[Werthead]

Ukraine has hit over 50 Russian vessels in the last four days, including military vessels, patrol boats, fuel tankers and cargo ships.

The Moscow Oil Refinery is on fire again. Doesn't look like a hit, but damage from the last attack suddenly blew up. The fuel terminal is Azov overnight was hit and is on fire.

Ukrainian F-16s have stepped up glide bomb attacks on the Russian main lines in Donetsk Oblast, destroying a Russian forward drone position.

Polish-Ukrainian talks on transferring MiG-29s have resumed. Some claims that Ukraine has now lost more MiGs than it had at the start of the war and has been kept going in that weight class by donations from other countries, making the acquisition of the Polish MiG-29s desirable.

Ukraine has designed Freya, a cheaper Patriot substitute. It is in talks with European partners on mass production.

Russian blogger Golman has said that the Russian economy is "fked" and is "flying into the abyss."

Ukrainian soldiers - presumably in quieter moments - have been rescuing cats and arranging for them to be transported out of the warzone.

One Moscow resident confirming he has spent two full days sleeping in his car in the queue for the gas station and is now well into his third.

Ukraine has confirmed it has entered final testing on its ballistic missile engine systems. Once tested, they will begin using them against Russian targets, maybe in September or October. Ukraine has noted that Russia does not have sufficient anti-ballistic missile systems to protect key targets like refineries. S-400 and S-500 can theoretically engage ballistic missiles, but the S-400 is not optimised for it and there are maybe two S-500 systems in existence, both tasked to protect Moscow. 

Kazakhstan has set up police checkpoints near the Russian border to ensure no fuel is being smuggled out of the country.

[Werthead]

Ukraine has confirmed strikes on 10 additional Russian tanker vessels, 4 ferries and a fuel tanker train near Tokmak. The Syzran and Ust-Luga oil facilities have been hit as well again. 24 vessels on the Sea of Azov have been hit in the last few days, and there are some signs Russia is pulling ships out of the area. Permits for transit through the Kerch Strait and the Don-Azov Canal have been suspended.

Lindsay Graham's passing is being mourned in Ukraine. For all his other demerits, he was steadfast in his support for Ukraine and for harsher measures on Russia.

A consortium of Russian farmers has told the Kremlin they can no longer afford to start their farm machines. They've threatened to leave their harvests untended, and Russia would have to import massive amounts of food (or let millions starve).

Russian blogger and minor politician threats to Kazakhstan after Kazakhstan deployed mobile police teams to inspect Russian vehicles trying to leave the country with extra tanks of fuel.

[Werthead]

Zelensky removing Fedorov as Defence Minister is a questionable decision. Fedorov arranged the Starlink shutdown and was heavily driving the anti-corruption drive in procurement, as well as pushing hard for the current drone campaign in place of infantry assaults.

Heavy attacks on Russian logistics, ships and refineries continues, the sustained scale of Ukraine's attacks on Russian infrastructure and logistics on a daily and nightly basis is extremely impressive. Hopefully that now won't change.

[Garak]

Maybe the anti-corruption stuff was going too well. That's the fastest way to upset someone in politics.

[Mentalist]

Garak, on 15 July 2026 - 11:27 PM, said:

Maybe the anti-corruption stuff was going too well. That's the fastest way to upset someone in politics.

Zelensky has a bad habit of removing anyone who starts becoming excessively popular/trusted by the public.