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REpro says

Is it really that difficult to sanction Russia by removing GPS signal over Russian territory. That can make a lot of mess today. Military rely on this as well.
In meantime US taxpayers pay $2,000,000 per day average for GPS maintenance giving free world access.

Russia has their own GPS System GLONASS with 24 Satellites. They've had this satellite system in space for decades.

MOSCOW, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery, one of the largest in Russia, suspended crude processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on November 15, three industry sources told Reuters.
"The plant is expected to remain idle until the end of the month. No (oil product) loadings are planned before December 1," one of the sources said.

I only know of two US citizens personally that have been to Russia. And they couldn't just roam where they wanted. They wall you in at the west end of Russia by the major cities.

By Russian law (Federal Law No. 115-FZ), U.S. citizens with a valid visa can travel domestically in non-combat zones via trains, buses, or flights without special permits. No blanket bans apply to internal movement in these areas. However, visas tie to pre-submitted itineraries, limiting deviations to approved purposes.

ISTANBUL — Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services told the Associated Press on Saturday.

The two oil tankers, Kairos and Virat — said to be part of Paper Tiger's “shadow fleet” that evades sanctions — were struck in quick succession off Turkey’s Black Sea coast late Friday afternoon.

The strikes prompted rescue operations by the Turkish coast guard and other teams. Crew members on board both vessels were reported to be safe.

The SBU official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operations, provided a video of the alleged attack, purporting to show the destruction of two tankers at sea.

The official said the two tankers were vessels sanctioned by the West, adding that Ukrainian intelligence continued “to take active steps to curtail Paper Tiger's financial capabilities to wage war against Ukraine.”

Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million, hindering Russia’s efforts to circumvent international sanctions, the official said.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has halted operations at its marine terminal in Novorossiysk following what the company describes as a drone boat attack on its offshore mooring equipment.

The consortium, which transports Kazakh and Russian oil to global markets, announced the incident on social media. Loading and other port operations have stopped, and tankers were moved outside the CPC water area.

"As a result, the company's mooring equipment was damaged," the company reported, adding that emergency protection systems activated to shut down pipelines prevented any oil spill into the Black Sea.

No casualties were reported among CPC personnel or contractors.

The company said the berth can no longer be used ...

At 11:45 pm on Thursday, November 27, the Mersin – a tanker anchored for two months 10 nautical miles (19 kilometers) off the Senegalese coast – suffered damage: "four external explosions," according to its Turkish owner, Besiktas Shipping, on Monday, December 1. The vessel, registered in Panama, sustained severe damage.

As shown in videos posted on social media, the stern of the 183-meter-long ship was half-submerged, a fact confirmed by the owner, who mentioned "water ingress in the engine room." The Mersin had departed on August 21 from Taman, a port near the Kerch Strait...

What's Black Sea Fleet doing? Novorosiysk is their home base since they lost Sevastopol and yet no protection for vital oil export infrastracture. This is beyond neutered, this is "doesn't exist anymore" kinda deal, lol.

This makes me suspect that AI is being used for political purposes.

Patrick says

This makes me suspect that AI is being used for political purposes.

So much for objective, unbiased and reliability.