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[fatness]

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Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council @MedvedevRussiaE: The Finnish establishment mustn't forget: confrontation with Russia can lead to collapse of Finnish statehood – this time forever.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news...-on-poland-by-threatening-to-destroy-finland/

 

[Dezbelief]

Ukrainian drone disables rare Russian vessel patrolling Black Sea, intelligence says, shows footage

The Project MPSV07 ship was tracked and hit while carrying out reconnaissance and patrolling Novorossiysk Bay near Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where the Black Sea Fleet is currently based, according to HUR.

kyivindependent.com

A Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) drone hit a multifunctional vessel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet off Novorossiysk on Sept. 10, inflicting costly damage, the agency reported.

The Project MPSV07 ship was tracked and hit while carrying out reconnaissance and patrolling Novorossiysk Bay near Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where the Black Sea Fleet is currently based, according to HUR.

The agency released black-and-white footage of a domestically produced aerial drone hitting the ship's bridge.

"As a result of the strike, the Russian vessel's electronic intelligence systems were destroyed, and the ship was disabled and sent for costly repairs," HUR said in its Sept. 11 statement.

 

[Dezbelief]

Drones target Moscow, Russian oil facilities in reported large-scale Ukrainian strike

Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said the drone strike caused a fire on a vessel in the Primorsk Port, Russia's largest oil-loading port in the Baltic Sea.

kyivindependent.com

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

Drones have targeted multiple regions in Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, in a large-scale overnight attack, Russian officials and media outlets reported on Sept. 12.

The attack reportedly caused fires on a vessel in the Primorsk Port and at a Lukoil facility in Smolensk. Residents of Leningrad Oblast said the attack was one of the most massive strikes on the region since the start of the full-scale war.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify these reports at the time of publication.

Residents of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast continue to report explosions, according to the Russian opposition news channel Astra.

Smolensk residents reported explosions in the city. In footage posted to social media, eyewitnesses claimed that the drones targeted a nearby Lukoil facility. Video shows smoke and flames rising from a large fire at an undisclosed site.

Update

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones struck Primorsk, Russia’s largest oil-loading port on the Baltic Sea, overnight on Sept. 12, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.

Primorsk in Leningrad Oblast serves as a key hub for Russia's "shadow fleet" of aging tankers used to avoid sanctions, the source said. Roughly 60 million tons of oil pass through the port every year, bringing Russia roughly $15 billion, the source added.

After the Ukrainian drone strike, fires broke out at one of the vessels and a pumping station, forcing the suspension of oil shipments, according to the source. This could allegedly cost Russia up to $41 million a day.

SBU drones also successfully struck three oil pumping stations that are part of a pipeline system funneling crude to the Ust-Luga port terminal in Leningrad Oblast, the source claimed.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-says-ukraine-drones-hit-training-centre-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-9261990

 

[Chadstroma]

@Chadstroma I hope everything you predicted comes thru….sooner than later!

Hoping as well. The ball seems to be moving. Ukraine is targeting their energy infrastructure and it absolutely being effective. There are regions bone dry of gas right now and that has a lot of implications to the economy as well as general populace unrest.

It seems the US is looking to add pressure on the export of energy products which is the only thing propping up the Russian economy. How effective that is will be a major driving force into what happens with Russia economically.

As I have said, the things that the they have done to keep the economy alive despite sanctions all have a price to them which needs to be paid at some point. We are seeing signs that it may not be possible to hold off paying those prices much longer in some areas such as the debt situation they have.

Russia will not be able to continue the fight if the economy collapses but then the question is what happens then? Would their lines collapse? Would there be regime change? Putin can not afford to be seen as weak or losing. He has to find a way to 'win'. So, unless it is so bad that someone who has enough power or a group of those decide enough it enough and end it... what does a win look like for Putin?

 

[The Z Machine]

My Russian acquaintance suggested that the ruble was going to suffer very soon.

 

[Chadstroma]

Ukraine’s drones hit key Russian oil hub, exports halted

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newsukraine.rbc.ua

 

[Chadstroma]

Russian central bank cautiously cuts key rate by 100 bps to 17%

The Russian central bank cut its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 17% on Friday, less than analysts had expected, pointing to stubbornly high inflation.

www.reuters.com

 

[Chadstroma]

Russian oil revenue hits record low as war funding squeezed

Russian oil revenue hits record lows as a global surplus overwhelms the war premium. Ukrainian strikes offline 17% of refining capacity.

euromaidanpress.com

 

[Chadstroma]

Japan slashes Russian oil price cap and rolls out new sanctions​

Japan has announced a new package of sanctions against Russia and its partners. Even companies from China, Türkiye, the UAE, the Seychelles, and the Marshall Islands have been affected by the restrictions, according to Trading View and Devdiscourse.

Japan has decided to lower the price cap on Russian crude oil to $47.6 per barrel from the previous $60. This decision was made to increase pressure on Moscow for continuing its invasion of Ukraine.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that the new price threshold for Russian crude oil will apply to contracts signed after September 12 and contracts with unloading after October 17.

This move came after the European Union lowered the price cap on Russian crude oil to $47.6 in July as part of its 18th package of sanctions against Moscow.

Japan will also impose additional sanctions on asset freezes and export controls. In particular, it is known that Tokyo has imposed sanctions against 14 individuals, 48 companies and organizations from the Russian Federation, and three companies from the Seychelles and Marshall Islands.

There are also reports of export restrictions on two companies from Russia and nine companies from the UAE, Türkiye, and China.

New Zealand also tightened sanctions

New Zealand has also tightened sanctions against Russia by lowering the price cap on oil and expanding its blacklist.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced that the price cap on Russian crude oil will be lowered from $60 per barrel to $47.60, in line with measures taken by Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom.

The Prime Minister said price caps were a deliberate step to reduce critical oil revenues that fuel Putin's illegal war in the form of aggression against Ukraine.

Sanctions against Russia

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU introduced 18 packages of sanctions, which have already led to a sharp reduction in imports from Russia.

In particular, as part of the 18th package of sanctions against Russia, the EU lowered the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $47.6. The decision took effect on September 3.

 

[fatness]

NATO to beef up defence of Europe's eastern flank after Poland shoots down drones

NATO announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine. Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and NATO to respond.

Earlier on Friday, it rejected Donald Trump's suggestion that the incursions could have been a mistake, a rare contradiction of the U.S. president from one of Washington's closest allies.

Allies, including Denmark, France, Britain and Germany have so far committed to the mission with others set to join, Rutte added.