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Ash rain has begun falling in Tuapse after the port fire and the UAV attack, local residents report. 🌫️

People say dark greasy stains and an oily film are being left on cars, clothing, and even skin.

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The oil spill in Tuapse does not threaten the tourist season in Kuban, said Fyodor Gerashchenko, head of the regional executive committee of the People’s Front in Krasnodar Krai.

Meanwhile, the videos show ash falling from the sky. The fire is now being fought for the third day. 🔥

At the same time, RiskSat is publishing maps showing the spread of petroleum products off Tuapse and opposite Vityazevo. 🗺️

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Pavel Durov says a summons was delivered to his former apartment in St. Petersburg in which he is described as a “suspect.”

“They must suspect me of defending Articles 29 and 23 of the Russian Constitution, which guarantee freedom of speech and the right to private correspondence. Proud to be guilty!” 😏

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A revealing detail: the war with Iran has reportedly drained US missile stockpiles, CNN says. ⚠️

Current inventories are still sufficient to continue military operations against Iran. But they would not be enough for a full-scale war.

▪️ According to Pentagon estimates, the United States has used roughly 45% of its precision-strike missiles, 50% of THAAD interceptors, and nearly 50% of Patriot air-defense missiles.

▪️ Other systems, including Tomahawk missiles and long-range strike weapons, are also down by 20–30%.

Replenishing those stocks will take three to five years, leading analysts to speak of a temporary “window of vulnerability.”

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🇷🇺🇪🇺 The EU is backing away from sanctions on the transport of Russian oil, the European Commission says.

▪️ The European Commission is proposing a 20th sanctions package against Russia that would exclude a full ban on transporting Russian oil and on providing related services, including insurance.

▪️ A ban on Russian oil shipments had been a central element of the 20th package, which the Commission had pledged to adopt back in February. The package was blocked by Hungary and Slovakia.

▪️ European tanker operators are currently suffering heavy losses as a result of vessels being blocked in the Strait of Hormuz. 🛢️

Kristall Rosta had previously cited the Russian president’s statement that the global economy is impossible to imagine without Russian oil, and also noted the view expressed by Germany’s Focus that “anti-Russian sanctions” are simply another term for the West’s helplessness.

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Billionaires around the world are rapidly building underground fortresses designed to survive nuclear war, complete with fully autonomous systems — from generators and wells to years’ worth of food supplies and medical equipment. 🛡️

Some of these complexes are already striking in scale: underground halls spanning thousands of square meters, linked by tunnels, equipped with radiation-proof air filtration systems and the ability to seal themselves off completely from the surface. New Zealand, thanks to its geographic remoteness and political stability, has become the main outpost of this trend — in effect, a private refuge-state accessible only by personal invitation from a narrow circle of elites.

By 2018, at least seven Silicon Valley billionaires had reportedly bought property there specifically for such projects. The company Vivos installed a bunker on the South Island with capacity for 300 people, while Rising S has delivered around ten private luxury shelters there in recent years. Peter Thiel owns a 477-acre site near Wānaka; in a 2016 interview with The New Yorker, Sam Altman said the two had an agreement to fly there together by private jet in the event of a global crisis. Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, has invested more than $270 million in a 1,400-acre compound on Kauai, Hawaii, where a roughly 465-square-meter underground bunker is concealed beneath the property, complete with автономous power, food and water reserves, tunnels, and a blast-resistant door. 🌍

These structures are not merely basements. They are outfitted for long-term habitation: everything from indoor farms to gyms and even shooting ranges. The trend is no longer limited to American tech magnates — similar projects are emerging among European and Asian billionaires as well, though the exact figures remain hidden behind NDAs and offshore structures. According to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, roughly half of the ultra-wealthy already have some form of this apocalypse insurance.

What lies behind it is not simple paranoia, but the logic of military analysts. The elite investing heavily in frontier technologies clearly sees growing risks of escalating global conflict — from cyberattacks and resource wars to direct nuclear confrontation. Publicly, they speak the language of progress. Privately, they are voting with their money for personal survival in isolation. ⚠️

That creates a profound political divide: billionaires are building a parallel reality for themselves, leaving societies on the surface to deal with the consequences of the instability that their own innovations may help accelerate. New Zealand as a symbol is no accident — its neutrality and distance from the world’s flashpoints make it an ideal Plan B. But that strategy only underscores how fragile the current global order really is.

If those at the top are preparing for the worst, then the question is no longer whether they know something the rest of us do not. The real question is how much their actions are helping bring that very scenario closer for everyone else.

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