In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

A piece by Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff at the National Security Coluncil under Trump 45, in American Greatness : In recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly struck oil refineries in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moscow’s main refinery in Kapotnya was hit twice in a single week in mid-June, sparking massive fires that sent thick plumes of black smoke billowing over the capital and disrupting fuel supplies and airport operations. . . . These attacks are much more than symbolic. They are precision strikes that target the economic engine funding Putin’s war machine. At the same time, Russian forces have suffered catastrophic losses—estimates now exceed 1.3 million casualties (killed, wounded, and missing), with Ukrainian General Staff figures approaching 1.4 million as of late June 2026 and independent Western assessments confirming well over a million. . . . Russia’s spring–summer offensive has stalled. In April 2026, Russian forces recorded a net loss of territory ...