💥EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER THIS STRIKE! UKRAINE CHANGED EVERYTHING WITH A SINGLE BLOW!|UKRAINE TODAY

Added: 2026-06-08

[00:00:00]Today's headlines, massive Russian shelling. Terrorists launched 73 missiles and 656 drones of various types at peaceful cities and towns. There are fatalities and significant destruction.

[00:00:11]Ukrainian strikes. Defense forces hid the Ilski refinery in the Crashnodar region. Oil refining volumes in Russia have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009.

[00:00:20]Fire control. According to Zalinski, Ukraine has the ability to strike Russia's military logistics across almost the entire depth of the occupied territories. Negative occupation. May 26th became the first month in recent years when Russians seized less territory than Ukrainians liberated.

[00:00:36]Grounds for ceasing hostilities.

[00:00:37]According to Kirbanov, Ukraine has enough capabilities to try and reach the end of the war's hot phase. These and other topics in this edition. Hello, I'm Vladimir Rabchun and this is Ukraine today. Please subscribe, leave a like, and let's move on to the news.

[00:00:52]Ukraine has come under a massive Russian bombardment. Terrorists launched 73 missiles and 656 drones of various types at peaceful cities and towns. Air defense forces neutralized 40 missiles and 62 UAVs. The main target of the strike was Kiev. Six people were killed and over 60 were injured as a result of the Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital. Damage was recorded in various districts of the city. Residential buildings, kindergartens, medical facilities, gas stations, warehouses, and cars were affected. The destruction is significant. Emergency services are working on the scene.

[00:01:27]At least 16 people were killed and dozens were injured in Denipro. In particular, the Russians killed a young boy. Rescuers pulled the body of a child born in 2023 from the rubble of a residential high-rise. Kharkiv, the Kark region, Zapurizia, the Kamalitzki region, the Pava region, and other regions were also hit.

[00:01:45]Defense forces hit the Ilsky oil refinery in the Krnodar region. A large-scale fire broke out on the premises of the enterprise. The general staff reports this. This is one of the largest oil refining enterprises in southern Russia. The plant provides fuel and lubricants to the occupying army, making it an absolutely legitimate target. In addition, other enemy targets in Russia and in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories were attacked.

[00:02:08]Ukraine is capable of striking Russia's military logistics across virtually the entire depth of the occupied territories. President Zalinski stated this. Furthermore, he noted that from January to May alone, defense forces were able to attack 15 Russian refineries. I'll add that along with other oil facilities, we're talking about nearly 20 targets.

[00:02:28]Bloomberg reports that oil refining volumes in Russia have fallen to their lowest level since 2009. Due to the risk of a domestic shortage, the Kremlin has banned the export of aviation fuel until the end of November. Meanwhile, the shortage has already reached Moscow, and it's going to get worse. Details in the report.

[00:02:44]>> Do you take coupons?

[00:02:47]Many Russians are now stocking up on gas supplies.

[00:02:51]>> Zalinski was right when he said that oil refining had dropped by 10%.

[00:02:56]A 10% drop in oil refining production in a month is a lot. So it's like a really serious blow. Yeah. And this of course cannot but cause an additional crisis.

[00:03:07]>> Following the temporarily occupied Crimea, the fuel crisis has begun to reach the Russian capital. Gas stations in New Moscow are already introducing limits on gas sales no more than 60 liters per person.

[00:03:21]>> Well, like it or not, put up with it, my beauty.

[00:03:24]>> The gasoline crisis has also reached temporarily occupied Meltopyl.

[00:03:30]>> So, uh, I drove all the way around the Kiraov bypass. From Kiraov along the bypass, I went everywhere. There's no gas anywhere at any of the stations >> and also Luhansk.

[00:03:41]So, what's going on? There's no gas anywhere. Hello.

[00:03:47]Are we turning into Crimea? I don't get it.

[00:03:52]As soon as you leave Daetsk for Manhush, on the left and right at the T junction, there are two gas stations. There was gas there, but there was a technical break. I didn't want to wait, got annoyed, and left, thinking, well, I'll get 10 liters somewhere along the way.

[00:04:03]Nothing of the sort. I'm entering Berdansk. That distance is about 80 km.

[00:04:08]There was no gas anywhere. We passed about nine gas stations yesterday and there was well just no gas anywhere. And one man says, "I'll give you a canister.

[00:04:15]Here you go." So I gave him 3,000 at 150 rubles per liter. Thankked him.

[00:04:19]Everything's fine. I don't mind because there's no gas anywhere.

[00:04:23]>> And this is just the beginning. The situation in temporarily occupied Crimea is even worse.

[00:04:30]>> There is absolutely no gas available in Crimea. None at all. Not even a little bit.

[00:04:35]coupons already familiar to Russians have returned there again.

[00:04:40]>> How can you tell if there's gas in Crimea? It's when there's a long line of cars waiting at the gas station.

[00:04:47]>> But even if you have the coveted coupon, it's still no guarantee that you'll be able to fill up. Lines stretch for dozens of cars. Fuel runs out quickly.

[00:04:57]And at some stations, it's simply not in stock.

[00:05:01]>> We were about 10th or 12th in line. In the end, we're filling up. And guess what? Guess what? That's right. After us, the gas, damn it, runs out.

[00:05:10]>> By May 31st, new restrictions on fuel sales were introduced in Crimea. AI 95 gasoline at gas stations is dispensed exclusively by coupons, and sales of AI 92 are limited to no more than 20 L per car. Separately, a total ban on filling fuel into canisters has been introduced.

[00:05:30]Everyone here is filling up canisters like this so they can go to Crimea and not have to worry about gas once they're there.

[00:05:37]>> And it seems the shortage is only getting worse. After gasoline, the Kremlin banned the export of aviation kerosene. The new decision limits the export of jet fuel, including fuel that buyers purchase through exchange trading. The measure will be in effect until the end of November. Moscow explains this as a supposed stabilization of the domestic market, but in fact, it's an attempt to keep fuel inside the country where there's less and less of it every day.

[00:06:05]It's going to get worse because in my estimation that's exactly why I was skeptical about the March and April strikes you know because these main gasoline refineries the modern ones in central Russia like Vulgrad Nijn nogarod riyazan yaros level and so on they were mostly hit in May so these are the strikes from the last few weeks right so I think the situation there will get even worse and we'll find out in the coming period that is during June >> and May was well very productive According to the commander of the armed forces of Ukraine unmanned systems forces, Robert Madiar Bravdi, 18 oil facilities were hit in just one month within Russia and on temporarily occupied Ukrainian lands.

[00:06:49]>> To slaughter the golden oil antelope is the main goal of this disco because every barrel of black sludge is converted into shahed's calibers and iscanders and it flies and flies and flies.

[00:07:01]Under attack were Moscow, Saratov, Touabs, Vulgograd, Yaros Lavl, Novarosis, Cizan, Ryazan, Kirishi, Samara, Astraan, Orinberg and other key nodes of the Russian oil system.

[00:07:21][music] Some of these facilities have been shut down, some operated intermittently, and some have still not resumed full operations.

[00:07:34]>> These plants are not just stopping [music] for 2 weeks anymore. In fact, they have now been sitting idle for a whole month or perhaps even as long as a month and a half already. And when we look at the situation more closely, we can see that some of these facilities have actually been out of operation ever since the attack happened, quite significantly so. And at this point they are only able to produce well maybe just some rather crude or basic products.

[00:07:59]Nothing more advanced than that.

[00:08:02]>> Not only refineries were hit but also oil depots, pumping stations and chemical production facilities. In effect this is systemic pressure on the entire chain from refining to fuel logistics.

[00:08:14]The main question is no longer about the hype. The main question is where to get gasoline.

[00:08:21]All right.

[00:08:23]Hooray, >> my dears. May God bless you always.

[00:08:30]>> But don't celebrate too much as fuel delivery to temporarily occupied Crimea is more of a fluke because the land corridor is completely under the control of the armed forces of Ukraine. We are talking about the Novarosia highway which connects Rosto Fondon and Simfer.

[00:08:52]And the Ukrainian military certainly won't stop there. It's going to get much more painful from here. So Russians will have to get used to the idea that their so-called energy superpower risks switching from four wheels to horses and donkeys.

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[00:09:26]May 2026 was the first month in years when the growth of occupied territory for the Russians turned out to be negative. This is evidenced by deep state data. To better understand the situation, over the entire past month, the Russians occupied only 14 km of Ukrainian territory. I'm not mistaken, 14. This is the lowest figure since October 2023. At the same time, significantly more has been deoccupied.

[00:09:48]And of course, it's worth considering the price the invaders paid for these 14 km of Ukrainian land. In the past 24 hours alone, Russia has lost at least 1,440 occupiers killed and wounded.

[00:10:00]Thus, since the start of the full-scale invasion, it's already 1,366,910 occupiers. In addition, over the last 24 hours, Ukraine's defense forces destroyed three Russian tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 75 artillery systems, and dozens more units of other Russian military equipment. Zalinski has ordered an attempt to stop this war as quickly as possible. This was stated by the head of the president's office, former Jar Chief Kilo Budanov. According to him, Ukraine has enough capabilities to try to achieve an end to the hot phase of the war. There are now real signs that the prerequisites for a sessation of hostilities already exist, Budonov added. Does this mean that representatives of Ukraine and Russia will soon sit down at the negotiating table? Is Ukraine's position strong enough? Does the Kremlin realize that it's time to end their war? Answers to these and other questions are in the report.

[00:10:49]>> Vladimir Zalinski's administration sees a window of opportunity to start real negotiations with Russia to end the war.

[00:10:56]The president of Ukraine himself stated this in an interview with CBS News, commenting on Brigadier General Andre Bitki's statement that Ukraine has 6 months to strengthen its positions on the battlefield to start negotiations.

[00:11:08]Zalinski confirmed, "Under favorable circumstances, Putin will be forced to negotiate by winter.

[00:11:14]>> I believe that before winter comes, we need to find a diplomatic way to sit down at the negotiating table and start a conversation. But that depends on the pressure on Putin, on the pressure within Russian society. And I think that pressure is growing thanks to the sanctions. They should not be lifted but strengthened. This is the right diplomatic path. I hope that the United States will act in exactly this way.

[00:11:36]European countries have already adopted more than 20 packages of sanctions.

[00:11:40]>> Analysts note that in the Russia Ukraine war, the factor leading to real negotiations has finally emerged. A shift in the balance of power toward one side. The rules of the game dictate that uh diplomacy only succeeds if there's a decisive military advantage for one side directly on the battlefield. Without that advantage, no matter which third countries intervene, unless they apply forceful pressure, military support for one side or economic measures like blocking the straight of Hormuz to pressure Iran, nothing changes. If there is no decisive force factor, then any negotiations will inevitably lead to a dead end. Take the Armenia Azarbaian conflict. After the first war, it was stuck in a stalemate for 26 years. Even though three permanent members of the security council, the United States, France and Russia were supposedly involved. But as soon as one side won, Azarbjan won. You see, a peace treaty is suddenly nearing sign signing. Yes.

[00:12:31]Because the power balance shifted between Russia and Ukraine. That decisive factor is missing. So the front is stalled and everything shifts to other arenas. Information, ideology, and diplomacy. And all of those, as you can see, are still fundamentally based on the military situation.

[00:12:46]>> For nearly six months straight, the Russian army has consistently lost more troops on the battlefield than it can recruit. Yet, the Kremlin still hasn't committed to a full-scale mobilization.

[00:12:56]Terrorist strikes on apartment buildings while Ukrainians are sleeping. Oi is currently the only thing the dictator is relying on. But this hasn't forced KE to surrender. Instead, it's drawing condemnation from across the Atlantic.

[00:13:10]The massive strike on the Ukrainian capital was harshly, if not immediately, criticized by the United States deputy representative to the United Nations. He described Moscow's actions as sheer barbarism. Perhaps that's why Russia refrained from shelling Ukraine on May 30th and 31st.

[00:13:27]>> Antagonizing Trump with such strikes is well, it's just not worth the right uh worth the risk, right? I mean, the state of the Russian economy is constantly getting worse. If Trump gets angry, he'll start ramping up the sanctions pressure again. He has the resources to do it. It would simply be well like sawing off the branch you're sitting on.

[00:13:47]So essentially, they need to wrap this up. And theoretically, this wrapping up might look something like this. One ceasefire, then a second ceasefire, then a third. Not all at once, you know, like hitting the brakes, right? Where they were just fighting and fighting and then suddenly they stop and it's over >> in stages.

[00:14:04]>> Instead Yes. Exactly. Exactly. Not one giant leap, but many small steps. For Putin, that's actually quite typical.

[00:14:10]Despite his ongoing efforts to project a macho image, he's actually not a particularly decisive person. He uh tends to prefer to cross a chasm in several small careful jumps.

[00:14:22]>> Though there was no real ceasefire, despite what the Kremlin [music] reported to Washington, with a ballistic strike on a holiday important to Christians, Russians destroyed a logistics warehouse in the city of Denipro. The fact that the situation around the negotiations is picking up is also evidenced by the fact that the Ukrainian president's administration is expecting envoys in two weeks. Trump's special envoy Steven Witoff and Jared Kushner.

[00:14:46]>> I had some inside info. They were supposed to come right after Orbin's election. They thought he would win. So now we see that Orbin didn't get anything. They were supposed to come to put pressure on us. Look, Orbin won.

[00:14:56]There will be no money, so just surrender. But it didn't go according to that plan. We see that now it might go according to a different more [music] pro- Ukrainian plan. That's why these guys are now heading to Ukraine.

[00:15:07]>> Even greater success of middle strikes by the Ukrainian defense forces could become that very black swan for Putin, which will speed up the dictator's compliance. Meanwhile, [music] analysts note that it's necessary to wait and see what the negotiators will bring to Kiev.

[00:15:22]>> Well, in the meantime, Putin has deployed his loyal vessel, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Lucenko. He threatens Ukraine while simultaneously denying any threat from his own regime. What's behind the potato fur statements and what does Fatlana Tikanuskaya have to do with it? Details to follow.

[00:15:41]Amidst the growing threat from Bellarus, Ukraine is not only strengthening its defenses in the north, but also warning Lucenko against escalation.

[00:15:49]>> Honestly, to be honest, I'm already tired of this constant threat to Ukraine that the Russians might at some point drag Bellarus into expanding the war.

[00:15:58]They must understand there the consequences for them will be and they will be significant.

[00:16:04]>> Moreover, according to the commander of the AFU's unmanned systems forces, Robert Madar Brovdi, Ukraine has already identified 500 potential targets in Barus in case Lucenko takes the risk.

[00:16:15]And so Lucenko finally gathered his thoughts and responded to Ukraine. He couldn't come up with anything better than threats.

[00:16:21]>> They might have identified 500 targets.

[00:16:24]thanks to the fact that we have 500 targets for them. We have one target, a very serious one with exact coordinates and not far from Bellarus at all.

[00:16:34]>> But along with such benevolent hints, the potato furer assured that in reality, Bellarus poses no threat to Ukraine.

[00:16:41]>> It never will. Never. Our soldiers weren't there and won't be. He knows this too and the military knows it.

[00:16:48]>> We've heard something like that before.

[00:16:50]Can you repeat now that the Russians won't come to us from the territory of Barus?

[00:16:55]>> Absolutely never.

[00:16:57]>> Thank you.

[00:16:57]>> Especially with weapons.

[00:17:00]>> However, this is not the only thing that Lucenko repeated once again with such dedication and passion.

[00:17:05]>> In general, everything else that we heard, it echoes what Lucenko said even before 2022, before the full-scale war that there's supposedly no one to fight against Bellarus and against Russia.

[00:17:19]Yes, that we can supposedly drive in from there on tractors. Well, uh here he's talking about how supposedly uh the Ukrainian territorial defense and troops won't be able to uh won't resist.

[00:17:32]>> And here is that very statement about the territorial defense and collective farmers.

[00:17:36]>> We see who is standing at the border on that side. These are people caught on the streets, poor souls, Ukrainians and uh soldiers of the so-called territorial defense. yesterday's workers, machine operators, collective farmers, and so on.

[00:17:52]>> But it's important to clarify that Lucenko didn't just get worked up at the Kremlin's behest. The Bellarusian dictator was really stung by the meeting between the president of Ukraine and the leader of the Bellarusian opposition, Satlanuskaya.

[00:18:04]And it stung so much that he went from let Vladimir, excuse me, to the narrative about a drug addict.

[00:18:09]>> Well, and maybe something happened there. smoked something, injected something, and other things [music] happened, and he starts making this statement. I just feel sorry for him.

[00:18:19]That's why, as you noticed, I'm keeping quiet. God forbid anyone should end up in such a situation.

[00:18:25]>> Lucen Shenko didn't hold back words for Chikanuskaya herself, calling her a loser.

[00:18:30]>> For our little chick losers, they say he invited them and so on. I'm glad he invited them. And thanks to the Russians who noticed this, the TV people. I heard this program being broadcast on RTR. You know, it's actually good that they decided to take a closer look at what they call our so-called opposition. But honestly, this is not any real opposition at all. These are just bandits. Plain and simple.

[00:18:52]>> The reason for Lucen Shenko's tantrum is very simple. The Bellarusian opposition irritates him. And when other countries recognize it, the potato head loses his mind.

[00:19:01]>> He perceives any opposition, no matter only real ones, right? So whatever it may be as a threat to himself, the invitation to Ukraine itself as well as the establishment of high level contacts both work together to further increase and raise this level of political standing for an opposition figure. And that's exactly why Lucenko is openly freaking out and openly having a tantrum.

[00:19:26]So support from Ukraine is already a weighty argument to uh start worrying.

[00:19:31]>> One might ask why worry? Lucenko has everything under control in Bellarus and the master in the Kremlin won't let Lucenko be harmed. He might mistreat him himself, but he won't let others do it.

[00:19:41]>> Bellarus and Russia are not only the closest neighbors, but also reliable allies, truly strategic partners, and real friends.

[00:19:48]>> But it's all very simple. Even the mustachio cockroach understands that Putin and Russia aren't eternal and they'll come for him.

[00:19:55]>> It could turn out that the Bellarusian opposition, especially with the support of Ukraine, will become a major nightmare for him. big particularly when Russia eventually collapses.

[00:20:06]>> He of course understands that if Putin's regime falls, he's toast too. But he still harbors hopes for a bright future and the opposition, especially the supported one, is putting an end to Lucenko's plans for a carefree retirement.

[00:20:17]>> And they expect that there they will train militants from among Bellarusians, Ukrainians, Poles, and also Lithuanians, and they will move in and seize some regional center. Listen, God forbid a military attack is carried out on the territory of Belarus from any territory.

[00:20:33]>> Now, let's get back to the targets in Barus. It's unclear exactly what Madya put on the list, but there's a suggestion that among the targets are Bellarusian factories integrated into Russia's defense industry. According to Balpel, an association of former military and law enforcement officers opposing the Lucashenko regime, there are exactly 500 such factories in Belarus.

[00:20:52]And how could we forget the Orishnik?

[00:20:54]Lucashenko was so happy that a no analog system was brought to Bellarus that he didn't even think that locating the wunderwaffer wouldn't be that [music] difficult which is exactly what Bellarusian oppositionists from the community of railway workers of Bellarus movement did according to rail transport data approximately between December 20th and 29th a large military train arrived in the area of the Kreev 6 air base according to shipping documents the destination station was Kreev 1 of the Mogulv branch of the Bellarusian railway way and the departure was from the capustinya station of the vulga railway.

[00:21:30]>> So in trying once again to demonstrate loyalty to the Kremlin, Lucenko achieved the opposite effect. The deeper he drags Belarus into Russia's military adventure, the longer the list of targets becomes in case threats have to turn into actions.

[00:21:44]>> That's all for today. Thanks for watching. Strength to the Ukrainian defenders. Glory to Ukraine. Subscribe to the channel. Like, comment, share this video and see you next time.