Last night, the Ukrainian Defence Forces attacked the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery. The refinery produces petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and other petroleum products, supplying, in particular, the Moscow region, airports and facilities belonging to the Russian defence industry.
MORDOR IN FLAMES Over the past few days, we've been treated to quite a few images worthy of becoming photo of the month from the russian wasteland. For the fifth day in a row, Ukraine has been striking russian oil industry facilities harder than ever. I wouldn't be surprised if we get more footage tomorrow as well. @ October 30 – oil refinery in the samara region. @ October 31 – ufa oil refinery. @ November 1 – kstovo oil refinery. @ November 2 – samara fuel storage and distribution hub (the largest in Europe). @ November 3 – yaroslavl oil refinery. Around 10% of russia's oil refining capacity has been knocked offline in just a few days – and these particular facilities account for that share. As a result, additional fuel sales restrictions have been introduced in the affected regions. Meanwhile, various estimates put the overall share of russian oil refining capacity currently disrupted somewhere between 30% and 50%. This is a constantly changing figure, because the russians fix something, then the Ukrainians come along and smash it again. So, the footage from these attacks is looking pretty damn good, and it immediately reminds me of that story about Budanov reportedly finding out that the USA had struck a diesel deal with russia, getting absolutely furious, walking out of the negotiations and telling the Americans: "we will burn down all those refineries". Budanov himself personally denied these rumours, but I'll personally choose to believe this legend, because judging by what's been happening over the past few days, the story certainly seems to fit. And speaking of the refineries themselves, these are definitely among the more important ones, with substantial refining capacities. Also, take a look at how many separate fire hotspots can be seen in the photographs. The Ukrainians have started attacking these facilities much more extensively, rather than just targeting a single critical point. In other words, they're making a REAL effort to shut them down completely and for a long time. And to achieve that greater level of damage, Ukraine has started carrying out these attacks in several waves of drones. One wave breaks through the protective anti-drone nets, while the next targets critical processing units. And, as I mentioned, the goal is to damage as many complex and difficult-to-repair parts of the refining process as possible. That's the news and some beautiful footage for today.
FAFO 🇷🇺 🔥 Novokuybyshevsk Refinery 🔥 LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez 🔥 Slavneft-YANOS
🔥 BREAKING: Ukrainian forces reportedly struck one of russia’s five largest oil refineries! The Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl processes around 15 million tons of oil annually. It supplies fuel to the Moscow region, airports, and russia’s military-industrial sector.
A massive fire is raging at one of Russia's largest oil refineries following a drone attack. The Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl has a processing capacity of around 15 million tonnes of oil per year. It produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other petroleum products,
Booommm 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Fiiiiiiiirrreeee 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Footage shows the aftermath of the Ukrainian attack on the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo, Russia.
Drones hit the AVT-5 and AVT-6 units at the Lukoil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, this morning, and locals saw several fires burning at the plant.
The author claimed that the Lukoil refinery in Kstovo was burning and described it as a sign of the vulnerability of Vladimir Putin’s oil industry, which they said financed Russia’s war against Ukraine. They also argued that while Putin had wanted to burn Ukraine, Russia’s own war economy was now suffering. https://t.co/wlHU0fafal #Україна #Путін #Війна #RU #UA
Kstovo oil refinery in russia last night 🔥 Did you notice how the attacks on oil refineries became much more concentrated after the two-week break? Interesting.
Dnipro Osint says 10% of Russian refining capacity was hit in 3 days, ending the so called energy truce. Ukraine held off on refinery strikes for two weeks at the US administration's request, while Russia kept killing Ukrainians with Gerans and missiles.
Locals in Kstovo rushed to buy up the leftover fuel after the refinery got hit.
Ukrainian drones hit the Kstovo oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod region overnight, sparking a fire at the plant.
🔥 Another russian oil refinery reportedly hit! Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Kstovo refinery, one of russia’s largest, processing up to 17 million tons of oil annually. And now drivers in Nizhny Novgorod are reportedly lining up at gas stations.
One of Russia's largest oil refineries was reportedly attacked - the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region. The refinery processes around 17 million tonnes of oil annually (~340,000 barrels per day), making it Russia's fourth-largest by processing capacity.
The author expressed support for Ukraine and stated that the country, in his opinion, would not give in or bend. He also reported that an oil refinery located in Kstovo, Russia, was on fire after a reported drone strike during the night. #slavaukraini https://t.co/mnuAaZkKu8 #Ukraina #SlavaUkrainille #rauha #UA #RU (translated)
The author wrote that Ukraine had struck a third major Russian refinery in three days, with several major parts of the installation disabled in each attack. They listed Novokuybyshevsk on Friday, Ufa on Saturday and Kstovo on Sunday morning. https://t.co/gz4S4f2xU8 #Ukraine #Russia #Refinery #UA #RU
Drone sanctions were applied overnight to the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod oblast. They were so effective that the refinery looked exactly like Mount Doom due to the volume of fire and smoke, and 2 hobbits were seen approaching in possession of a gold ring.
Kstovo oil refinery in russia right now 🔥🔥🔥 We are back and it feels good.
Satellite images confirm FP-1 drones hit the Novokuybyshevsk refinery overnight on October 30, damaging both primary processing units AVT-9 and AVT-11, the diesel desulfurization unit, storage tanks, and two more unidentified units nearby.
Starlink is back, refinery strikes are back, and European allies have doubled down on their support to Ukraine. And at the deeper level, Ukraine, the EU, and Canada are doing more every day to be less dependent on America in future. Seen like this, the Putin-Trump conspiracy is being defeated.
