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Zelenskyy confirms: four Russian oil depots and three shadow tankers hit

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Ever wondered what a "fair response" looks like? It looks like Russian oil facilities going up in flames and their sketchy "shadow" tankers suddenly getting very, very wet.

Russia spent months trying to freeze Ukrainian cities by targeting power grids. Naturally, the reply had to target something Russia actually cares about: its oil money.

The Ukrainian military just paid a visit to Stavropol Krai—deep inside Russian territory—and left four fuel infrastructure facilities burning. It is a neat, surgical way to say "stop hitting our substations."

But the real highlight of this operation happened in the Black Sea. Ukraine successfully targeted three tankers from Russia's infamous "shadow fleet". These are the rusted, uninsured ghost ships Moscow uses to smuggle oil around international sanctions while pretending they are just innocent merchants.

It turns out bypassing international sanctions is a lot easier than bypassing Ukrainian drones.

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  1. Proud Cornflower
    shadow fleet more like shallow fleet now lmao
    +3 funnyA pun so shallow it might actually be the only thing left of that fleet
  2. Banderite Palyanytsia
    finally going after the tankers. that shadow fleet has been polluting the oceans and funding this war for too long. hit them harder
    +5 solidFinally, someone who understands that burning oil is better than letting it fund a war