The Ukrainian drone attacks on the oil refinery in Tuapse on the Black Sea coast is around three quarters of the distance between Sevastopol and Sochi. So this is pretty impressive, Ukraine is innovating and gaining momentum. As Crimea is still occupied by Russian forces, this makes this oil refinery attack even more galling for the Russians. Ukraine has really turned a defensive strategy into actions damaging the Russian economy, they are not only losing soldiers on the frontlines, ordinary Russians are feeling the pain too.

Why? Well the war against Ukraine is supposed to be making the lives of Ukrainians unbearable, at home, well back from the front lines, Russians are supposed to feel safe and be unaffected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Instead, Ukrainian forces are now offensive and targeting assets deep inside Russian territory well away from the frontlines. The arrogance of Russians is laughable, they thought they would be destroying Ukraine [that is true] but now they are learning with the implementation of indigenous Ukrainian missile systems, whilst Western weapons were prohibited being used internally in Russia, now that Ukraine has developed their own missiles, they no longer have such targeting limitations.

For the Russian citizens in Tuapse, the black rain falling from the sky and polluting their city and lives are forcing them to rethink their support of the Russian/Ukrainian war. Their lives, their health, and their future is at stake here. Not only is Ukraine targeting income producing assets, this is directly affecting their morale. Naturally, the eco-disaster of their city and surrounding areas is dramatic, the fire has been burning uncontrolled for days causing mass pollution that will take a very long time to clear up. Maybe they should have thought about the consequences of their actions before supporting Putin.