00:00Fuel shortages continue in various regions of Russia, as well as in the occupied Donetsk and
00:06Luhansk regions of Ukraine. In most parts of the country, it was sometimes necessary to stand in
00:12lines for hours for fuel. This is causing serious dissatisfaction among drivers. As can be seen
00:19from new footage spread on telegram channels, hundreds of cars are lined up in various cities,
00:25as well as in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk, waiting for fuel to be delivered.
00:30Drivers mainly say that there is no AI-95 gasoline, and when it is available, it is sold
00:36in limited quantities. At some gas stations in the Luhansk region, each driver can buy
00:42only 30 liters of gasoline. It should be noted that the fuel shortage that has been ongoing
00:48in Russia for several days is due to drone strikes by the Ukrainian army on oil refineries
00:53in the country. In some cases, the factories stop operating after the strikes, which seriously
00:59affects the volume of fuel sold.
01:06In the
01:35There's a lot of coal to be done.
01:39I'm going to leave you alone.
01:42I'm going to leave you alone.
01:47I'm going to leave you alone.
01:51I'm going to leave you alone.
01:56There's probably a lot of coal in here.
01:59This is a problem.
02:03just a bit of the car
02:15and the car is
02:16in the REC
02:19in the Netsk
02:24there was a deficit of 95
02:26the car is in the big
02:27the car is in the
02:28on which it is still
02:29it is
02:30it is 75
02:3150. I don't understand why this is a serious deficit.
02:36You know what it is related to?
02:3795-го no one is related. What it is related to, I don't know.
02:42The traffic is getting more and more.
02:45Guys, it's all the traffic on the car, which is near the hospital.
02:54Guys, guys, there, in a little bit, until the morning,
02:58there are cars, and a little bit, and the movement in Combrot will be broken.
03:06Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have successfully launched 17 attacks on Russian oil refineries in August,
03:13putting 24,2% of Russia's production capacity out of operation,
03:17the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Madhyar, reported.
03:22The Russian energy facilities targeted in August include Ryazan and Afibsky oil refineries,
03:27and the Fuel and Lubricants Depot of A.E., Sochi, Fuel and Lubricants Depot,
03:33Ertan, Saratov oil refinery, Aneka Transneft Drusba, oil pumping station,
03:38Volgograd oil refinery and JSC, Nevinomiski Azat, Nikolskoitransneft, and the Novishaktinsk oil refinery.
03:46Also hit were Cizron, Kwebyshev, Krasnodar oil refineries and the Cizron refinery.
03:53Some of the oil facilities have been targeted more than once.
03:57The Ukrainian defense forces have been hitting Russian oil refineries even before August amid intensified Ukrainian attacks on strategic Russian facilities in occupied parts of Ukraine and on Russian soil as well.
04:10Some plants have been cleaned up since 2022 when Russia launched its full-fledged invasion of Ukraine.
04:16It should be added that there are still many Russian oil refineries that Ukraine's attack drones have either not yet reached or that the attacks have been unsuccessful.
04:25The main reason that these refineries have survived so far is only one, the great distance.
04:31Some of these refineries are located beyond the Urals, in Siberia or the Far East.
04:42The main reason why Russia's only three countries have been
05:06Russia's Rubicon drone formation has quickly become one of the most effective forces on the
05:27battlefield, helping to expand its kill zone and seriously complicates Ukraine's logistics.
05:33One Ukrainian soldier, callsign Murphy, told Forbes that he recently narrowly escaped being killed by Rubicon.
05:42His team barely escaped with their lives when a drone targeted their vehicle, but they managed to escape before it hit.
05:50The attack destroyed the vehicle and all their equipment, and they then discovered enemy fiber optics lines in the area.
05:57Commenting on the work of the Rubicon unit, Murphy noted their goal is to hit Ukrainian logistics, in this case across the front, improvised Mad Max style.
06:09Vehicles have become a common sight, he said.
06:12Ordinary trucks are constantly reinforced with welded metal cages in a desperate attempt to survive drone strikes.
06:19Forbes noted that due to constant Russian drone strikes, Ukraine is facing a shortage of trucks, pickups and armored vehicles, many of which are destroyed during delivery and evacuation.
06:31It came out of nowhere. We barely had time to jump out before it hit our vehicle and set everything on fire.
06:39We saw the drone too late to shoot it down. As we ran for cover, it turned around and crashed into our pickup, destroying all our drones and ammunition, Murphy added.
06:50Forbes recalled that Russian drone formations like Rubicon were a key factor in Moscow's success in repelling Ukraine's invasion of Kursk in August 2024.
07:02By striking Ukraine's flanks and using fiber optic drones to pressure logistical supply routes, Russia was eventually able to push Kiev out after months of intense fighting.
07:13In July, the New York Times reported that Ukrainian fighters recognized Rubicon as a turning point in Russia's drone campaign.
07:23At the same time, American volunteer Rebecca Masyarovsky, who leads the medical unit of Ukraine's 53rd Mechanized Brigade, said the game changed when they came here.
07:34In turn, open source weapons researcher Roy Gardiner noted that the Rubicon unit is especially dangerous due to the concentration of Russia's most experienced fiber optic FPV operators.
07:48Forbes added that Rubicon's success shows that Russia has learned from past mistakes and has become much more effective in the war against drones.
07:58At the same time, Ukraine is now racing against time to develop countermeasures and more effectively attack elite formations like Rubicon.
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