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2naSalit

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Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:27 PM Tuesday

Russian Milblogger Panics After Ukraine Hits Russia's Largest Refinery - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦 [View all]



A pro-Russian milblogger is openly panicking after Ukraine’s long-range drones reportedly hit the Omsk refinery, Russia’s largest and most important refinery. His reaction reveals something Moscow does not want to admit: Ukraine’s refinery campaign is no longer symbolic. It is reaching deep into Russia’s energy system.

0:00 Inside the mind of a Russian milblogger
0:20 Golman warns Russia’s refinery system is in danger
1:17 Omsk refinery hit after earlier warnings
1:53 Golman blames failed refinery protection
3:13 Russia’s border defense problem
4:08 The oligarch blame game
6:31 “Gazprom is the property of the people”
6:55 Golman calls for a “real war”
7:17 Peskov’s “war” language returns
8:29 Golman calls for tactical nuclear weapons
9:13 Why Omsk matters
10:02 Russia’s top refineries are being hit
10:57 Why distillation towers are so critical
13:15 Does this kind of deep dive help?
13:38 Masha and the petrol
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