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After Ukraine strikes refineries, Putin admits to 'a certain shortage' of fuel

The anger of Russians searching for gas at stations is beginning to emerge on social media. The Russian leader has admitted for the first time the impact of the deep-strike operations carried out by Kyiv, while downplaying them.

Putin Humiliated as Russians Rage Over Growing Crisis

Alexander Kazakov / via REUTERSAnger is growing in Russia over lengthy lines at gas stations nationwide, with Vladimir Putin forced to acknowledge a fuel crisis in a rare public admission of weakness.More than four years into the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s relentless attacks on Putin’s oil refineries are being felt across the country. Russia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, has struggled to produce enough fuel to meet domestic demand. Meanwhile, wholesale fuel prices have risen, and rationing has been introduced in several regions.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Putin wants Trump to believe that Russia is winning the war in Ukraine

PUTIN: WAR ‘PROGRESSING ACCORDING TO PLAN’: In a series of elaborately choreographed events over the past few days, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to change the narrative that Russia is reeling from Ukraine’s sustained deep drone strikes against Russian refineries and energy infrastructure and supply routes into occupied Crimea. In a staged video released by []

The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Scott Horton: How Evil Is the American Empire?

Putin says Russia is in a “challenging period,” but the more revealing question is what comes next when a war stops feeling like a crisis and starts running on autopilot. We unpack why Russia can look simultaneously steady and stuck: not prone to emotional swings, yet still locked into a slow, costly grind where drone []