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Ukraine strikes Moscow oil refinery for second time this week

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Ukraine struck the Kapotnya oil refinery in southeast Moscow early Thursday, Russian officials said, marking the second attack on that facility this week. Moscow’s mayor said air defenses shot down 194 Ukrainian drones during the barrage that disrupted flights, and officials said the refinery supplies about 40 percent of the capital’s gasoline with an annual capacity near 11 million tons. Kyiv frames the strikes as part of a campaign to degrade Russia’s fuel supplies and military logistics; President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack and said, "It is time the war ended."

Kevin Rothrock
@kevinrothrock.me

This video appears to confirm it was a Russian air-defense missile — not a Ukrainian drone — that blew up that Moscow refinery’s storage tank today, creating the "flying saucer" footage. (This video was shared on Telegram by Russian military expert Yan Matveev.) t.me/arrowsmap/11...

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Jeroen 🇪🇺🇺🇦146

Maybe even better? They’re destroying their own industry, awesome.

campbellnedm8792

Ukraine still gets all the credit.

Brynn Tannehill65

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Iowa Nighthawk35

Ukraine to Russia: “Why are you hitting yourself?”

Bill Walsh25

Vlad’s going to take out the entire board of the Acme Corp.

Jen d’Arc20

New all time pinnacle moment in “what Russian air defense doing?”

mjfgates18

You'd think that a missile designed to defend the air would hit something that caused less pollution.

PianO14

If ordinary Muscovites didn't know their War was coming home, then they do now. Just listen to the amount of ordinance being fired into the Moscow sky

Liz G12

I see the tactic of destroying your own infrastructure before your enemy can is still Russia’s fallback strategy… 😂

Bathsheba in Blue12

Either way, a score for Ukraine with an assist from Russia.

the_the8

Man Russia is getting all kinds of fucked up by Ukraine

k▪️van▪️mord7

Russians gonna be raining out of windows soon.

vcbhome.bsky.social7

During the World Cup and Russia, who isn't even playing, scores the biggest own goal of the week.

Ryan Leonard7

So…realistically then Ukraine just needs to fly drones over Moscow and let them blow themselves up?

Interesting Times6

New medal for the missile operator:

Honest J5

Tbf those tanks are easy to blow up.

Sam5

Wait. ... They blew it up THEMSELVES!? ... Oh ... My!

J. Cornelius #NoMoreSafeSeats5

Pretty spectacular own goal. Somebody's falling out a window soon.

Witty Librarian Resistance5

great, the Russians have been using up all their young men who KNOW how to aim, and are stuck with the morons who can't. /headdesk

Lauren J4

Legit looks like the old time popcorn things.

Ebenezer Foxnews4

In that case, kudos to Russia. I haven’t said that in such a long time

BettyFastCat14

An own goal? By the Russians? Tretiak could never. (Sorry sorry)

iam-s-Hon3

I love this for Vlad.

Jon Halling3

How do we know it's not a Ukranian missile? Not disputing it, just wondering how you can tell?

Michael Moonfella 🇺🇦3

Blyatnik self owns are the best.

TRANNY ▶ FOR YOU ◀3

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new world champion in the Turret Toss Olympics!

Hotdog Bobby2

as a biased viewer of that video - it's fucking awesome

DONI BRASCO • Phantom Execution2

Chaos, smoke, and noise. keeps getting louder. 🥁

Dodie2

Hoooly crap. 💥 I feel like the drone must’ve been whistling a happy little tune as exited the scene.

Raindancer4512

Now That's What I Call Karma.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

A drone barrage on Moscow escalates Ukraine’s push to take the war into Russia. It shut down Moscow’s airports for hours in the biggest wave of strikes on the city since the war began. The refinery hit supplies 40% of Moscow’s gasoline. I love the smell of Moscow’s oil burning in the morning.

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Ariana Niko51

For years the Kremlin sold this war as something distant that ordinary Russians could ignore. When airports shut down and major infrastructure starts burning near Moscow, that illusion gets a lot harder to maintain. Reality has a way of showing up eventually.

Professional Internet Beggar19

Moscow getting a free trial of the anxiety they've been exporting.

Xodus Prime11

I’m surprised they waited so long to take it to them on this level. Putin and Trump are losers.

Nick11

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan resulted in country’s breakup. Russian invasion of Ukraine will be Putins demise.

1kr5ur43m.bsky.social10

1 MILLION RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN 4 YEARS OF INVADING UKRAINE !

Gerald Glenn Saenz 🇺🇦10

If you're a Ukrainian kid starting a band, "Drone Barrage", would be a brilliant name! Probably won't get any gigs in Russia though.

GODSchild 💜🙏🏽🪬✡️🧿10

Putin started this, and Zelenskyy will finish it.

Louise8

It's a shame the people of Russia have probably been told Ukraine is the aggressor. Slava Ukraine🇺🇦

hoefjes.bsky.social6

To push the ATTACK back to where it is coming from.

Wendall6

Zelenski telling Putin that two can tango.

angrygrrrl and Fucking Bitch6

Dear Russia, There is one, Very Simple Way to stop all of this.

MadGreek 🧿5

You should show the video when the top gets blown away. My friend's art...

🐸🖕🐸 Heartless Creatures5

Lol, Putin gonna have to give back Crimea.

Madz5

It’s a thing of beauty

mangnblack.bsky.social4

Putin’s chestnuts roasting on an open fire… Ukraine drones nipping on his toes Russian fear sung by mass

Unfriendly Goose4

Moscow elites have been isolated from the war their country wages - no mobilization, no casualty reports, no bombings, no inconveniences to daily lives. Now, their war came to them. Burn, motherfucker, burn.

JohnnyNaugahyde4

I love this for them

Karen but not that kind4

It smells like victory is closer

DrGeophysics (my personal opinions only)4

Vladimir was prepared to fight the last war.

Susan Ovans4

Wonder if Putin has been live on TV to reassure his people. The reality that they are not safe must be dawning on these previously sheltered Muscovites.

EmergRN3

Oooh. Vladdy Daddy’s having a bad day. Maybe Putin’s 🐩 Poodle can call and mumble out some sorta distorted, bumbling comfort. #Karma🔥

Astrodad 🚀💫3

Let the fuckers burn 🔥

Joan van der Lingen3

And the people from Moscow I saw in the Dutch news acted like they had been attacked. They’re not, Ukraine is only defending itself from the illegal invasion by Russia and they’re doing it very successfully! Slava Ukraini

The Gallaecian3

Let’s hope it gets even worse for Russia.

Andy “Fucking Bitch” Dashiell ❤️🌈🖖🏔️2

The discipline that Ukraine exercises in selecting targets, and not allocating resources to attacks that would be emotionally satisfying but strategically wasteful, is impressive.

Joyce Gray2

Now do Red Square. Seems fitting for the 1,000 year old Ukranian cathedral.

Tony!Toni!Toe Knee!2

With Biden's moratorium on striking Russia and Turnip's throwing Ukraine under several busses, Zelenskyy decides it's time for Putin to feel pain. May even turn Moscow citizens.

hooten.bsky.social2

Burn that fucker to the ground.Slava Ukraine

Huntley Haverstock2

Next Tuesday is going to be another great day for grilling.

h0pe4dfuture.bsky.social2

Bravo. Ukraine are masters in strategy and war. Unlike our so-called war dept clowns.

Hoppalozza2

Slava Ukraini!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Don’t let up, bring Putin to his bloody knees!

🇮🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦2

I think I remember some jackass saying Zelensky had no cards to play.

13BulliTs Loves the EU2

70% for the Moscow region, but yeah it is bad! Including Kerosine for planes! 😂

MEIDASHappy Bad Grandma2

May all of Russia burn 🔥

Pïet2

It would be nice if the USA 🇺🇸 (re)joined the party

mrtyphon.bsky.social2

Go Ukraine. Give it to them big time

Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social

Huge Ukrainian attack on Russian infrastructure overnight including a second strike on the Moscow oil refinery. Also hit: a railway bridge in Crimea - part of the strategy to cut off the peninsula - and the Gukovo oil depot, according to Ukraine’s General Staff. #explodey

News report showing fires at refinery
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Savchenko Volodymyr
@savchenkoua.bsky.social

🚀❗️ Russia Depletes Air Defense Missile Stocks Due to Constant Ukrainian Drone Strikes — CBS News ➡️ Russia has reduced its stockpiles, using scarce S-300 missiles to strike ground targets in Ukraine. AFU are forcing the enemy to spend expensive missiles to intercept massive waves of new drones.

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