Ukraine's STEEL Industry WIPED OUT: Russia's ECONOMIC War Will Be The END of Kiev | Mark Sleboda (Rachel Blevins)

Russian forces have continued to carry out major strikes across Ukraine, with Monday night’s edition including the use of sea-based Zircon hypersonic missiles, with targets such as a tobacco factory-turned-ammunition plant and an oil refinery in Kremenchug, and two logistics centers in Odessa.

This, as the Finanical Times reported that Ukraine has effectively lost its steel industry after Russian strikes brought production at the country’s three largest plants to a halt.

International Relations and Security Analyst Mark Sleboda noted Kiev wanted an economic war, and now it is getting one. As a result, Russia’s “economic strangulation” in Ukraine has “a much greater chance of ending this conflict sooner, rather than later.”



The clip also addresses Trump's ludicrous UN address. Sleboda points out that the lack of diesel has come from both the war against Iran and now from Russia withholding exports to support their war efforts. Real fuel pain is set to impact both the US and Europe in the coming months.   

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 24, 2026.]