The crippled Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz, which was ripped open by naval drones in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta, had earlier been reported as sunk. But that assessment was premature.
It seems the Metagaz is adrift near the Italian island of Lampedusa like an out-of-control gas bomb.
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🛳️ Russian LNG tanker "Arctic Metagaz" is drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after an alleged attack by a Ukrainian naval drone.
The vessel has serious damage above the waterline. Italy does not want the tanker to enter its ports, calling it a "time bomb filled with gas".
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Russian shadow fleet gas tanker Arctic Metagaz is drifting in the Mediterranean near the Italian island of Lampedusa after explosions on March 3, Italy’s RAI reports. The vessel carries about 60,000 tons of liquefied gas and around 900 tons of diesel fuel. #Russia
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Ukraine has once again hit the Russian refinery at Afipsky.
Ukraine has also struck a target in the Black Sea port of Novorossisyk. Reports indicate the target might be a tanker.
The Russian port at Temryuk, which is across the Kerch Strait from Crimea, was attacked.
In terms of cargo turnover, Port Kavkaz ranks fifth in the Russian Federation and second in the Black Sea-Azov basin after Novorossiysk. The oil depot at Port Kavkaz plays an important role in supplying fuel to occupied territories, including Crimea and parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
Two ships used to ferry Russian military logistic in the Kerch Strait have been attacked.
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Ukrainian military intelligence struck two vessels used by Russian military overnight, the railway ferry “Slavyanin” and “Avangard.”
Both vessels were key elements of the Kerch ferry crossing used by Russia for military logistics, including transporting weapons, equipment, and ammunition.
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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 7:24 AM
It isn’t clear to me whether this is a new attack on Maykop or an update.
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✈️💥 An attack has been reported at the Khanskaya Airfield in Maykop.
According to local residents, a fire has broken out at the airfield, with thick black smoke visible in the sky.
It has also been reported that military aircraft may have been at the airfield at the time of the attack.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
It was an unlucky Friday the 13th for Russia.
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Ukrainian SBS operators bagged four rare Merlin aircraft, a Buk-M1 and a Nebo radar on Friday the 13th. From March 1-13, SBS birds have downed 21 Russian air defense elements. Army-level Merlin-VR recon planes were also taken out near Hulyaipole.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
One drone takes out a truckload of Russians. I think the word ‘trench’ is a typo for truck.
Bavovna
Is there any system in Russia that Ukrainian hackers haven’t penetrated?
Good thing this VW isn’t a convertible.
There were deaths from Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv.
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Kyiv was heavily attacked and four people are dead in the region with around 20 injured.
There are power outages and another passenger train has been hit in Kharkiv region.
Here's the "map" approximating Russia's attack this morning.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Another place in Kyiv region badly hit is the town of Ukrainka, on the banks of the Dnieper, south of the capital.
Photos show a school damaged as well as many apartments. In this [Obukhiv] district 2 schools and a kindergarten were hit.
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Another 810 Russians who should have stayed home. It is notable that Ukraine has been taking out 2,000-plus drones a day lately.
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⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — MAR 14, 2026 (1/2)
■ Record 7-day equipment and drone losses; 5th-highest daily drone losses; 10 APVs
■ Casualties well above average; no confirmed territorial change
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📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/oJkzYTJz39o
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— Ragnar Bjartur Gudmundsson 🇺🇦 (@ragnarbjartur.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Iran decided they haven’t attacked enough other countries yet.
The war with Iran is lifting Ukraine’s image among nations in the Persian Gulf.
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Recent developments show a significant change in Arab nations' perceptions of Ukraine, as they seek its military support against Iran. Ukraine's emergence as a key technological power amid ongoing conflict is attracting investment, raising its status internationally, while Russia faces problems.
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— The Analyst (@militaryanalyst.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
We have seen a remarkable shift in the behavior of several very wealthy powers towards a country they barely even noticed until 2022, except perhaps as a supplier of grain to keep their hungry people quiescent. It was not to the US or any of the usual western suspects the Saudis, Qataris and Emiratis turned to help defend them. It was Ukraine. Out of nowhere, faced with a security situation they had not previously fully taken account of – despite many warnings that the Saudis have had over the years from the Houthis attacking their oil fields. Ukraine was asked to supply interceptor drones and trained operators – people it needs for its own defence, to help these nations defend their air space.
Now it is true that Zelensky could have turned around and use that very argument and said no, he was well within his rights to do so. But he did not. And why didn’t he? because he knows that this is an opportunity to be grasped with both hands. Firstly it elevates Ukraine’s status in the eyes of nations that have had little time for it or its concerns. They recognize not just its potential now as a rising technological and military power – probably the most advance technological combat effective army on the planet, but as a potential European major power equal to Germany, France or the UK.
The Arab nations have seen with their own eyes they can no longer rely on the expensive showy American and European ‘exquisite’ systems they spent billions on. Much of what they bought was of little value against Iran in the first place and they’ve not used hardly any of it. It was about prestige and appearances. It turned out what was really needed was totally different. That they were all blind to this despite the Iranians being a pilot nation of the cheap drone concept, seems almost unbelievable. Again there were warnings over the years.
Now Ukraine is the way forward. Saudi Arabia is willing to throw in hundreds of millions of dollars, so are the UAE and Qatar, to get the latest defences from the latest drones Iran sends at them.
This is the Russian version of The Leopards Eating Peoples’ Faces Party — we didn’t think they would eat our faces.
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1/ Russian journalist and analyst Yuri Baranchik asks plaintively: "why have they started terrorising the people?" He joins the dots between various recent actions by the Russian government, including the blocking of Telegram, and warns of a "1917 [or] 1989" scenario. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
2/ Baranchik's lament is the latest in a growing trend of Russian commentators suddenly becoming aware that the repressive power of the state is being turned on 'loyal Russians', rather than just against the despised liberals or anti-war protesters.
A Russian Shahed drone entered Moldovan airspace.
I guess this means he isn’t going to say thank you.
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Trump said NATO pays when Ukraine buys US weapons and that America does not need Ukrainian help against drones.
Zelensky’s answer: “Rhetoric is rhetoric. The main thing is that we know what we are doing.” He still thanked the US for enabling HIMARS and Patriot purchases.
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— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) March 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Russia is heading into full totalitarian mode as it tries to control the information space.
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Moscow got a full digital detox. Mobile internet is down citywide, only "white-listed" services work, local channels say. One institute suggested navigating by the North Star. Over 2 million downloaded Yandex offline maps this week, offline searches up 30%.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Russia: With mobile internet blocked in many parts of Moscow for a week now, Russians are imagining their dystopian totalitarian future with Max, an FSB phone app that is increasingly becoming mandatory for regular life, like paying utilities and attending school/college.
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— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is Zelenskyy giving the regime in Iran the middle finger.
Are wigs and beards the new Russian defense against drones?
