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UKRAINE WAR DEGRADING RUSSIA'S FACTORIES PPR GLOBAL: Russia Panic! Ukraine Hit Russia's Biggest Weapon Power Facility with Most Powerful Strike PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naTc2yMjLkU
Russia Panic! Ukraine Hit Russia's Biggest Weapon Power Facility with Most Powerful Strike PPR GLOBAL Jul 6, 2025 764K subscribers #ukrainewar #ukrainewarupdate #military #ukrainewar #ukrainewarupdate #military #militarydevelopments #militarystrategy A single night. One strike. PJSC Energia, the heart of Russia’s drone and missile battery production, was obliterated by Ukrainian drones in Lipetsk. This factory powered everything: • Iskander and Kinzhal missiles • Lancet and Orlan drones • UMPK-guided FAB bombs • Krasukha-4 electronic warfare systems But not anymore. In this video, we break down: • How Ukraine’s UJ-26 drones evaded Russian air defenses • Why the destruction of thermal battery lines at Energia is a strategic earthquake • How this strike will reduce Russia’s missile output, drone ops, and EW jamming • What the six-month production shutdown means for the front lines and beyond • Why this attack exposes the rot in Putin’s symbolic, unsustainable war economy From the Lipetsk-2 airport to the Kremlin’s illusions of invincibility, this is not just a factory fire—it’s the unraveling of a war machine. How this content was made Auto-dubbed Audio tracks for some languages were automatically generated. Learn more Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess Transcript 0:04 These are indeed extraordinary images of panic around a Russian arms plant. You can hear in fact uh the gunfire of what is likely to be security personnel shooting up what they think are drones. [Music] The battery heart that keeps Russia's missile and drone army alive was destroyed in a single night. If PJSC Eneria in Leetsk is gone, how will all the ammunition from Iscander to Lancet be fired? We're breaking down the ripple effects of this strategic blow from the front lines to the economy. Share your thoughts in the comments and don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications. In the first week of July 2025, Ukraine carried out a strategic operation that extended far beyond the front lines of the war. Throughout the 1:00 night, the Leetsk region, particularly the critical defense infrastructure near the city of Yellet, became the target of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. The target was not an ordinary industrial complex. It was PJS Energia, one of Russia's most critical centers, supplying power to its missile and drone systems. Lipetsk Governor Igor Artov was the first official to report the fire at a facility in Yellet. The governor tried to brush off the incident, saying a fire broke out in a parking lot following a drone crash, but eyewitnesses in the area, social media posts, and leaked footage clearly showed the extent of the attack. Local news channels provided strong evidence that the targeted site was PJSC Aneria near the Leetsk 2 airport. The scale and duration of the fire at the facility far exceeded that of a routine accident. Five UJ26 Kundus 3 platforms closed in on a 12,00 km 2:00 range and headed toward the Leetsk 2 military airport. Since the S400 batteries had their long range capabilities directed toward Moscow, local tour M2 teams delayed firing, mistaking the drones for low-flying mini helicopters. Three drones directly targeted the lithium thallium production lines in the fourth workshop, with one destroying the thermal battery press room and another targeting the generator building. Video footage showed collapsed roofs, blackened walls, and columns of smoke rising into the sky. This fire not only halted the facto's production chain, but also disrupted the regional infrastructure. Tambof airport was temporarily closed and phone services in Yellets were disrupted. Why Eneria? PJSC Eneria is one of the largest militarygrade power source manufacturers not only in Russia but across the entire Eurasian region. The facility produces a wide range of products from thermal 3:01 batteries to lithium ion batteries, guided munition systems and UAV platforms. Among these products are thermal batteries for Iscander M, Caliber, Kinjel and KH35U missiles. Special battery systems for Shahed Orlon 10 and Lancet type unmanned aerial vehicles. Energy modules for UMPK kits that convert FAB bombs into guided munitions. Compact energy blocks for electronic warfare systems and radar units. Energy's customer portfolio is not limited to the Ministry of Defense. Roscosmos, the FSB, and Gasprom's special security departments also source supplies from this facility. The complex, where nearly 4,000 employees work around the clock, had significantly expanded its capacity by 2024 to meet the increasing demand for weapons. According to a statement from Ukraine's 4:00 disinformation response center, the attack brought the facility's operations to a standstill. According to Ukrainian military sources, severe damage was caused to internal workshops, production lines, and stockpiled battery components. Analyst Andrew Yarmmach drew attention to the strategic impact of the attack, saying there are only three facilities capable of production on this scale. When one is taken out of service, dozens of different programs are immediately offline. The facilities in Yakaburg and Kasn Noyarsk receive mixed raw materials but ship them to Energia for final packaging. The batteries produced at the facility are not merely mechanical components. They are the energy sources that form the nervous system of modern combat vehicles. Systems like UMPK kits become inoperable without these batteries. Similarly, thermal blocks used in Iscander M missiles must release intense energy within milliseconds during launch. Each 5:02 of these special blocks is designed specifically for missile architecture and cannot be easily replaced. Russian drones like Za, Lancet and Orlan operate using batteries resistant to high vibrations and cold temperatures. Energy plays a critical role in the production of these specialized systems. Additionally, portable energy solutions for mobile radar and electronic warfare systems deployed in the field are also produced here. In short, the shutdown of this facility means cutting off the energy lifeline of not just a specific system but multiple fronts. A Ukrainian official said in a statement, 'These attacks are shaping not only today, but the next 6 months. Every successful strike weakens Russia's critical warfare capabilities. It is clear that Ukraine is now targeting not only artillery positions and ammunition depots but also production, distribution and sustainability infrastructure. This 6:02 shows that the war has spread far beyond the front lines to industrial arteries. Each attack determines the future supply dynamics of the front with the damage to Energia, delays in the delivery of UMPK kits, a decrease in the frequency of drone missions, a reduction in missile stockpiles, and a decline in the field performance of radar systems are expected. The high temperature resistant thermal batteries required for post-launch stable guidance control of the Iscander McKinjal missile systems were directly produced by Energia. Thermal batteries reach temperatures exceeding 200° sacks in just 0.3 seconds before launch, activating the engine control systems and inertial guidance units. Pre-elivery tests for each missile batch were conducted at Leipetsk Energia's engineering site. Following the attack, daily production capacity dropped from 12 missiles to zero. This 7:00 translates to at least a 45day delay. Even with spare stocks factored in, this disruption could create an irreparable gap in Russia's missile inventory. Energy was the central hub for the production of the UMP kit, which enables the conversion of unguided FAB bombs into precisiong guided munitions. The UMPK's power module, known as the logic battery, is vital for wing deployment. GPS INS activation and guidance controls. The power systems for the UMPK kits, which are integrated into 70% of all FAB series bombs, were manufactured at this facility. As the repair process drags on, the loss in shipments amounts to approximately 500 kits per month. This is a blow to the Russian Air Force's ability to convert lowcost but highly effective munitions. The batteries produced by Energia were among the rare systems that made Russia's 8:01 large UAV fleet sustainable. Graphite Kevlar layered strips are used in cell groups that are resistant to cold, vibration, and high acceleration. This technology allowed drones operating at low temperatures to remain active for critical periods of time. Under normal conditions, 40 to 60 Orland reconnaissance and 2030 Lancet attack UAVs were sent to the front line every day. The battery shortage means a drop of nearly 30% at this rate. This translates to intelligence gaps, targeting delays, and a significant decline in offensive effectiveness on the front lines. The continuity of advanced electronic warfare systems like KUCA 4 also depends on energy of produced batteries. These systems consume 18 kilob of peak energy during active operation and require two lithium titanet module replacements every 4 9:00 hours on average. If battery supply decreases, the cycle time of EW stations is reduced by a third. This weakens radar jamming protection against precisiong guided munitions like HIMAR. Reducing the EW cycle increases the success rate of Western systems. For example, HIMAR's missile defense could have a 9% vulnerability. The closest facility that could be brought online to compensate for Energia's production is the Saturn plant in Yakotarenburg. While Saturn has the capacity to process 45 tons of battery raw materials per month, it does not have the lithium thallium pressing line which is a key component of the energy systems targeted in the attack. The current equipment is not sufficient to produce energy as high current density short cycle military cells. Saturn, which focuses on civilian segment production, specializes only in low voltage conventional cell modules. 10:01 This situation reveals that the backup line that would take over the production tasks of the disabled factory cannot technically serve as a functional substitute and cannot guarantee the continuity of the production chain. The process of repairing the physical damage at Energia and regaining production capacity is subject to serious technical and supply constraints. The minimum repair time is 6 months in the best case scenario, but this only applies to structural repairs. The vacuum drying cabinet damaged at the plant is a special pressure chamber at the heart of the production process made from a single piece of imported steel. Due to sanctions, Russia is unable to source such parts directly from the West. The China Central Asia Russia chain which is used as an alternative route indicates a delivery time of at least 12 weeks including customs clearance and document manipulation. There is a risk of damage to sensitive equipment during the 11:01 transport of parts and any damage means further delays. During transportation there is a risk of damage to sensitive equipment and any damage means further delays. This situation highlights the fact that the duration of the repairs is determined more by geopolitical obstacles than technical factors. The material cost of this highly sensitive attack carried out by Ukrainian drones can be summarized in three points. The value of destroyed workshops, production lines, and battery stocks amounts to approximately 180 million USD. The suspension of daily battery supply capacity when calculated based on the total impact on missile UAV, UMPK and EW systems results in approximately 1.9 billion USD in production losses over 6 months. This translates to a significant contraction in the domestic market, equivalent to approximately 12:00 185 billion rubles. Indirect items such as supply chain compensation, temporary labor transfers, and energy transmission lines along with repair costs have not yet been fully calculated. But these items are expected to increase the financial impact by another 10 15%. So does Russia have the strength to withstand this situation? Data from Russia's Federal Statistics Service show that real disposable income in the country has remained stagnant for more than a decade. However, these figures never feature prominently in Kremlin rhetoric. This is because the Russian economy has been fueled by symbolic performance rather than rational governance for some time now. It is like a man sitting on a throne made of sand. He has built his throne by the sea, gathered the people around him, and sits on it amid everyone's applause. As the tide approaches, the water reaches his knees. But no one dares mention the waves. This is the stage of the Economic 13:02 Theater directed by Vladimir Putin. In his speech at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2025, Putin declared that Russia must not enter a recession under any circumstances. the country seemed to be exempt from economic gravity. He claimed that interest rates would fall, military spending would begin to decrease next year, and the economy would diversify. But behind these words lies not a development strategy, but a system of denial. These statements are not reforms, but rituals. A regime that has tied itself to a war economy cannot transition to a peace economy without facing reality. This is because the system is no longer based on material resources but on symbolic consistency. Real economic health is measured not only by growth rates but also by the people's expectations for the future, their planning capacity and their willingness to make sacrifices today for 14:02 the sake of stability. Putin's proposed remedy, however, is born not of logic but of desire. Cut spending without giving up the war. lower interest rates without creating inflation and increase foreign exchange reserves while under sanctions. This attitude has turned into an economic or abororos. In other words, a system that tries to survive by eating its own tail. The regime is gnawing away at its own narrative in order to survive for another quarter. The essence of this narrative is based on the denial of economic realities. Russia is currently consuming not only its material resources but also its collective psychological reserves. The inflation warned about by Carl Young is not only monetary but also egotistical. When a nation refuses to integrate its failures, these failures do not just grow, they metastasize. Within the Kremlin's media order, deviation from reality is no longer propaganda, but 15:00 doctrine. And doctrine is quickly imposed as destiny. Thus, anyone who speaks the truth is declared a traitor and silenced. Today's stagnation in the Russian economy is not just a growth crisis. It is a psychological threshold. Such moments require a nation to confront its unconscious. Because it is not in times of abundance, but in times of uncertainty and destruction that the character of a nation is revealed. And this character can only mature in a society that is able to accept the truth and make sense of trauma. But the picture presented by Putin is the exact opposite. There is an archetype of a false king on stage, a figure clinging to declarations of victory to avoid losing his throne. He is surrounded by sycopants. He keeps those who flatter him close, not those who warn him. Therefore, politics is no longer used to ensure economic stability, but to mask 16:00 reality. Interest rate cuts are not made based on economic indicators, but to make the picture look better. Even as energy export prices fall and infrastructure crumbles, production figures are heralded as victories. The government's basic reflex is not to solve problems, but to make them invisible. An irresponsible state sees economic stagnation not as a cyclical correction of nature but as a deviation resembling treason. Therefore, instead of fighting stagnation, it tries to silence it. But the more a country suppresses its economic reality, the more devastatingly it will return one day. Putin's economy is no longer trying to stand on numbers, but on symbols. Every new statistic is turned into a show. Every new challenge is repackaged as a crisis turned into success. But for crisis to turn into stability, public trust, transparency, and accountability are needed. Today in Russia, these 17:01 concepts are either ignored or punished. What happens to a society raised on illusion in the heart of a nation woven together with collective disappointment? Only silence echoes. People suffer, but they cannot name their pain. They do not know exactly what is happening because reality has been distorted. Marches rise on television screens to drown out the silence in the streets. They sense that something is wrong, but they do not know where to point their fingers. This is where the master manipulator comes in. The systemic actor that focuses the people on the enemy rather than the truth that encourages them to always look for the culprit outside. When salaries fall, it is sabotage by the West. When the health care system collapses, it is a secret operation by NATO. When investors flee, it is imperialist manipulation. For every pillar of the regime that is sunk, external forces are targeted. Because 18:02 this is a psychological defense mechanism, keeping the people in the dark to keep power high. But the most dangerous aspect of this shift is that it paralyzes the will to act. If the responsibility for what happens to you always lies outside, your ability to fix it is taken away from you. This not only creates economic inertia, it goes deeper to a more destructive level. Moral collapse. Young people leave. The smart, creative, and productive pack their bags. Migration is no longer just physical. It is also an expression of a mental break because the state is now unable not only to manage failure but even to name it. Those who remain live in silence just trying to get by. Corruption at this level is no longer greed but desperation. Many academic studies examining post-authoritarian transitions offer a consistent pattern in this regard. When states suppress economic reality for long enough, the 19:02 crisis takes on an existential dimension, no longer merely material, people lose not only their faith in politics, but also their belief in causality itself. The idea that if I try, something will change becomes obsolete. The belief that honesty is rewarded disappears. Yet, civilization progresses by clinging to this very bond. If the system destroys people's belief that they can determine their own destiny, it leaves devastating damage not only on the economy but also on the spiritual fabric of society. Life is painful. Yes. But when a state begins to suppress the truth in order to protect its people from this pain, then that pain only grows deeper, becomes permanent and anonymized. No one knows what caused it anymore. They just endure more of it. The greatest danger of the economic simulation Putin is currently constructing is not financial. It is moral. Because when a country forgets 20:00 instead of confronting, suppresses instead of reckoning, it ultimately loses its soul. So what will happen now? First, share the cost of the war honestly with the people. The budget deficit announced in May 2025 reached 1.4 trillion rubles in just 1 month. This figure swallows up almost the entire social assistance budget for a year. Inflation expectations are in double digits. Although oil revenues appear to be subsidizing the budget in the short term, they cannot mask the deep industrial decay. It is the first responsibility of leadership to share this picture with the public in a transparent manner. Two, dismiss not just the army but also the mindsets. The exit from the war economy cannot be achieved by simply cutting spending. It is a process of mental restructuring. There is a need for a functioning legal system, reliable contracts, independent courts, and accountable bureaucracy. Only then will the private sector be 21:00 reborn, foreign investment return, and the production network get back on its feet. But none of this is sustainable under kleptocracy. Three, take responsibility. The solution requires crossing not only a technical threshold but also an ethical one. Heroism lies not in the battlefield but in facing the darkness. No dragon can be slain without embracing its shadow. No regime that refuses to admit its own failure can be reborn. But the Kremlin still sits on a throne made of sand. And even as the tide approaches, it demands applause. But no amount of applause will save it from collapse. Thank you for watching.

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