Putin suffers massive blow as Ukraine forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered another massive blow to his marketing campaign to stamp out Ukrainian forces after they obliterated three of Russia‘s fuel distribution facilities during an in a single day assault.

The Kyiv Independent reported that Ukrainian forces snuck into the Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast area and destroyed the services. Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said that the 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment carried out the assaults and that the focused services had been positioned in Shchastia, Severodonetsk, and Novopskov.

“The voyage was carried out on the night of September 25, 2025 by the Birds of the 14th Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces,” Brovdi wrote on Telegram. According to the commander, the ability in Luhansk was the main provider for the Luhansk thermal energy plant which has now been compelled to swap to coal energy.

It was reported that the strike on the Severodonetsk facility jeopardized fuel provides to the chemical industry, including the Azot plant. It comes as Putin faces an financial “hell” as Ukrainian drones continue pounding Russian oil refineries.

Shortly before the harmful assault, explosions ripped through the main processing unit at the Afipsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar, which was the major provider for the Kremlin’s warfare effort. The relentless assaults have left Russians dealing with fuel shortages, with strains stretching exterior fuel stations in dozens of areas.

The disaster deepened today when a massive blaze engulfed a freight practice in Smolensk area after what was described as an “accident.” Up to 18 wagons carrying gasoline derailed and ignited following a “collision with a truck” at a degree crossing. Photos confirmed big flames and black smoke towering into the sky.

“As a result of the incident, the locomotive and 18 gasoline tank wagons derailed, with the cargo catching fire,” confirmed Russian Railways. Due to the incident, the locomotive crew was injured. The practice driver and assistant driver with average accidents had been taken to the hospital.”

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The Afipsky plant is a major source of petrol and diesel for Russian forces, and footage revealed the positioning engulfed in fire. Donald Trump highlighted the size of the losses, noting that almost one-third of Russia’s refining capability has been knocked offline, crippling exports that bankroll Putin’s warfare.

“Their economy is going to hell,” he said from the Oval Office. Across Russia, nearly 400 filling stations have shut due to provide collapse, with Crimea dealing with the worst shortages.

Officials there admitted, “We have problems with fuel,” as strains snake across the Black Sea peninsula. Other hard-hit areas embody Moscow, Belgorod on the warfront, and the far east territories of Primorsky and Sakhalin.

In a additional blow to income, Moscow has prolonged its ban on gasoline and diesel exports until 12 months’s end, just as a new 2% VAT surcharge is being imposed to bankroll the warfare and inner repression.The refinery strikes have also rattled the regime’s loyal propagandists.

“I have been furious for months about the attacks on our oil refineries,” raged Vladimir Solovyov.“I am waiting for the moment when, finally, I am sure that now the realisation has dawned and the most severe measures will be taken, including personal responsibility for mistakes in this area.”