TSN on strikes in Russia Fuel crisis and SBU plan

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TSN's June 26 report says Ukrainian forces launched a large overnight drone attack on Russia, causing fires at Novomoskovsk's Azot chemical plant and local power plant. It attributes a 47-UAV Moscow-region raid report to Mayor Sobyanin and describes falling debris and emergency responses in residential areas. It then shows unidentified speakers describing closed pumps and long fuel queues, and says drivers in Moscow, Siberia, Transbaikalia and Krasnokamensk sleep in cars and book places a day ahead; one speaker predicts fighting and theft over gasoline. The presenter reports Zelenskyy's approval of a 40-day SBU operation intended to induce Russia to end the war, calling it '40 Days of Retribution' in the introduction, praises Alpha's reported personnel and heavy-equipment strike results and portrays refinery and depot attacks as weakening Russia's war effort. These are reported aims and assessments, rather than proof that the newly announced operation has already achieved them. Citing a fresh ISW assessment, TSN calls the fuel crisis Russia's worst in twenty years, says shortages affect more than eighty regions and threaten the economy, and shows another long-queue video. It describes Putin's June 23 response after the Moscow refinery attacks of June 16 and 18, alleges severe refinery damage and a Russian air-defense missile hitting a fuel tank, and contrasts his reported assurance about the front with its own claim of military fuel pressure. Putin's aired excerpt alleges attempts to disrupt energy supplies and the tourist season. TSN separately cites Bloomberg for a three-percent weekly gasoline price rise, reports gasoline output fifteen percent below the prior year and nine percent lower over the last month, and names Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kalmykia, Chukotka and Nenets Autonomous Okrug as the five regions spared shortages. It says fuel costs raise logistics and production expenses, inflation approached six percent in June, and the pressure threatens further interest-rate cuts that it says were pursued under government pressure to finance military industry; it attributes a need to reconsider plans to Nabiullina and predicts a Kremlin–central-bank clash. Finally, the presenter describes pro-war bloggers criticizing air-defense failures and Moscow's vulnerability, demanding Defense Ministry and military-industrial reforms while acknowledging those changes are unlikely. It explicitly says they seek more effective war, rather than peace, and alleges official propaganda calls for criminal cases against eyewitnesses who publish strike footage. Damage, economic causality, forecasts and descriptions of motives remain the broadcaster's or its cited sources' claims; no completed reform, prosecution or peace outcome is established.

TSN's June 26 report describes growing criticism of Russia's military leadership and air defenses among pro-war bloggers after repeated Ukrainian strikes. It says they judge defenses by targets reached, fear that Moscow's vulnerability leaves other regions exposed and demand Defense Ministry and military-industrial reforms while acknowledging those changes are unlikely. The presenter explicitly distinguishes these demands for more effective warfare from anti-war sentiment. It also alleges propaganda calls for criminal proceedings against eyewitnesses who publish strike footage. The broadcast does not identify particular posts, establish their exact dates, or report enacted reforms, a new law or completed prosecutions.