π₯ Ukraineβs Zelensky to russia: "20 million more drones are on the way." π§΅ 1/14
Summary
Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries and logistics infrastructure have crippled the economy, forcing Russia to import fuel despite being an oil superpower, while the ruble weakens, inflation rises, and citizens withdraw billions from banks amid growing economic crisis. Russia's Central Bank has cut growth forecasts to zero and major oligarchs warn of impending banking disasters as the economic model collapses.
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π₯ Ukraineβs Zelensky to russia: "20 million more drones are on the way." π§΅ 1/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ Politico: russia's wartime eco reaching breaking point russia's eco can no longer cope under the combined weight of massive war costs & Ukraine's strikes. The once resilient wartime model is now on the brink (energy revenues collapse/ logistics infrastructure burns) 2/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ Bloomberg: russia's oil industry suffers sharpest collapse in 20 yrs Rosstat data shows petroleum products output plunged 21.7% year-on-year in June. EA Analytics reports refinery throughput fell to just 3.91M barrels per day in Julyβthe lowest level since 2005. 3/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ The Russian paradox: an oil superpower importing gasoline & diesel russia is now forced to import gasoline and diesel as Ukrainian strikes cripple its refineries. The former fuel exporter is searching foreign markets just to keep its own economy running. 4/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ MT: russian central bank cuts GDP growth forecast to zero, expects faster inflation Nabiullina effectively confirmed the effectiveness of Ukraine's attacks: fuel shortages are driving up prices for goods & services across russia, adding new inflationary pressure. 5/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ russia's Central Bank Governor Nabiullina lays bare russia's eco problems russia's faces a historic labor shortage, stubborn inflation, subsidized lending is distorting markets, & wealthy russians are avoiding domestic investments. 6/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ russian Oligarch Deripaska: Wildberries bankruptcy will devastate russiaβs banks βIf you owe the bank a million, itβs your problem. If you owe a billion, itβs the bankβs problem. Wildberries owes billions.β No support measures are planned for insurers. 7/14
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π₯ FT: Wildberries Fires Expose Putin's Economic Weak Spot Ukraine has destroyed over 20% of Wildberries' logistics capacity in just one week β 1.15M mΒ² of its 5.6M mΒ² warehouse network. Hitting russia's retail giant is disrupting both the economy & military logistics. 8/14 π
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π₯ Moscow Times: crisis hits russian railways russia's fuel shortage has reached its rail network. Diesel shortages are now affecting locomotives, disrupting critical transport infrastructure & increasing pressure on both civilian logistics & military supply lines. 9/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ Putin claims the economy is "stable" as Ukraine burns russia's Amazon The first Wildberries strikes alone caused damage exceeding the annual budgets of 53 π·πΊ regions. Ukraine has since hit 6 more logistics hubs Yet Putin still boasts of a $2.5B June budget surplus 10/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ TVP World: Economic Pessimism Hits 20-Yr High Russians withdrew over $6B from banks in just 2 weeks, bringing total withdrawals in 2026 to $22.7B. With problem loans now exceeding 11% the risk of a broader banking crisis is growing if a major lender falters. 11/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ Ukraine disrupts russia's key oil & cargo ports russia has declared waters around Novorossiysk, its main Black Sea oil export hub, unsafe for shipping. Now the ports of Azov & Taganrog face restrictions disrupting exports of grain, coal, and petroleum products. 12/14
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πΊπ¦ππ·πΊ π₯ "Catastrophic reality," admits Kremlin loyalist Shakhnazarov on Solovyov's show: "This lunar landscape destroys everything that has been builtβfactories, oil refineries, bridges. There is no end in sightβ¦ It is not clear how to get out of this..." 13/14
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π₯ The russian economy is an illusion built on debt. Every refinery hit, warehouse destroyed and export disrupted pushes russia deeper into a crisis it can no longer hide. If you stand with Ukraine, RT πΊπ¦ #NAFO #NAFOFellas 14/14 End
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π₯ π·πΊ Sources powering this thread on russia's economic collapse: Kommersant, Izvestia, Gaseta ru, Vedomosti, Interfax, Verstka, Agentsvo, EMDPR, Financial Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, MT, TVP, Le Grand Continent, WiadomoΕci, Euronews, Politico, Espresso, The Insider, CNN
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