They're fighting for their survival while Putin- loving MAGAts sabotage critical funding, but Ukraine still is hitting the war criminals deep inside Russia:
Explosions and large fires were reported in several Russian cities overnight on Jan. 21, in a possible coordinated effort by Ukraine to strike key targets deep inside Russian territory.
The terminal of Russia's Novatek natural gas company caught fire in the port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad Oblast near St Petersburg, Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported on Telegram.
No casualties were reported by local authorities but other Russian media sources suggested that 150 people had to be evacuated.
Novatek is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia. The fire was still ongoing as of 9 a.m. local time, according to Drozdenko.
The explosions in Ust-Luga were a result of a planned operation by the Security Service of Ukraine, according to an unnamed source in the agency cited by Ukrainska Pravda.
Other attacks were reported overnight on Jan. 21 in Russia's Tula, Smolensk, and Oryol oblasts, targeting infrastructure critical to the Russian military. [snip]
Citing its sources in Ukraine's special services, news outlet Suspilne reported that the Shcheglovskiy Val plant in Tula, where Pantsir mobile air defense systems for the Russian military are produced, was one of the targets.
The Smolensk Aviation Plant, which produces Kh-59 cruise missiles used to frequently target Ukraine was hit in the overnight attack, Hromadske reported, citing its source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR).
Smolensk Oblast Governor Vasily Anokhin denied that there were casualties or property damage during the drone attack. [Ed.: as with most Putinists, he's likely lying his borscht- filled buttocks off.]
The plant was previously hit in October and November 2023.
The Russians were counting on winter to regroup and rearm in order to carry on their genocidal war. Any operation that helps foils that plan is welcome, as would be long- promised American and NATO military supplies. They're fighting a war against an autocratic, terrorist regime that's America's enemy (at least when the Malignant Loser's not in office). It should go without saying that their survival is a moral and political imperative.
(Photo: Novatek natural gas terminal near St. Petersburg on fire / via Kyiv Independent)
