Breaking: Russian Oil Tankers Ablaze Near Turkey - Jason Jay Smart

[TexasTowelie]

Russia’s Black Sea export route is under direct stress. Two Russian oil tankers are burning near Turkey, and that single image captures the real cost of a logistics war. In this report, we explain how a fire on the water translates into money and power on land. We walk through the route from Novorossiysk to the Bosphorus, the role of the CPC terminal, and why insurers and charterers decide whether the Kremlin gets paid in dollars. Viewers will see how risk pricing, demurrage, and corridor premiums can cut revenue per barrel, and why a rising discount on crude weakens Moscow’s ability to fund missiles that strike Ukrainian cities.

We keep the analysis clear and visual. Where the ships sailed. Why the Bosphorus matters to every barrel that leaves the Black Sea. How insurance reacts when hulls burn near a NATO country. What a pause or slowdown means for queues at anchorage. We include a short segment on American and British fuel prices so viewers understand whether this touches their wallets, and how market volatility turns a single accident into a broader risk signal. No jargon is required to follow the cash.

This video pairs with our Black Sea series on ports, bridges, and refineries. The first minute delivers the crisis, the map, the moral stakes, and the consequence. The middle explains the chokepoint in simple steps. The end shows how money and time become strategy. Stay through the end screen to queue the next video in our weekend arc on Russia’s failing missile program.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Twin Tankers Burning in NATO Waters
00:52 – Russia’s War Budget Goes Up in Smoke
01:30 – Who I Am and Why This Matters Now
02:11 – Help Spread the Truth About Ukraine
03:03 – Russia’s Overnight Mega Attack on Kyiv
04:10 – Ukraine Downs 577 Russian Strike Assets
05:05 – Comfort Town Hit but the War Has Shifted
05:45 – Ukraine Takes the War Into Russia
06:26 – Shadow Fleet Under Fire
07:12 – Russia Losing Control of the Black Sea
08:13 – Why These Tanker Strikes Cut Russia’s Lifeline
09:00 – Insurance Collapse and Russia’s Financial Bleeding
09:52 – Terminal at Novorossiysk Hit Hard
10:40 – Global Oil Shock and Moscow’s Budget Crisis
11:32 – Russia’s Historical Parallel: The Tsushima Echo
12:15 – Russia’s Economy Breaking Under the War
13:03 – Food Crisis and Price Freeze Inside Russia
13:42 – Strategic Collapse: Sea, Economy, Missiles
14:05 – Final Message and Call to Support Ukraine

[Delarage]

1. Nice shot!

And, as a side note, windmills and solar panels don't burst into flames in the ocean.... killing wildlife and polluting the air 🤷‍♂️

[Warpy]

2. Not in NATO territorial waters and unlikely to be any sort of NATO attack

Both hulks, er, ships were outside Turkey's territorial waters--barely. One ship reported being strick by a missile and the other, at anchor, reported being str;uck by a free floating mine. My guess is that Ukraine nailed them both, they were both well within range of all the weapons Ukraine has been known to use against ships.