Russia Hits Kyiv While Ukraine Burns Its Refineries

Russia launched a major overnight attack on Ukraine with 570 drones and missiles, including 24 ballistic missiles, exposing Ukraine's weakest air-defense category as only four ballistic missiles were intercepted while Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and other regions suffered civilian casualties and extensive damage to residential buildings, hotels, businesses, farms, and civilian infrastructure. The video then contrasts that with Ukraine's own overnight strike wave into Russia, including a hit on the fourth-largest Russian oil refinery, damage to a major AVT-6 processing unit, reports of a lost Russian Ka-52 helicopter, fires at oil infrastructure, new power restrictions across occupied Crimea after substation strikes, and evidence that Ukraine may now be launching more drones than Russia. Chapters 00:00 Trading blows and seeing the whole picture 00:32 Russia's massive overnight strike on Ukraine 00:54 Ballistic missiles remain Ukraine's weak spot 01:47 Kyiv hit from multiple directions 02:31 Civilians shelter in metro stations as Kyiv burns 03:45 Reporters describe deliberate civilian targeting 05:36 Civilian businesses, homes, farms, and stores hit 06:02 Zelensky says air defense is the critical priority 07:45 Ukraine strikes back at Russia's refinery system 08:03 350 Ukrainian drones reported into Russia 08:20 Russia's fourth-largest refinery burns again 09:49 Ka-52 loss reports and refinery fire footage 10:48 Crimea faces new power restrictions after strikes 11:30 Russian bloggers complain Ukraine has the drone advantage 13:12 How long would Russia need to take Donbas? 13:40 Battlefield update and Russian losses 15:10 Drones hit targets every 52 seconds 15:44 Russian convicts desert near Belgorod 16:10 Canada Day and supporter shout-out 16:47 Viewer question on overnight drones vs battlefield UAV losses 18:41 Request for Russian “going according to plan” footage 19:21 Will Russia ever abandon civilian strike strategy? 19:49 Refineries versus apartment blocks #Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv #DroneWar #AirDefense #RussiaUkraineWar #Crimea #OilRefinery #Putin #Geopolitics ***** To support me as as I provide Ukraine war context: ***** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorGerdesExplains Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/professorgerdes Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/professorgerdes YouTube Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/membership 🇺🇸 Contact the White House to express your support for Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ *****IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO UKRAINE: ***** 🇺🇦 I have partnered with Greg Terry for all donations to Ukraine. He has raised and delivered more than a quarter of a million dollars of aid to date. To directly support this effort of delivering necessary provisions to the front lines, click on these links (and then watch him give your donations to soldiers on the front lines on his channel): https://www.youtube.com/@GregTerryExperience Amazon Shopping List USA/North America (Shop and send to UKRAINE AID c/o Bethel Life's Gift Registry Address) https://a.co/iodWsUK Amazon Shopping List for EU/UK https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/... Direct Link for Financial Giving via our 501(c)(3) Tax-Deductible in the USA https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html Link for Greg's 501(c)(3) EIN Information https://www.gregterry.org/donate.html 🇺🇸 Alternatively, you may choose to donate to Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/ukraine-response/?utm_source=FY22UkraineResponseVanityURL&utm_medium=direct&utm_campaign=m_YUKR-22L3&utm_content=Ukraine-Response-Redirect%20%20 🇺🇦 If you wish to support the Ukrainian Army, give directly to United 24. Follow this link: https://u24.gov.ua/ ***BUY SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE *** 🇺🇦 If you purchase from Saint Javelin with my link below, a cut of the proceeds will go directly to humanitarian aid for soldiers (bandages, tourniquets, etc.). I don't get the revenue. It goes to buy medical supplies from UnitewithUkraine.com. Use this link: https://www.saintjavelin.com/en-us?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Gerdes 🇺🇸 This is the absolute CHEAPEST THING YOU CAN DO to support Ukraine (This is NOT MY SITE) https://amzn.to/4aPtwQr - Just support the war effort somehow. 🇺🇦 I wrote a book about Ukraine's president Zelenskyy which I have updated for the first 4-5 months of the war in Ukraine: It is free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited or $9.99 otherwise: https://amzn.to/3Q2wnyE 🇺🇦 If you cannot give or buy, you can like, share, and pray for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇸 Please leave comments and tell me how I can help you gain more perspective. You can contact me @Dr_Gerdes on Twitter or email [email protected] #UKRAINE #UKRAINERUSSIAWAR #UKRAINEWAR