Russia in the 21st Century [Superthread]

[Cloud Cover]

The images of the top of a large Russian fuel storage tank blowing off… real or AI?

 

[HavokFour]

The images of the top of a large Russian fuel storage tank blowing off… real or AI?

Real. Here's different angles, it wasn't even a drone as originally thought.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1u9gobl/russian_ad_missile_strikes_oil_silo_different

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1u91vex/russian_ad_missile_spectacularly_strikes_oil_silo

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1u8yy39/ukrainian_drone_strike_sends_oil_tank_cap_flying

 

[YZT580]

The images of the top of a large Russian fuel storage tank blowing off… real or AI?

friendly fire, wow

 

[Cloud Cover]

The pressure to lift that thing and hover it there for half a second.

 

[brihard]

The pressure to lift that thing and hover it there for half a second.

My understanding is the lids ‘float’ up and down the tank as the levels inside fluctuate. So probably quite light in relative terms. It cool to see it fly off like that. Whoever fired the errant SAM probably just did the coolest thing he should probably never tell anyone about.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

My understanding is the lids ‘float’ up and down the tank as the levels inside fluctuate. So probably quite light in relative terms. It cool to see it fly off like that. Whoever fired the errant SAM probably just did the coolest thing he should probably never tell anyone about.

You are correct on the roof of the tank it is not fixed, but floats on top of the liquid.

 

[daftandbarmy]

slippery up there I guess...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2067884561531314484

 

[HavokFour]

The fuel shortages have reached the big 2.

Russia’s Fuel Shortages Are Manageable. But the Kremlin’s Options Are Shrinking. - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Reports showing fuel shortages in Crimea and rationing measures implemented in some regions are reminiscent of excitable reporting from last year that Russia was suffering a critical fuel shortage.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia Imposes Fuel Rationing in Moscow After Repeated Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Oil Infrastructure

A sustained campaign of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian oil infrastructure has disrupted supply lines, leading to fuel rationing and price increases.

united24media.com

Petrol shortages and ‘oil rain’ bring Ukraine war home to Moscow

Ukraine increases strikes on Russian oil and weapons infrastructure as it garners aid and begins EU talks.

www.aljazeera.com

Russian independent news outlet The Bell reported rationing in 53 Russian regions and in occupied Ukraine on Wednesday.

That rationing had reached the principal urban centres of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where the Tatneft chain of petrol stations on Monday began limiting customers to 20 litres of petrol (5.3 gallons) and 40 litres of diesel at a time “for technical reasons”.

Other petrol chains, including Rosneft, placed upper limits of 90 litres per sale.

Rosneft and Bashneft, the state oil company of the Republic of Bashkortostan, on Tuesday reportedly banned sales of petrol in canisters due to “increased seasonal demand”.