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JdeB [216.91 ppm]<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Strikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strikes</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RailLogistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailLogistics</a>"Ukrainian Partisans and Strikes Destroy Major Railways! | RFU News" "[5:55 min] by RFU News<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dpBclJjUaE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dpBclJjUaE</a> Quote by RFU "Aug 4, 2025 Today, there is important news from Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Here, as Russian commanders are throwing more forces forward in their summer offensive, the Ukrainian military decided to sabotage their efforts in the most efficient way possible. Targeting Russian railway assets in the territories under Russian control and deep in Russia itself with precise drone strikes, the Ukrainians aim to disrupt Russian logistics and cripple their assault at the most vulnerable point. Ukrainian forces started a massive, coordinated attack targeting critical railway infrastructure in Russian-controlled Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian drones struck two crucial electricity substations in Makiivka, responsible for powering electric trains. Explosions set the facilities ablaze, triggering widespread blackouts and severely disrupting regional rail transport. Notably, the railroads in Ukraine’s heavily industrialized Donbas region, with Donetsk at its center, operate almost exclusively on electric-powered locomotives. Nasa’s Firms satellite imagery confirmed three significant fires along industrial rail lines near Donetsk, highlighting the precision and effectiveness of the strikes that have paralyzed the city, which serves as the main military base for the Russian summer offensive in the region. Secondly, Ukraine targeted railway infrastructure deep within Russia's Rostov region. A drone assault hit Salsk station, igniting a fuel-laden train and damaging overhead power lines, halting traffic along the critical Rostov-Donetsk line, and additionally sabotaging the inflow of military supplies to the major hub in Donbas. The incident caused extensive delays, disrupting connections as distant as Novorossiysk. Further north, drones destroyed the upper floors of the crucial Likhaya switching station and severely damaged transmission equipment, while another strike disabled the modern control center in Kamenolomna, responsible for managing all rail traffic in southern Russia. The Dvoynaya traction substation in Orlovsky, essential for powering trains, was also effectively targeted and neutralized. Russian rail logistics represent the critical backbone of Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, responsible for almost all supply and reinforcement activities due to Russia’s immense geographic expanse. The extensive rail network allows Russia to rapidly move vast quantities of ammunition, heavy weaponry, fuel, and personnel over great distances to frontline positions. This is something trucks alone cannot achieve efficiently, given the vast territory involved. Railways offer unmatched transport capacity, reliability, and speed for heavy military hardware, making them indispensable for sustaining Russia’s large-scale military operations. With Ukraine actively targeting Russian rail lines, logistics hubs, and supply trains, disruption to this rail-based system significantly impacts Moscow's ability to wage effective war. Destroyed railway infrastructure or sabotaged logistics create bottlenecks that force Russia to use road transport, which is slower, more vulnerable, and less capable of handling the enormous volume of wartime supplies needed daily at the front, as well as putting a deeper material strain on the vehicles driving these supply runs. Thus, attacking and interrupting railway logistics not only weakens Russia’s operational momentum but also depletes frontline units of necessary resources, leading to strategic vulnerability and operational paralysis on the battlefield. As part of this larger operation, Ukrainian drones recently also struck the Oktyabrsky railway station in Volgograd Oblast, targeting an electric substation vital for powering the region's railway lines. Another precision drone attack hit the crucial rail logistics hub in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, responsible for transferring military equipment, ammunition, and fuel toward the Ukrainian front../\.. Near Dzerzhinsk in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, at least twelve powerful explosions erupted when Ukrainian drones targeted a train carrying hazardous chemicals for Russia’s defense industry. Meanwhile, partisan fighters from the Atesh movement sabotaged a railway in Russian-controlled Kherson, completely halting critical military cargo toward Melitopol. In Zaporizhia, strikes disrupted Russian military rail transport for over a week, while right after repairs were finished, partisans blew up a munition-loaded train on the same line, once again blocking and disrupting a main supply artery crucial for Russian front-line logistics. Overall, the Ukrainian strikes reveal a clear, deliberate pattern of targeting critical nodes and junctions in Russia’s southern rail network, effectively creating strategic...<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SlavaUkraini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlavaUkraini</a> ! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HeroyamSl%C3%A1va" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeroyamSláva</a>! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Crush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crush</a> the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RussianTerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussianTerroristState</a>

JdeB [216.91 ppm]<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ColdWarRevived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColdWarRevived</a>"Largest Russian Base in Europe Is Next! | RFU News" [5:40 min] by RFU News <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtyCFAeKhw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtyCFAeKhw</a> Quote by RFU: "Aug 1, 2025 Here, Nato surveillance flights over Kaliningrad and live-fire drills in Estonia suggest that Europe is no longer treating the Russian exclave as a passive threat. Instead, Kaliningrad is being studied and tracked, while its neighbors are quietly preparing for a worst-case scenario. Recently, Germany’s military counterintelligence service has reported that Russian espionage cases nearly doubled over the past year. Officials say Moscow’s operatives are using more aggressive cover strategies and entering Europe via third countries like Serbia and Turkey to evade detection. At the same time, cyberattacks and political interference campaigns have surged across the Baltic states. In just the last month, Lithuania reported GPS spoofing on its commercial aircraft, Estonia flagged coordinated hacks on state infrastructure, and Russian-linked groups funded several political rallies in Latvia. These are not isolated provocations; they mirror the early warning signs that preceded Russia’s invasions of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in both 2014 and 2022. The pattern is familiar, and its central node is Kaliningrad. Nearly every signal-jamming incident, radar incursion, or drone probe in the region traces back to the Russian exclave, making it the catalyst for any new escalation. That threat is not new, but its urgency is. Kaliningrad is a heavily militarized Russian enclave wedged between Poland and Lithuania, and has long served as a launchpad for threats against nato. Home to Baltic Fleet warships, Iskander missile systems, and advanced air defense, it gives Moscow a constant forward presence inside EU territory. During previous standoffs, Russia used Kaliningrad to simulate nuclear strikes, stage snap exercises, and threaten shipping routes in the Baltic Sea. But in recent months, it has also become a nerve center for hybrid operations, coordinating cyber-attacks, transmitting jamming signals, and testing nato’s airspace readiness with frequent higher flyovers. In short, Kaliningrad is no longer just a base; it is a battlefield node already in use.../\.. awacs surveillance aircraft have begun continuous flights over Poland and the Baltic Sea to monitor Kaliningrad’s military activity. Meanwhile, Estonia has just held its first-ever live fire drills using US-supplied himars, part of a six-unit acquisition aimed at boosting long-range strike capabilities. The exercises focused on targeting simulated hardened positions, such as fortified bunkers and missile launch pads, the exact type of assets concentrated in Kaliningrad. Poland, which has received dozens of himars systems from the US, is preparing similar capabilities. For frontline nato members facing the brunt of Russian pressure, these drills serve a clear dual purpose: readiness for counterforce missions and visible deterrence against Kaliningrad’s offensive potential. While no official scenario has been disclosed, these drills are being interpreted by analysts as a dry run for serious interdiction missions aimed at Russia: detecting, targeting, and disabling missile launch platforms inside the enclave. In parallel, Poland has expanded troop deployments near the border, and Lithuania is accelerating work on reinforced border barriers. If nato were to actually confront Kaliningrad militarily, the opening move would likely be a coordinated cyber and electronic warfare push, aimed at blinding Russian communications and radar coverage. This would be followed by continuous aerial reconnaissance through awacs and high-altitude drones to confirm positions. Long-range precision strikes would then target key installations: Iskander launchers, air defense nodes and Baltic Fleet command centers. Himars batteries in Estonia and Poland could disable fixed missile sites, while German and US aircraft execute follow-on suppression missions. Naval forces would blockade Kaliningrad’s key port at Baltiysk to prevent reinforcement. Meanwhile, Nato ground units, already repositioned near the Suwalki Gap, would be tasked with containing any attempted Russian breakout into Poland or Lithuania. This is a hypothetical scenario, but it is now being actively rehearsed, with each exercise aligning more closely to an actual operational sequence. Overall, the Kaliningrad threat that Russia spent two decades cultivating may be turning against it. Europe is no longer threatening the enclave as a static deterrent but as a live vulnerability that can be tracked, targeted, and potentially neutralized. For the Kremlin, this shift carries enormous risks: losing Kaliningrad would not only be a massive strategic blow but also a symbolic collapse of Russia’s forward posture in Europe. And for nato the message is clear: the era of passive containment is over."<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SlavaUkraini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlavaUkraini</a> ! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HeroyamSl%C3%A1va" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeroyamSláva</a>! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Crush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crush</a> the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RussianTerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussianTerroristState</a>

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