Putin claims Ukraine cant stop him, as fire rages at major Russian oil terminal

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukraine couldn’t stop his military — even as Kyiv’s special forces struck deep inside the motherland igniting massive fires at a major oil terminal Saturday.Putin even insisted Ukraine – who’s been using longer-range drones to batter military and energy infrastructure deep in the heart of Russia in recent months – was turning to “terrorist methods.”“The enemy is unable to contain this onslaught and is openly resorting to terrorist methods,” Putin said, speaking at a meeting televised live from the Kremlin Saturday.“Our troops maintain a strategic advantage, confidently advancing, and no amount of shelling or drone strikes will change this situation,” he claimed.The strongman’s spin came hours after Kyiv hit the Tamanneftegaz oil and gas terminal, a major export hub on the Black Sea, in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region.“It is petrodollars that turn into missiles, drones, and ammunition that the enemy uses to attack our cities,” Ukraine’s Security Service said on Telegram, claiming responsibility for the attack.Tamanneftegaz is the largest oil and gas shipment terminal in the South of Russia, with an export capacity of roughly 400,000 barrels a day.Ukrainian drones struck five fuel storage tanks and two oil-loading facilities at the terminal, sparking fires that spread to trucks and warehouse, the security service said.Nearly 100 Russian firefighters responded to the blaze, local authorities said.Meanwhile, a member of Putin’s own ruling communist party warned Russia was on the verge of collapse as he demanded the dictator to put an end to Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.“The time of illusions is over.The country is on the brink of a social explosion and the blame for this will fall squarely on the entrenched ruling power,” Russian Member of Parliament Vyacheslav Markhayev said, according to The Telegraph.

“If the situation persists, social unrest and chaos will become...