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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes Siberian gas processing plant
Daily Kos • • world
Key Points:
- Ukraine conducted long-range drone strikes on Russian gas processing and refinery facilities, including targets in Khanty-Mansiysk and Ryazan, demonstrating increased operational reach.
- A Ukrainian ground robotic system caused friendly fire between two Russian troop groups by firing between their positions, leading to a half-day firefight, highlighting Russian command and communication failures.
- Ukraine has intensified drone attacks on Moscow, disrupting air traffic and considering direct strikes on airport infrastructure, signaling a shift toward more aggressive tactics advised by Zelenskyy’s advisors.
- Western sanctions combined with Ukrainian strikes have severely crippled Russian cryptocurrency exchange A7A5, causing a 95% collapse in transaction activity and exposing vulnerabilities in Russian-hosted infrastructure.
- The strikes on Yandex data centers have critically impacted Kaspersky Antivirus services in Europe, raising doubts about the company’s future viability due to disrupted database updates and lost functionalities.
