“The United States and NATO — keep on saying that they are not at war with Russia. This is not a brave face in a bad situation, and they understand it perfectly well,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Russia on fire: Synagogue, Moscow missile research institute, missile test center “Kapustin Yar”, Voronezh ammunition depot, oil refineries, and oil depots were set ablaze.

The deepest strike of Ukraine was on Orsk, which is 1,800 kilometers away from the frontline. Russia proves incapable of preventing these drone strikes.

Chris Snow
10 min readJul 14, 2024

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Russia pays a steep price for the collective drive of its politics towards imperial expansion

Ukrainian strikes have already reduced Russian oil refining by nearly 17 percent. A high-ranking NATO official said, that this is having a substantial effect on Russia’s energy exports. Hermen Gref, the director of Sberbank warns that the Russian economy is overheating and the production capacity in Russia is “on the brink of collapse.” An increase of these attacks on Russian oil infrastructure has the potential to bring the Russian war economy to a screeching halt.

Sadly, the vast majority of the Russian population follows Putin into an abyss.

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Chris Snow

30+ year old History Professor and educator. MA in Business Ethics and Modern European History. History has much to teach, but it doesn't find enough students.