Posted on 03/13/2024 4:03:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukraine launched a sweeping drone attack on Russian regions on Wednesday, causing a fire at Rosneft's biggest oil refinery in what President Vladimir Putin said was an attempt to disrupt Russia's presidential election.
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The day after seriously damaging Lukoil's NORSI refinery, a Ukrainian drone attacked Rosneft's Ryazan oil refinery, Russia's seventh largest, 180 km (110 miles) from Moscow.
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"The Ryazan oil refinery was attacked by a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)," Pavel Malkov, governor of the Ryazan region bordering the Moscow region to its north, said on the Telegram messaging app.
"A fire broke out as a result. According to preliminary information, there are injuries," he said, without elaborating.
Russia's RIA state news agency said four Ukrainian drones attacked the plant in the early hours, leading to a 175 sq m blaze. The fire was put out several hours later. The impact on its production was not immediately clear.
Unverified video footage posted on social media showed a plume of black smoke soaring above flames at the Ryazan plant, which refines about 12.7 million tonnes of oil a year, or 4.6% of the Russian total, according to industry sources.
It accounts for about 6.4% of Russia's gasoline production, 4.1% of diesel, 7.7% of fuel oil and 8.0% of aviation fuel, according to the sources. Full Russian production figures are no longer published.
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Video: An unmanned aerial vehicle flies over Ryazan against the background of the previously damaged oil refinery.
https://twitter.com/anno1540/status/1767801318616309797
More Video:
The Ryazan Oil Refinery (Russia) was attacked by drones
https://twitter.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1767874022459527415
Fortunately for all concerned, Russia is unlikely to respond to all these attacks inside Russia that we keep hearing about.
PING!
I’m reading that the Ukes are producing thousands of very cheap small drones with ranges in the hundreds of miles. A whole new form of asymmetrical warfare. Warheads aren’t large, but targets like refineries are already giant incendiary bombs, so they are extremely vulnerable until Moscow finds a counter.
Russia has been bombarding Ukraine willy-nilly for two years, with thousands of missiles.
In what way CAN it respond, but to just send more missiles?
Big whoop.
Thanks for the CIA news propaganda blurb of the day. Very Zeeper.
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