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Nacho Montes de Oca stated that Ukraine launched a massive long-range drone attack against St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region overnight. According to his post, the impacts hit a oil terminal and the main data center of VKontakte, as well as causing fires in several districts. He added that regional authorities reported the downing of dozens of drones and that restrictions at Pulkovo Airport delayed or canceled at least 46 flights. Montes de Oca noted that the terminal had an annual capacity of about 12.5 million tons and was an important point for transporting fuels via the Baltic and supplying the Russian fleet that exported crude oil. Although, according to him, the damage only affected part of the facilities, he stated that the fire in tanks and pumping systems temporarily suspended 100% of loading operations. He estimated that repairs would reduce Russian logistical capacity to export diesel by 15% to 20% for several weeks. Regarding VKontakte, which according to Montes de Oca had over 95 million active monthly users, the author stated that the data center provided communication, video, and access to public platforms, and was also integrated into state systems for education, health, and e-government. He added that NetBlocks recorded a drop in platform traffic to 56% of its normal level, about 44% less. In his analysis, the attack added to previous ones against Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladímir, and could affect digital and state services. Montes de Oca indicated that the Ruchyi depot could store 114,000 cubic meters of fuel and supplied heavy and rail transport of the Leningrad Military District. He also stated that the Baltic ports supported Russian exports of crude and its derivatives. According to his post, Russia aimed to export between 3 and 3.5 million tons of diesel per month by the end of 2026, more than 10% of the global market, and damage to terminals and refineries would limit its income and export capacity. The author said that the offensive weakened the energy truce driven by Donald Trump and that Kiev had warned it would respond if Russia continued attacking Ukrainian infrastructure. He added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had confirmed that Starshield was not operating in Ukraine nor had it been enabled to guide Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, so, according to Montes de Oca, it was not used in the attack. #Ucrania #SanPetersburgo #GuerraUcrania (translated)

Jacopo Iacoboni wrote that, according to the logic he described, Ukraine could not strike Gazprom's gas pipelines because it would harm German consumers, nor Russian refineries because it would harm American ones. He added that Russia could instead destroy the Ukrainian energy network because, in his view, that would not harm anyone. #Ucraina #Energia #Gazprom (translated)

Free Ukraine wrote that drones that flew 2,400 kilometers on Friday struck a Gazprom facility in western Siberia. The facility converted natural gas condensate into, among other things, diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. According to Free Ukraine, it was designed to produce 12 million tonnes of fuels from locally sourced natural gas, and production would now need to be halted. #drönare #Sibirien #energi (translated)

If Trump truly wants to revive hope for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, it would be more advantageous for him, according to The Wall Street Journal, to support the swap deal that was proposed last week in Ukraine by Republican lawmakers Roger Wicker (from Mississippi) and Kevin Cramer (from North Dakota). #VálkaNaUkrajině #Gazprom #Starlink (translated)

Ukrainians attacked a gas processing plant in Surgut, owned by Gazprom, causing a fire, while Ukrainian President Zelensky announced the end of the ceasefire and the resumption of attacks on Russian refineries in exchange for missiles for the American Patriot system and the expansion of the Starlink satellite network. #VálkaNaUkrajině #Gazprom #Starlink (translated)

Hit! The UFOs have hit the Surgut condensate processing plant in the Khanty-Mansi region, about 2,400 km from the Ukrainian border. The "Gazprom" company processes gas condensate and produces motor and aviation fuel. The capacity is 12 million tons of raw material per year. (translated)

Marco Setaccioli criticized Marco Travaglio for claiming that resuming purchases of Russian gas would be more advantageous for Europe than for Moscow. According to Setaccioli, sales data contradicted this thesis: since the beginning of the war, European consumption of Russian gas would have fallen from 150 billion cubic meters per year in 2021 to 18 in 2025. Of the 132 billion lost, he wrote, China would only have bought 28 more; moreover, Xi would not have wanted to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Setaccioli added that Gazprom had laid off hundreds of people and recorded losses for the first time in many years. On the topic of prices, Setaccioli stated that, before Donald Trump's move related to Iran, gas cost 32 euros per MWh, despite Russian supplies being at a minimum. He compared that price to the peak of 180 euros per MWh reached in December 2021, before the start of the war in Ukraine, when the pipelines were still intact and Russian supplies continued. According to Setaccioli, Moscow had reduced reserves and supplies to raise cash ahead of the invasion and to pressure Europe, dissuading it from supporting Kyiv. He attributed European diversification to the choice of not following the positions of Travaglio and Alessandro Di Battista, who, he wrote, had sought to stop the TAP, the pipeline that brings gas from Azerbaijan, evoking environmental damage that Puglia, according to him, was still awaiting. Finally, Setaccioli reported that the day before, the parliamentary group of the vannacciani had presented a resolution to resume purchases of Russian gas. He speculated that the proposal had come following new indications from Moscow. #gasrusso #Gazprom #energia (translated)

Experts indicate that negotiations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin regarding oil supplies may involve significantly more serious interests, such as the future of Lukoil and access to potash from Belarus, which could affect U.S. policy towards Ukraine. #Trump #Putin #gazprom (translated)

Marco Setaccioli accused Travaglio of focusing on Gazprom and wrote that the Fatto had welcomed the decision attributed to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to rebuild the Nord Stream pipelines, described as "destroyed by Kiev." He called the director's comment manipulative, arguing that it presented the conflict as a proxy war, used derogatory tones towards European leaders, criticized the sanctions, and attributed the manipulation of Ukrainians to Washington and London, without naming Russia as the aggressor. Setaccioli also accused Travaglio of echoing Trump's narrative that the energy price hikes depended on Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, rather than the war against Iran, and of blaming and harassing those who died under the bombings. #politica #media #guerra (translated)

The author of the post described the TTF as the reference for gas in Europe and wrote that gas was arriving by ship from the United States, Norway, Qatar, and also Russia, after the boycott of Russian gas from Gazprom transported via pipeline. He stated that TTF methane cost 80 euros and that Russian gas was cheaper, as Vladimir Putin would often repeat. https://t.co/hYT71azZlh #gasmetano #Europa #energia #US #NO #QA #RU (translated)