The Russian strike campaign against Odessa and surrounding infrastructure has been sending the Ukrainian commentariat into a panic. Major Ukrainian supply chain distributors have been admitting that Russian attacks have wiped out their warehouses as stores begin to empty—a clear repercussion of Zelensky’s campaign against Russia’s Wildberries:
A Ukrainian analytical center reports that Russia’s attacks on the ports have caused Ukraine’s iron output to decline by up to 35%, and that 2026 is the most difficult year since the start of the war:
At first glance, the shutdown of the sea corridor in July 2026 can be perceived as a repetition of the already experienced scenario. It’s not a big deal. In the end, the Ukrainian steel industry has already withstood the complete blockade of sea exports in 2022-and survived. But this comparison is incorrect. According to a combination of factors, 2026 is a more difficult year for the industry than the first, most acute year of a full-scale war. It’s not the fact that the sea is closed, but what has changed around it.
There continue to be various rumors that Russia intends to put a final finishing blow on Kiev, if not all of Ukraine. Ukrainian experts believe on top of power plants, this winter Russia plans to strike various water and waste facilities to shut Kiev down.
Allegedly, this has already begun to some extent, according to Ukrainian Pravda:
“The Russians have once again struck the Bortnychi Aeration Station with ballistic missiles. This is yet another strike over the past year, demonstrating a systematic campaign against a single target. The Bortnychi Aeration Station is the only wastewater treatment facility serving Kyiv and the surrounding cities, towns and settlements in the oblast.”
Details: The facility has a design capacity of approximately 1.8 million cubic metres per day, and its actual workload ranges from 600,000 to 900,000 cubic metres per day. There is no backup system.
Many other rumors are growing.
Several Russian channels claim Surovikin is being welcomed back to lead a major ‘deathblow’ campaign against Ukraine:
Everything is completely speculative, so don’t hold your breath. But the point is to get a sense of the shifting tone of the war.
Ukrainian channels have passed rumor that Russia may even begin completely splitting Kiev into two parts by eliminating its bridges:
Now MSM channels have been shrieking that North Korean ballistic missile units will be deploying to Russia to assist in the new campaign of destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure by firing their own North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles:
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