Oil depot in Sochi catches fire three days after Ukraine’s attack – Russian military destroyed communication tower ahead of Ukraine’s attack on refinery

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An oil depot in Sochi, Russia has caught fire, three days after Ukraine’s drone attack. There is no information on why it started burning, but it is burning and that is good. Read more here.

A Russian soldier is said to have defected and become pro-Ukrainian, according to Atesh, the partisans who assist Ukraine. I contacted them after they burned cables in a communication tower in the city of Perm, about 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine. The tower was used for military data transmission, which made coordination difficult. After the sabotage, Ukraine attacked LUKOIL’s refinery. Unfortunately, the damage was not very extensive as operations were only shut down for a few days. The attack took place on August 21. Read more here.

Ideally, one would like to read about new attacks on Russia every day, but today you will have to settle for some more information about previous attacks. 🤷‍♂️

Russian losses

High losses in almost every category. Tanks are as usual low, but otherwise the AFU had a good yield over the past day.

  • 1540 KWIA
  • 1 Tank
  • 6 AFVs
  • 51 Artillery systems
  • 7 MLRS
  • 4 Air defense systems
  • 1473 UAVS
  • 9 UGVs
  • 591 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
  • 3 Special equipment

Ukrainian General Staff morning report

Operational information as of 08:00 on September 7, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to Ukraine!
The 1657th day of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 237 combat engagements were recorded.
Yesterday, the enemy conducted 87 airstrikes, during which 313 guided aerial bombs were dropped. Additionally, the attackers used 8,812 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,646 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions.

In the Sumy region, the communities of Korenok, Pysarivka, Ulanove, Prohres, Khotin, Ivolzhanske, Tovstodubove, and Yastrubshchyna were subjected to hostile artillery fire. Additionally, the areas around Yampil, Pysarivka, and Vakalivshchyna were targeted by airstrikes.

In the last 24 hours, the defense forces’ aviation, missile units, and artillery struck an area with a concentration of enemy personnel and an artillery system.

On the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors, our defenders repelled a hostile assault attempt towards Velykyi Prykil during the past day.

On the southern Slobozhansky sector, Ukrainian units repelled 10 enemy attacks. The attackers attempted to advance in the areas around Izbytske and Starytsia as well as towards Ustynivka and Khatnie.

On the Kupyansk sector, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas around Hlushkivka, Kurylivka, and Kivsharivka, as well as towards Novoplatonivka.

Attempts to break into our defense were repelled on the Lyman sector, where the occupiers carried out seven attacks in the areas around Dibrova, Stavky, and Lyman, as well as towards Novoserhiivka and Novoselivka.

On the Sloviansk sector, the enemy conducted five assault attempts in the areas around Ozerne and Kryva Luka, as well as towards Rai-Oleksandrivka.

On the Kramatorsk sector, the occupiers attacked once towards the community of Fedorivka.

On the Kostiantynivka sector, 12 attacks were recorded. The attackers conducted assault operations in the area around Kostiantynivka as well as towards Novoselivka and Toretske.

The highest number of assault attempts was recorded on the Pokrovsk sector, where our defenders stopped 43 attacks. The enemy was active in the areas around Bilytske, Serhiivka, Udachne, and Molodetske and also conducted assaults towards Toretsk, Sofiivka, Vilne, Dorozhnie, Novyi Donbas, Matiashéve, Shevchenko, Chernihivka, Dobropillia, Myrne, Vasylivka, Novoserhiivka, and Novopavlivka.

On the Oleksandrivka sector, the attackers carried out an attack towards the community of Rybne.

On the Huljajpole sector, the occupiers attacked seven times. The enemy tried to advance towards Vozdvyzhivka, Kosivtseve, Verkhnia Tersa, and Tsvitkove.

On the Orikhiv sector, the enemy conducted no assault operations during the past day.

On the Prydniprovsk sector, the enemy conducted no assault operations during the past day.

On the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs have been detected that the enemy is forming offensive force groupings.

In total, the Russian attackers’ losses over the past day amounted to 1,540 personnel. Additionally, one tank, six armored fighting vehicles, 51 artillery systems, seven rocket artillery systems, four air defense systems, nine ground-based missile systems, 1,473 unmanned aerial vehicles, 591 vehicles, and three units of special equipment were neutralized.

Join the defense forces! Together we will prevail! Glory to Ukraine!

SLAVA UKRAINI

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74 thoughts on “Oil depot in Sochi catches fire three days after Ukraine’s attack – Russian military destroyed communication tower ahead of Ukraine’s attack on refinery”

  1. Pehr

    Good morning
    Ukrainian children are sent to camps in North Korea

    The Russian devils have sent kidnapped Ukrainian children to summer camps in North Korea. This is shown by EU documents that RFE/RL has accessed, reports Omni.
    The camp is included among the new EU sanctions against the Russian devils that are to be approved next week.
    According to the Russian devils, the camp is seen as “a cultural exchange,” while the documents show that it is about propaganda.
    The camp has previously been sanctioned by the United Kingdom for contributing to the Russian devils’ kidnapping of Ukrainian children.

    https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-abducted-ukrainian-children-north-korea/33847096.html

  2. Pehr

    More from Omni. New documents obtained by Politico provide the clearest evidence so far of a Chinese state-owned company exporting to a sanctioned military-technical company of the Russian devils.
    Internal shipping and customs documents show how the Chinese Jilin Chemical Fiber Group concealed the export of 46 tons of carbon fiber to a subsidiary of the Russian Rosatom earlier this year. The subsidiary in question manufactures components for the Russian devils’ so-called kamikaze drones.
    Russian sources have leaked the documents to the Ukrainian think tank Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, which in turn has shared them with the governments of the USA and the UK.
    The evidence in the documents is sufficient for the USA to impose sanctions, according to David Albright of the American think tank Institute for Science and International Security.”
    https://www.politico.eu/article/china-state-firm-supplies-russia-materials-kamikaze-drones/

  3. johan No.1

    RU has retreated NÖ of Lyman.

    The area is cleared, probably the losses have been absorbed in last week’s high bloody death toll.

    The maps will probably be updated soon.

    Good good.

    1. maggan

      The AI colleague is starting to learn. The strike drones seem to have gone on strike and been replaced by strike drones. Swenglish for sure but better.

  7. MXT

    Off-Topic

    “Donald Trump has overnight posted a picture of a uniform for the US Space Force that was quickly criticized on social media.

    In Trump’s picture, it says that the uniforms were inspired by the movie “Starship Troopers.” The film mocks fascism and war propaganda, and the characters’ uniforms are clearly inspired by Nazi Germany’s. The creator and director Paul Verhoeven has said that it is a film about fascists who do not realize they are fascists.

    The film’s satire does not always come across and is sometimes interpreted literally, especially in far-right circles.

    “The thing is, I don’t know which would be worse: if they understood (the film) or not,” writes The Dispatch’s editor Jonah Goldberg on X.”

  8. MXT

    One can hope that the USA will care and impose sanctions against China. What do you think, are they willing to do something?

    “New documents obtained by Politico provide the clearest evidence so far of a state-owned Chinese company exporting to a sanctioned military technology company in Russia.

    Internal shipping and customs documents show how Chinese Jilin Chemical Fiber Group concealed the export of 46 tons of carbon fiber to a subsidiary of Russian Rosatom earlier this year. The subsidiary in question manufactures components for Russia’s so-called kamikaze drones.

    Russian sources leaked the documents to the Ukrainian think tank Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, which in turn shared them with the US and UK governments.

    The evidence in the documents is sufficient for the US to be able to impose sanctions, according to David Albright of the American think tank Institute for Science and International Security.”
    https://omni.se/statligt-kinabolag-hjalper-ryssland-bygga-dronare/a/Bxenxg

    1. MXT

      Interesting! Good, the more people who develop solutions against ballistic missiles the better.

      Then I would have preferred it to go to Ukraine, Greece is probably not exposed at the moment.
      On the other hand, the delivery may not take place for many years.

  11. Pehr

    Off topic China
    “China’s defense apparatus is accelerating the development of humanoid robots for military use and plans to be able to deploy them in future wars, reports Reuters.
    This is shown by over 100 Chinese procurement documents, research studies, patents, government documents, and materials from defense companies that the news agency has reviewed.
    The vision is that the robots will be used in urban warfare, for example to move through a building held by the enemy together with soldiers and secure it room by room. They can also be used for reconnaissance, patrolling, and other dangerous missions where one wants to avoid exposing soldiers to risk.
    Reuters has not found any evidence that China currently has armed humanoid robots deployed in an operational military unit.”
    https://omni.se/a/pBxmow

    1. MXT

      Sooner or later it will probably be robots. Boston Dynamics is probably on a similar track even though they don’t seem to want to market it as such. 

      We have both Skynet and Terminators to look forward to! 😱😂

  20. MXT

    ** Ukraine Turns Russian Stronghold Into a Trap, Retakes Rybine Near Huliaipole

    Ukrainian forces have retaken the village of Rybine near Huliaipole after a months-long operation that first severed Russian supply routes before troops moved in to clear the settlement, Ukraine’s 1st Separate Assault Regiment reported on September 7.

    Russian forces captured Rybine on January 20 and subsequently turned the village into an important defensive position in the Huliaipole sector. **
    https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-turns-russian-stronghold-into-a-trap-retakes-rybine-near-huliaipole-22314

  24. Lasse W

    A general reflection on Witkoff-Kushner. It is better to do something than to do nothing. You don’t know what results your efforts will have. But you stir the pot. Throw a stick into the water so that rings form. There is some kind of impact, but maybe not as expected. Yes, it’s a bit of Zen philosophy.

    1. CB500four

      It is certainly good to have a communication channel.

      But.. For these negotiators, and their boss, this is a business negotiation, and they take the perpetrator’s side. What is right and wrong does not matter to them. What matters to them is how they can make as much money as possible. 

      The negotiators should start from the premise that justice should be served, and it is rarely as clear who is the perpetrator and who is the victim as in this case.

  25. johan No.1

    Checked in on the neighbor blog and it was incredibly tidy today despite an election poll – no fights, no pro-SD, all for C or the opposition.

    In the usual UA threads, the grump got confused because all his posts were paused before being manually approved, then all were approved at once so it looked a bit funny.

    A good way to filter out the comments you don’t like before they are published in the threads, then you don’t risk dissenting opinions 👍👍

    Also saw that the Liberals changed their name to the Brown-Dusted People’s Party – also a good name. I think it referred to the Palestinian-descended party leader with dark hair?

    Voted early today, me and some dinosaurs on walkers, totally professional, all parties were there and everything on a computer with a code that was crossed off on paper.

    Friendly and nice election workers and it took about five seconds, the smoothest I’ve experienced.

    Sunday will be exciting, this year’s election L must be over 4% so that was easy. 

    Really like that you can go and vote all week, very good for democracy.

    Guess S will be the biggest party and get the first attempt to form a government, and that it could be a minority government if Tidö Alliance doesn’t get 50%?

    At least it’s close between the blocs, last election it was probably one seat?

    1. SneakyPete

      The phrase “Brunnedkletade upprepades säkerligen flersiffrigt antal gånger” translates to:

      “Brunnedkletade was certainly repeated a double-digit number of times”

    2. fedtmule

      Yes, you……The universal genius and autocrat on the other blog seem to have the same emotional maturity as a 14-year-old and about the same view on freedom of speech as another autocrat wannabe with an ugly red tie and spray-on tan.

    3. Jan W

      Cannot help but (even though one should) reproduce the following telling comments:
      ” The one who shouts the loudest, however, neither has the right nor the greatest support, but just shouts the loudest and poops everywhere like seagulls.”

  26. johan No.1

    Kushner basically said “well, Putin also has to get something” in the meeting with Zelensky, and Churchill had to bite the bullet.

    So we have not come any further than that from the US.

    The plan on the table is that UA must retreat from Donetsk and Luhansk and RU promises not to move westward in the demilitarized zone.

    A pure high treason by the clowns then, a last attempt to rig things in Putin’s favor.

    1. maggan

      Johan, I promise not to break into your place and take all the ranch dip and your Mariestad.

      The only thing you need to do is transfer all your putin-coins to me, do we have a deal?

      *May contain traces of American diplomacy

    3. CB500four

      Just as expected with these “dealers”

      Of course the rapist must get some compensation from the victim for having been kicked in the balls. Damn idiots!

      The USA is preparing to throw Ukraine even further under the bus. That’s why they are trying to convince the mob that it is Ukraine’s fault that Americans have to pay more at the pump.

      Trump and his gang are preparing to buy cheap Russian oil and to seize some of Ukraine’s natural resources as a thank you from Putin.

    1. Lasse W

      Yes, the Liberals are making a strong push in the last week in Stockholm with new posters in more expensive closed advertising cabinets with the message Better to vote right than red.

  28. johan No.1

    Better news than the neighbor blog being cleaned up is that Putin will pretend to want peace until the midterms in the USA.

    Then he misses his chance for the Baltics, so double the chance he gets torpedoed by his friends.

    Extremely good for Europe.

    1. Lasse W

      The neighbor blog is so tidy. Yes, uptight. Political opinions cannot be expressed clearly and must be disguised. The blogger there has tamed their readers.

      1. fedtmule

        The word is “desperately constipated,” it seems like the universal genius and the blog’s unchallenged autocrat hasn’t managed to empty their bowels for at least a week or two.

  29. Lasse W

    Now it looks like L will probably pass the threshold with a number of support votes from an M that is dissatisfied with the party’s enthusiasm for climate, feminism, and Pride.

    1. maggan

      Although M rose at the same time as L. Rather KD and SD that are losing. At the same time, opinion polls are a kind of religion. They probably show a trend but absolutely not the result.

      Fun if it becomes a match. In my (right-wing) eyes, it’s nice if we avoid communists and tree huggers in the government. If that happens, it will be amusing to see how the left side will put the puzzle together.

    2. MXT

      Turned sharply against them. Maybe they realized that it would be difficult to keep power without them even if they might not contribute that much if about half are support votes.

    3. Pehr

      ”The Liberals are approaching the parliamentary threshold, according to a new survey from DN/Ipsos. The party receives 3.5 percent of voter support. The increase largely consists of former L voters who have returned from the Moderates.
      The opposition remains clearly in the lead, even though the Social Democrats continue to decline to 27.1 percent in the survey. The red-green bloc gathers 52.7 percent and the Tidö parties 44.9.
      – If this were to be an election result, it would be the Social Democrats’ worst since universal suffrage was introduced, says Nicklas Källebring, opinion analyst at Ipsos, to DN.
      Other parties in the left bloc are increasing, and C, V, and MP each stand between 8 and 9 percent.
      Both M and SD lose support, M to 17.4 percent and SD to 17.7 percent.
      In the Novus survey earlier today, the Liberals received 4.3 percent support, according to GP.”
      https://omni.se/a/WvX2nL

  30. MXT

    “Finland has completed the construction of a 200-kilometer-long fence along the Russian border, reports Swedish Yle. On Monday, it was inaugurated by Interior Minister Mari Rantanen at the border station in Nuijamaa.– This is not just a symbolic construction, it is a practical and necessary part of the Finnish border security system. Moreover, it is a concrete investment in the security of Finland and Europe, she says. The fence covers around 15 percent of the 1,300-kilometer-long border with Russia. The largest part of it is located in the southeast. The rest of the border runs through wilderness areas where Finnish authorities consider it unlikely that large numbers of people would cross, for example in influence operations where Russia sends migrants to the border.”

    https://omni.se/a/16ezlX

  31. MXT

    Off-Topic

    Here we are probably behind you when it comes to corruption at least.

    8-10% of GDP.🤯

    “A new authority has been created in Hungary to locate and recover money that is believed to have been embezzled during the tenure of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, reports TT. The new government with Prime Minister Peter Magyar estimates that values between eight and ten percent of the country’s GDP have disappeared due to corruption in recent years.”

    https://omni.se/a/y5JpdR

      1. fedtmule

        Yes, nowadays some sub-Saharan states are significantly less corrupt than the mafia-controlled gas station country Putinistan.

        The Russian scum are now Europe’s Africans.

  32. Pehr

    Hops and Dumle
    “Outwardly, all three parties speak positively about the American negotiators’ visit to Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend, and today both the Kremlin and the US have opened up to new tripartite talks.
    But Vladimir Putin is as determined as before to escalate the war against Ukraine, according to American and Ukrainian sources cited by Kyiv Independent.
    Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff came to Moscow with a new peace proposal and a ‘genuine willingness’ to find ways forward, according to the sources. Among other things, they proposed a pause in airstrikes, either against energy facilities or altogether, but were refused.
    – Putin still wants to crush us this winter and does not agree to anything, says a Ukrainian source.
    Kushner and Witkoff’s onward journey to Kyiv is also said to have angered the Russians. The Ukrainians had arranged a flight, but in the end it was a train to the capital due to Russian airstrikes near the airport.”
    https://omni.se/a/wrkLeM

  34. 205

    The cognitive dissonance of someone who portrays all Tidö parties as pro-Kremlin, a vote for Putin, breaks records:

    ”LARS WILDERANG 2026-09-07 18:38 – 18:38:07

     

    Yes, Pål Jonson has prioritized his role as a representative for Sweden, which one is as a minister, over being a representative for the party, and his role to build up Swedish defense without becoming political. One could wish that all ministers were like that. Therefore, I think he should be allowed to continue as minister regardless of the election outcome.”

    What the author ignores is that Pål Jonson pursues a policy that is anchored partly in his own party (M) as well as in the cross-party cooperation on defense issues (where SD is included).

    Hallucinating AI?

     

     

     

    1. En Vanlig Persson

      It is, to put it mildly, an unrealistic wish.
      At the same time, I have even seen people from the left express similar sentiments about Pål Jonson. He is liked by almost all of us who do not support Russian genocides (which is very many, but apparently not everyone, bizarrely enough).

    2. MXT

      That’s not how I interpret him. It’s probably SD he considers to be the Putinists, but that a vote for the right-wing bloc will give them influence?

  36. MXT

    Good morning!

    1410 KWIA

    1 AFV

    30 Artillery systems

    1 MLRS

    3 Air defense systems

    1592 UAVs

    5 UGVs

    452 Vehicles and Fuel tanks

    Slava Ukraini

     

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