RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: DAY 7 OF THE 40-DAY CAMPAIGN: HOURS-LONG LINES AT RUSSIAN PUMPS AS DRONE STRIKES CRIPPLE ENERGOMASH! 📞🔥🇷🇺 Official reports are now confirming the scale of last night’s operations. Ukrainian drones have struck deep into Russian territory, and the consequences are no longer confined to the front lines—they are actively paralyzing daily life inside Russia. Here is the latest intelligence breakdown on the overnight strategic strikes: 💥 Energomash Plant Engulfed in Flames: Social media and Russian Telegram channels are flooded with footage showing massive blazes and smoke plumes rising from the Energomash facility in Belgorod (approx. 70 km from the border). T

DAY 7 OF THE 40-DAY CAMPAIGN: HOURS-LONG LINES AT RUSSIAN PUMPS AS DRONE STRIKES CRIPPLE ENERGOMASH! 📞🔥🇷🇺

Official reports are now confirming the scale of last night’s operations. Ukrainian drones have struck deep into Russian territory, and the consequences are no longer confined to the front lines—they are actively paralyzing daily life inside Russia.

Here is the latest intelligence breakdown on the overnight strategic strikes:

💥 Energomash Plant Engulfed in Flames: Social media and Russian Telegram channels are flooded with footage showing massive blazes and smoke plumes rising from the Energomash facility in Belgorod (approx. 70 km from the border). This factory is a critical pillar of Russia’s energy supply chain, manufacturing specialized equipment for power grids and the oil and gas sectors.

⚡ 13 Energy Hubs Liquidated in 48 Hours: Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) confirmed they successfully targeted 12 electrical substations and a gas distribution hub in occupied territories during a highly coordinated 48-hour window between July 1–2, aimed at isolating Crimea and severing military logistics.

My take – Chaos at the Russian Pumps:This has evolved past standard battlefield attrition into a structural macroeconomic crisis for Moscow. Ukraine’s relentless drone campaign against oil infrastructure has triggered a severe domestic fuel shortage. A vast majority of Russian regions have now been forced to implement strict fuel rationing, with ordinary Russians taking to social media to report hours-long lines just to fill up their tanks.
While the Kremlin attempts to manufacture panic with rumors of mass mobilizations, Ukraine is systematically dismantling Russia’s economic engine from within. The clock is ticking, the gas stations are running dry, and the true cost of this invasion is finally hitting home for the Russian public! ⏳🦅 fuel

SOURCE: The Kyiv Independent (Reporting on the Belgorod strike and the expanding Russian fuel crisis, July 3, 2026).

— @jalle51 Jul 3, 2026