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Frontline report: 50% of Moscow’s fuel supply at risk after Ukrainian drone strike on its largest oil refinery (euromaidanpress.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Schrödingers Russia is on the verge of collaps and about to conquer Europe for three years now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Fuck yeah, tank em.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Man, a fuel shortage in Moscow is something Putin would struggle to downplay.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 13 hours ago

"See, I told you they are attacking us!" /s

[–] [email protected] 22 points 14 hours ago

womp womp.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago

i wonder how they did it without Elon knowing about it

[–] [email protected] 244 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Hungary, heavily reliant on Russian energy, called the pipeline attack a threat to its sovereignty.

You had fucking 3 years to look for alternatives.

[+] [email protected] -18 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 36 minutes ago

Redjard already explained this, the situation for Hungary is similar.

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