RUSSIANS HIT A NEW LOW

I examine Ukraine’s reported large-scale drone strike on the Yaroslavl oil refinery, one of Russia’s five largest refineries with roughly 15 million tons of annual processing capacity. The site had reportedly been damaged in September and August, while aftermath footage from Samara showed another refinery fire still burning. I assess what repeated multi-point attacks, Russian claims of hundreds of intercepted drones, and power restrictions in occupied Sevastopol could mean for Russian refining capacity and air-defense allocation.

I also examine Russia’s mass strike on Ukraine’s energy system: reported damage to three thermal power plants, a Kharkiv clinical hospital where 73 people were reportedly injured, a Dnipro hospice, and a school used for aid distribution and shelter in Zaporizhzhia struck by nine aerial bombs. Finally, I cover ISW’s warning on jet-powered drones and Russia’s winter strike preparations, plus its assessment that Russian forces lost more territory than they gained in October 2026.

00:00 Yaroslavl Refinery Drone Strike

03:05 Russian Air Defenses and Refinery Damage

05:00 Samara Fires and Crimea Power Restrictions

07:42 Kharkiv Hospital and Dnipro Hospice Strikes

11:05 Battlefield Losses and Strike Statistics

12:52 Russia’s Winter Jet-Drone Campaign

15:24 U.S. Elections and Pressure on Ukraine

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