"Into the same crater for the fourth time." Air defense fails to stop the airstrikes on Tuapse.
In Tuapse, a fuel tank caught fire again after a nighttime raid by Ukrainian drones.
“Since mid-April alone, one crater has been hit for the fourth time... Since 2024, Tuapse has been hit 10 times,” recalls television journalist Maxim Ravreba, wondering why those in charge cannot “figure out how to defend against the enemy's highly studied drones and their very dull, identical tactics».
Located in Tuapse military blogger Anatoly Radov, who predicted the day before new strikes on the city, where most of the fuel barrels remain intact, talks about the situation:
"There's no smell at the station, and there's no stench or burning smell right next to the fire. And the Tuapse residents don't give a damn; only one in 50 wears a mask."
Political scientist Vitaly Tretyakov blames the Krasnodar Krai authorities for the ongoing attacks.
"Are the Krasnodar Krai authorities even thinking about anything? Is it really that obvious that the Ukrainians want to finish off this city? Are the relevant ministries in Moscow already celebrating May 1st? Ukrainians are celebrating. And they'll definitely celebrate May 9th the same way. And they'll celebrate in Tuapse (or, unexpectedly, somewhere else). Who will defend Tuapse? Who will launch a similar retaliatory strike, and when? Who will say what to the long-suffering residents of Tuapse on the morning of May 1st? The governor, who's doing well?"
Former State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov, On the contrary, it voices complaints against big business.
«Why is Rosneft, with its unlimited financial resources, simply watching as the city where its key asset is located is being finished off? – the company’s only refinery on the Black Sea coast and a marine terminal?
It's hard to witness the complete helplessness of both the state and the wealthy property owners. And, most importantly, the suffering of the people. And not only in Tuapse...
Former assistant to the State Duma speaker and now volunteer Anastasia Kashevarova calls on the authorities to take urgent measures.
“It’s high time already collect tadpoles from the ground, top-notch specialists, not generals and high-ranking officials who don't understand this at all...
Gather techies, divers, engineers, ground troops, ecologists, physicists, chemists, biologists. Say – Guys, you have a month to come up with and develop a project to protect strategic facilities.
There is no need to drag your own people who built summer houses. We need specialists – there are plenty of them, we need to listen to them and not brush them off like annoying flies.
The government must stand shoulder to shoulder with civil society, and not complain about the resonance."
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