Summary
A massive Ukrainian drone strike targeted Russian oil refineries and infrastructure, including Moscow’s largest refinery, which supplies 50% of the city’s fuel.
The attack also hit the Druzhba pipeline control station, halting Russian oil exports to Hungary. With over 337 drones striking multiple regions, the operation exploited gaps in Russia’s air defenses.
Hungary, heavily reliant on Russian energy, called the pipeline attack a threat to its sovereignty.
Analysts suggest continued strikes could pressure Russia’s economy and energy dominance, potentially influencing ceasefire negotiations.
Hungary, heavily reliant on Russian energy, called the pipeline attack a threat to its sovereignty.
You had fucking 3 years to look for alternatives.
These strikes help Hungary become more sovereign.
The biggest obstacle to Hungarian sovereignty is Victor Orban.
I don’t think a refinery strike in the Russia has any effect on Hungary. Except by weakening Hungary’s ally.
This strike has no effect on availability of crude oil in the Russia or elsewhere, but it does have an effect on availability of refined oil products within a certain, rather large, radius around the refinery.
It has a huge effect on Hungary. The very pipeline that Hungary used to buy gas is currently non-operational, and gas makes up the majority of Hungary’s power generation.
The Hungarian president is pissed about the attack. He’s already denounced it and said it threatens Hungarian sovereignity.
It is non-operational, but not because of this strike to a refinery. These are two wholly separate attacks.
OP is about an air strike to a refinery.
What alternatives do they have? We’re seeing Germanys economy in free fall, VW closing plants for the first time ever, because their only alternative is US LNG, which costs massively more than the energy they had been getting from Russia.
Fossil gas was a minor energy source for germany and the eu. It was costly to replace 2 years ago but at this point the cost has been paid and the energy is sourced from other fuels.
The german car industry was bound to fall ever since they refused to research electric cars decades ago. Even before then they had been outsourcing but now they simply don’t own the profitable part of electric cars - the battery and power-train.
With or without the war in ukraine they would be disappearing.
The overall german economy is fine, there is increasingly unequal distribution of wealth like many western nations in recent decades, but the economy is ok.Ps: I don’t recall the numbers for germany, but pre 2022 the EU generated less than 20% of their energy with fossil gas, and less than 14% of their electricity. Germany had a higher ratio, but definitely less than a third.
The unequal distribution of wealth is what got US where it is right now. I hope Europe don’t let that happen.
If only there was some massive ball of super heated plasma in the sky from which we could draw energy from, that also moved the atmosphere of the planet which would open another avenue of energy capture, which also happened to move vast quantities of heavy things like water uphill which would also be an opportunity for energy, or if the ground beneath us was warm enough to use for energy, or if there were shiny green rocks the ground that could be used for power.
Yup, surely there have been zero alternatives.
Wow you’re right, those are all totally viable as primary generation methods, and totally possible to set up in the 2 years since the war started on the scale needed to replace the pipelines you’ve been relying on for decades.
Redjard already explained this, the situation for Hungary is similar.
And Zelensky just announced they have flown a 1000km range missile this week. Kremlin is big mad.
Man, a fuel shortage in Moscow is something Putin would struggle to downplay.
“See, I told you they are attacking us!” /s
“Extreme climate control measures. The decadent West is not taking responsibility for the climate change, so we must act radically to save the Earth.”
I think Russians are so used to their government lying that no-one would even really care.
The fuel rations have been increased to two litres!
Oh no. Darn. /s 🇺🇦
Oh no! Anyway……… 🚙
Keep going Ukraine
They don’t have the cards?!?
No, they don’t. Ukraine is about to get kicked out from Kursk and lose the little leverage they had in the negotiations.
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Have you been following the news this past week?
Perhaps you may want to diversify on those that are feeding propaganda to you ;)
Sure, do you have a source from this past week claiming Ukraine is not losing ground in Kursk?
I don’t think he can have. He knows Ukraine has been losing ground in Kursk. But he also understands that this is not really relevant at this point. The Russia has not been advancing in any noticeable manner since early 2022. (Okay, in 2024 they did gain 0.7 % percent of Ukraine’s total territory in just one year, but I would not call gaining under one percent of a country’s territory advancing, really)
It would be useful for Ukraine to remain in the Kursk area, but what can you do when all your warehouses’ and military bases’ locations in the area are suddenly known by your enemy? It’s a huge task building new ones in different places, and one cannot do so in just a couple of days.
Russia has been gaining ground steadily.
Ukraine is about to be kicked out of Kursk.
I have no satisfaction nor happiness while wearing this, it is just the unfortunate truth.
🚨🚨**TANKIE ALERT!!**🚨🚨
Do you think invading a sovereign country is ok? What are your thoughts on bombing childrens’ hospitals?
No, of course not, but I’m not the one making the rules.
Good job russia, they finally achieved something… like 6 months later… and with the ukrainians leaving on their own… but we have to give them something, right?
Fuck russia
The Ukrainians are leaving on their own? Why are they leaving?
The loss of American support and intelligence sharing, exposed their soldiers to greater risks, so they performed a tactical withdrawal. Had it been ruzzia in that situation, they’d have just let their soldiers die, and sent more in to die also.
American support and intelligence has only been paused for one week and has resumed since.
Did you forget you already said this a minute ago, Yuri? Damn but that anti-freeze vodka sure does hit hard, hey? :)
They got tired of killing koreans probably
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I know, but I activated the troll protocol with OP
What part of the US did the Taliban conquer to exchange it for the US to leave the country?
This is not at comparable with the US invasion of Afghanistan.
…because the aggressor has the outdated equipment?
Because many people in Crimea and in the eastern regions actually want to be under Russian influence.
And there are ways for them to get that. For instance, about 200,000 Afghans resided or immigrated to America between 2000 and 2021. What was stopping those in Crimea from doing the same? And we haven’t even addressed if that “many” is actually a majority.
A lot of Crimeans DID do the same. Why do you assume they didn’t?
The opposite is happening, people who want to remain under Ukrainian influence are moving to the regions still under Ukrainian control.
That would be the Russians sent there to cause trouble as “separatists” right?
Or just people who have been living there.
Anybody in Crimea knows that if you say Crimea is Ukraine, you will quite soon get beaten up seriously badly. A person cannot know whether you will rat him out or not, so It does not matter what he thinks – he will absolutely say that he supports the Russia. Practically everybody in Crimea will say that they do, no matter what they think.
How about the soviet ruzzian invasion of Afghanistan, before that? You ruzzians sure are great at losing. Maybe that’s why Drumph loves Pootang the Tiny so much :) You should stick to things you’re good at, like consuming anti-freeze vodka and wife beating, hey?
That’s not comparable either.
As for the rest, your comment is useless and classless, I’m not Russian.
Sure thing, Yuri :)
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They only withdrew because US stopped intelligence sharing. Unlike Pootang the Tinyman, President Z wants his soldiers to survive.
That’s right, Ukrainians wanted to use Kursk to trade against something else during the negotiations; soon they might not be able to do that anymore.
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Schrödingers Russia is on the verge of collaps and about to conquer Europe for three years now
When you gear an entire economy to war, you simultaneously run the risk of economic collapse and conquering. It’s what happened to the Soviet Union in '89, the economy was in shambles but militarily they were still a powerhouse.
If years of RTS taught me anything, this is a very possible situation to be in
Sounds great; anything that hinders Russia is cause for celebration.
Ain’t that the truth
Oh no… anyways.
Good… because fuck em… that’s why.
PopCopy!
We are close to Russia having oil rationing
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womp womp.
This would be why Pootang is having a talk with his lapdog, Drumph, tomorrow! He usually doesn’t act with such unseemly haste LOL. Hopefully, Ukraine will ignore whatever terms those two shitstains manage to come up with, WITHOUT any Ukrainian input.
Do we really have to do the silly name thing?
You do your thing, I’ll do mine, hey? I just want to show my great disrespect and loathing for the scum that invaded and are murdering Ukrainians. There’s not a lot of ways to do that and remain socially acceptable, apparently.
You could just call them scum then.
