
Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have triggered widespread fuel shortages across Russia, with fights erupting at gas stations and Putin publicly acknowledging the crisis for the first time. The destabilisation of Russia's energy sector — the backbone of its war economy — signals an empire under mounting strain, with economic collapse increasingly becoming a strategic weapon in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Scripture warns that in the last days, wars and rumours of wars will increase, kingdoms will be shaken, and the great powers of the north will be weakened before the final confrontation foretold in Ezekiel 38-39.