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🛰️ Blind Spotting the Kremlin: Ukraine Blasts Russia’s Deep Space Comms HubUkraine has dramatically expanded its campaign of long-range deep strikes, targeting the very nerves of Russia’s military apparatus. For the second time in just over a week, Ukrainian domestic strike drones have breached deep into the Moscow region, slamming into the Dubna Space Communications Center—Russia’s largest ground-based satellite communications complex. Located more than 500 kilometers from the border, this strategic facility serves as the direct intermediary between Moscow's reconnaissance satellites and military coordinators on the ground. President Volodymyr Zelensky has labeled this electronic warfare campaign as Ukraine’s "long-range sanctions" plan, aiming to systematically blind Russian intelligence and cripple satellite relay networks. Meanwhile, in occupied Crimea, a separate "logistical lockdown" is rapidly severing Russian troop supply chains. From precision drone strikes that blew apart a vital military railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal to simultaneous fires at key oil terminals and electrical grids, Ukraine is effectively turning the heavily fortified peninsula into a logistical island. The result? Critical fuel rationing, blackouts, and canceled transit at the absolute height of the summer tourist season.In this video, we analyze the shifting tactical landscape of Ukraine's long-range strikes, the technical breakdown of the damage to Russia's satellite infrastructure, and how Kyiv's multi-layered pressure campaign is pushing the Kremlin into a corner.Key Highlights in This Video:Blinding the Spy Satellites: Inside the double strike on the Dubna Space Communications Center and how it compromises the Russian Defense Ministry’s troop coordination.The Rozdolne Railway Ambush: How Ukrainian Special Forces executed a two-phase strike to destroy a major logistical bridge, hitting the initial infrastructure and returning to eliminate the repair crews.60+ Targets Hit: A breakdown of the massive overnight campaign that took out advanced Russian S-300 and S-400 missile complexes, Pantsir air defense systems, and Orion strike drones.Crimea is Running Out of Fuel: The immediate civil impact of the strikes, including the suspension of public fuel sales and strict 20-liter weekly rationing for citizens.Domestic Drone Revolution: How Ukraine is successfully bypassing air defenses to strike deep into the heart of Russian territory using its own manufacturing capabilities.Key Quotes from the Addresses:"Step by step, we are implementing our plan of long-range sanctions and making it as difficult as possible for the aggressor state to carry out its invasion operations." — Volodymyr Zelensky What do you think?Will targeting Russia's satellite communications and blind-spotting their military
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00:00Ukraine intensifies deep strikes, targeting Crimean bridges and Moscow communications hub.
00:06Kiev, July 2nd. Ukrainian forces have escalated their campaign of deep strikes against Russian
00:13military infrastructure, targeting key supply lines in occupied Crimea and a strategic satellite
00:19communications center near Moscow as part of a systematic effort to degrade Russia's ability
00:24to sustain its war effort. Ukrainian forces have carried out a series of successful strikes on
00:34Russian military targets in occupied Crimea and within Russia itself. In a large-scale operation
00:40on the night of June 22 to 23, Ukraine struck a key railway bridge across the North Crimean canal
00:46near the village of Rosdolny. The bridge was a strategic military logistics route used to
00:52transport cargo, resources, and military supplies from the Russian Federation through Crimea to
00:57support troop concentrations in the southern sector. Ukrainian Special Operations Forces drones
01:03destroyed the bridge with precision strikes, destroying the railroad tracks and causing one
01:08of the arches to collapse. When Russian railway repair equipment arrived at the site, Ukrainian forces
01:14struck both the repair equipment and the remaining sections of the bridge in a second phase of the
01:19operation. In the latest overnight attack on June 23, Ukraine hit more than 60 Russian military targets
01:27in occupied territories, including three Orion reconnaissance strike drones, a Nebo-U radar station,
01:33a Panzer S-1 air defense system, and an S-300 launcher in Crimea. Ukrainian forces also targeted fuel
01:41reservoirs at the Kerch thermal power plant, the Semfiropol gas distribution station, and the West Crimea
01:47330-110 kilovolt electrical substation, knocking out power in Sevastopol. Ukraine simultaneously struck two
01:56important oil facilities on either side of the Kerch Strait, the oil terminal in Kerch, on Crimea, and the port
02:03of
02:03Kavkaz in Russia, which are used to ferry fuel to the Russian front lines. Geolocated footage showed oil
02:10storage facilities in Kerch and supply ferries in Kavkaz on fire. Ukraine managed to disable four S-400
02:18missile complexes and two Panzer systems to strike Kerch, which is less than one kilometer from the heavily
02:24defended Kerch bridge. The attacks have caused severe fuel shortages in Crimea. Russian occupation authorities
02:31suspended fuel sales to all but state services, while in Sevastopol, fuel had already been rationed to
02:3820 liters per week for private individuals. The city also canceled ferry services, banned outdoor
02:44gatherings, and switched off street lighting. Ukraine is trying to disrupt military supply lines
02:50in Crimea and strike the peninsula's power grid at the height of the summer tourist season, hoping the
02:56campaign will embarrass Russian President Vladimir Putin and increase public pressure on him to end the
03:01war. Strikes on Russian communications and energy Ukraine also struck the Dubna Space
03:08Communications Center in the Moscow region for the second time on June 30th, part of a campaign to
03:14disrupt Russian military intelligence and satellite communications operations. President Volodymyr
03:19Zelensky described the strike as part of Ukraine's long-range sanctions plan against Russia. The Dubna facility
03:26is Russia's largest ground-based satellite communications complex, used for military
03:32communications, controlling satellite relay systems, and supporting the Russian Defense Ministry's
03:37intelligence and troop coordination. It serves as an intermediary between satellites and ground systems,
03:44transmitting control commands to satellites and receiving data collected by them for military
03:49reconnaissance. The first strike on June 22nd damaged a 32-meter Mark IV satellite communications
03:56antenna, a technical building, and the main production and administrative building housing central
04:01communications equipment. Zelensky noted that Ukrainian forces had recently attacked four such Russian
04:08centers in the Moscow and Vladimir regions. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanen said Russian air defenses intercepted
04:15its 61 Ukrainian drones approaching Moscow on June 30th. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have shot
04:22down 419 Ukrainian drones overnight across Russian territory and Crimea. A six-month-old baby was killed
04:29in the town of Yugoryevsk when a drone struck a house. Ukraine is increasingly deploying domestically
04:36produced drones to attack targets deep inside Russian territory, particularly facilities related to oil and gas,
04:42logistics, and defense production, aiming to undermine Russia's ability to sustain its military campaign.
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