Z-Bloggers Unhappy with Oreshnik Strike on Ukrainian Garages

May 25, 2026May 26, 2026

Hard to say what exactly the enemy expected from the Oreshnik strike and other means of destruction. However, right before the attack, they had already worked themselves into full-blown psychosis and feverish anticipation of the “celebration” they expected the strike to bring. They clearly wanted psychological compensation for what’s been happening lately due to successful actions by Ukraine’s Defense Forces. However, among other things, Z-Bloggers continue their veiled criticism of the Kremlin.

It’s quite obvious that one thing enemy propagandists dislike is the trend toward Russia’s “de-internetization.” After all, it’s no secret that million-subscriber Telegram channels can generate serious income, including from donations and various contributions. Many propagandists have grown accustomed to high living standards and are practically autonomous in terms of financing. In other words, by processing their bloodthirsty audience, they rake in solid money without begging for budget handouts.

But now it turns out their feeding troughs might close completely. They’ll find ways to bypass the bans and stay on Telegram themselves, however, their audience will not manage this at the scale needed for big money. As a result, the entire fundraising scheme that fed them throughout the full-scale invasion will collapse. Z-bloggers see this as a Kremlin attack on their income sources. They built those sources independently, without help from the state, simply by latching onto revanchism and militarism.

Blood Money Dries Up

In paid closed Telegram channels, they showed videos of torture, executions, and rape in occupied territories. By exploiting the degrading instincts of their audience, they built comfortable lives for themselves, but now all of this suddenly hangs in the air, and the income streams with many zeros could disappear together with Telegram blocking. For this reason, don’t be surprised that various figures like Ilya Remeslo are backpedaling and beginning to criticize the Kremlin regime.

They didn’t grasp the scale of war crimes the regime commits — because that’s precisely what they’ve been making money off for over four years. Yet the prospects scare them: when Telegram is finally banned and they’ll have to search for other ways to earn.

Last week, reports emerged that deputy head of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko and several others held lengthy talks with Pootin. They warned him that pushing the internet shutdown idea right now would be too dangerous. Among their arguments was the role Z-bloggers play inside the system. In many ways, they act as the grease that allows the authoritarian regime to function smoothly. They help keep the population obedient, passive, and unwilling to ask uncomfortable questions.

People at Kiriyenko’s level warned the führer that the broad “patriotic” community might not only stop supporting the regime but, having influence among the masses, become something like opposition — potentially affecting the tsar’s own rating and creating problems for autumn elections. But the führer doesn’t give a damn, so Kiriyenko even fell out of favor, followed by this information:

Belousov was given a deadline — June 15. During this time, he needs to sort out the Z-bloggers. Too much negativity from them lately. Previously, we quite carefully warned colleagues that reporting the real situation on the front would carry specific risks for them. Up to physical elimination. Belousov was given a deadline to resolve the issue.

Bloggers Sent to the Meat Grinder

Some of these Z-bloggers have already been thrown into “assault units”, and several are successfully burning in hell. Among the confirmed: Andrey “Murz” Morozov, Dmitry “Gudvin” Lisakovsky, and Sergey “Ernest” Gritsay. There are also unconfirmed ones, like Yegor Guzenko (author of the “Thirteenth” TG channel), but since his channel admins stated that since late April 2026 he stopped making contact, there’s high probability he was also liquidated.

Now many Z-bloggers have realized they personally locked the mousetrap shut on themselves. However, there was an option that could have somehow softened the tone of relations with authorities. If yesterday’s heavily advertised strike had actually delivered exceptional military results, Z-bloggers would already be singing hymns and cantatas to the great führer. Such performances always benefited the singers themselves, so the propagandists placed enormous expectations on the strike’s consequences.

Thanks to hints and announcements, they painted apocalyptic pictures of Kyiv that the tsar would deliver. They convinced their subscribers that the führer could do this because he personally stated he would avenge the “children” killed in temporarily occupied Starobilsk.

Let’s note separately about these “children”. Recently, Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed a local college building that housed the enemy “Rubicon” drone structure. Obviously, no children could be present at a military base. By the way, strikes that destroy enemy personnel, equipment, and ammunition have already become routine. Not long ago, we expressed hope that such operations would become regular, and literally right after our publication, the General Staff announcement appeared that another “Rubicon” base had been hit.

No Dead Children, Just Dead Invaders

The strike on the “Rubicon” base in Starobilsk triggered such a violent enemy reaction that they even tried to convene the UN Security Council. Which, incidentally, didn’t confirm the Russian fake about “children.” Honestly, it’s impossible to confirm when propaganda videos showed army bunk beds and drone control equipment instead of “children.” There were no crying “parents,” no “teachers” talking about what happened, no surviving college “students” reporting insane details — nothing that could confirm the “children” version.

Actually, the führer’s rage wasn’t about “children”. Among Orcs*, legends already circulate about “Rubicon’s” unlimited funding and this unit’s unlimited authority near the front line. It was created on Pootin’s personal order, and supply and coordination with other military structures is handled personally by Minister Belousov. Even Chief of General Staff Gerasimov has no power over this unit, which has the highest quality and most abundant supply in the entire occupation army. That day, the structure’s technical leadership arrived from moscow, and at that moment our military turned out their lights.

This was a ringing slap to the führer himself, and it seems that’s why he decided to take revenge. Ideally, propagandists expected a strike that would break Ukraine’s will to victory and its resilience in continuing active operations that all Orcs now feel. Therefore they were fainting in anticipation of when the tsar would command Oreshnik’s use, which (in their opinion) literally everyone fears.

$700 Million Garage Strike

And so they used it. According to the OSINT community “Cyberboroshno”, two rockets were supposed to launch simultaneously. One rocket hit a garage cooperative in Bila Tserkva, and where the second went — nobody initially knew. Then surveillance footage from temporarily occupied Donetsk appeared online. A camera overlooking the unfinished Rose Park shopping center captured the moment and allowed observers to determine the general direction it faced. The footage clearly showed the separation of combat blocks and their fall to the ground, very similar to what previously happened in Bila Tserkva Judging by how visible this was on camera, the second Oreshnik struck occupied territory in the Avdiivka area:

Meanwhile, Orcs themselves calculated the approximate price of the entire strike pootin executed Sunday night, and according to their data, it cost at least $700 million USD.

But a powerful strike on Ukrainian garages clearly isn’t what Orcs expected from their wonder-weapon. Accordingly, the confrontation between the Kremlin and Z-bloggers is fully capable of reaching a new level of tension. Z-bloggers continue writing that the nature of the war has changed dramatically and keeps changing even faster. According to them, throwing more personnel into the front line will achieve nothing except higher casualties.

Meanwhile, in enemy publics they’re already writing that if Prigozhin had turned out alive and marched on moscow again, his goals would probably have been different, and support for his actions would have been significantly broader.

*Orcs – a common term for Russians who support or participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine. Dehumanizing? Yes. Accurate? Also yes.