Russian academician Robert Nigmatulin warns that the domestic fuel crisis is about to get much worse: “We must understand that the worst-case scenario might not even be the worst yet.” With refinery upgrades paralyzed by sanctions and ongoing drone strikes, Russia is running out of options. 🇷🇺📉 #Russia #FuelCrisis #Sanctions #Geopolitics
— @jalle51 Jul 16, 2026
Day: July 16, 2026
Former Ukrainian Minister of Defence Fedorov:
We need to replace Syrsky and the Chief of the General Staff.
Syrskyi is not willing to openly discuss all the problems. He is willing to attend meetings, engage in intrigue, and believe that someone has launched a campaign against him in the media.
Zelenskyy has never let me down as a member of the team in the past seven years.
However, when 90% of the people who have problems after our work at the Ministry of Defense come to him, it is difficult for him to analyze everything and make a decision.
— @Osint613 Jul 16, 2026
BREAKING: Russia’s Defence Ministry has said its forces shot down nearly 800 Ukrainian drones in one day and shelled Ukrainian drone storage sites.
🔴 More on Aljazeera.com
— @AJENews Jul 16, 2026
🇷🇺🇺🇦 NEW: Russia obliterates Ukrainian ports & military plants.
Russian forces launched another wave of precision strikes overnight, hitting military-industrial targets in Kiev and port infrastructure.
— @jacksonhinkle Jul 16, 2026
🇺🇦🇷🇺 UKRAINE IS CRIPPLING RUSSIA’S OIL INDUSTRY
According to Bloomberg, Ukrainian long-range strikes have pushed Russia’s oil refining volumes to their lowest level since 2005.
Over the past 100 days, Ukraine 🇺🇦 reportedly damaged 24 of Russia’s 🇷🇺 34 major refineries and struck fuel-production facilities at least 50 times.
Since the beginning of July, Russia’s average crude processing has fallen to 3.91 million barrels per day, more than 1.4 million below last year’s average.
Ukraine’s General Staff says strikes since August 2025 have inflicted approximately $13.5 billion in losses and disabled 42.74% of Russia’s total refining capacity.
Oil revenue is the financial lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.
Every damaged refinery means less military fuel, lower export revenue and fewer resources available to finance the invasion.
Ukraine is turning long-range strike capability into one of the most strategically consequential campaigns of the war.
— @WW3finalboss Jul 16, 2026
– Kyrylo Budanov 🇺🇦
“The Russian army’s potential for advancing is completely depleted.
Russia cannot achieve victory in this war. It has exhausted a significant part of its military potential, and every month the cost of continuing the aggression becomes higher for the Kremlin.
Russia will need about 10 years to recover in terms of military capabilities.”
— @DakdaR22 Jul 16, 2026
Protests in Ukraine’s cities against Zelensky’s removal of defence minister bbc.in/4fF9GwM
— @BBCWorld Jul 16, 2026
🇺🇦👀 Fedorov is currently giving a media briefing amid protests in Ukraine against his resignation
“In the president’s team, I am the person who appreciated him the most among those he has. And I have never let him down in anything, and I have never let you down,” he said.
— @UkrReview Jul 16, 2026
Auterion and Ukrainian drone maker SkyFall will supply 50,000 tactical UAS to Ukraine under a German-funded contract. The package combines Shrike FPV attack drones with Auterion’s Skynode S AI software for terminal guidance in GPS- and signal-denied environments. #Ukraine #FPV
— @Drone_Wars_ Jul 16, 2026
Donald Trump’s former defence secretary warned that the US will not win its war against Iran through aerial bombardment and must ‘strangle’ the Islamic republic’s economy to force open the Strait of Hormuz ft.trib.al/ILwY0c7
— @FT Jul 16, 2026