFo5Lpm9E
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 21, 2026
Rest in peace.
Don’t leave, Grandpa.
This man’s granddaughter was born during the war, after he left to defend Ukraine.
And these short, precious moments they shared together, until he had to leave back east, were reminders that he now protects her future, as well. pic.twitter.com/6YbavmLqqh
— UNITED24 (@U24_gov_ua) September 21, 2026
Soldier’s best friend.
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