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    New high-res satellite images of the May 15 Ryazan refinery strike show more damage than first thought. 90-100% of refining capacity is out, Dnipro Osint reports.
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    New high-res satellite images of the May 15 Ryazan refinery strike show more damage than first thought. 90-100% of refining capacity is out, Dnipro Osint reports.

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    1. Tacitblue1973 on

      That’s some excellent point targeting. Stuff like this and the FSB “students” have gotten Putin’s attention. So they strike markets and the Chornobyl museum in return. Bunch of dumbasses.

    6. Ben_C17 on

      Ryazan is one of Russia’s larger inland refineries when you’re talking 90-100% capacity loss, that’s not a couple weeks of patching. Primary distillation units don’t come back fast. Ukraine’s been working through Russian refining systematically since early 2024, and this kind of strike compounds the pressure on domestic fuel supply and military logistics both.

      We’ve been tracking the refinery campaign at panopsik.com for over a year now. The strikes have been getting more precise, and the repeat hits on facilities that tried to restart are what really forces longer-term shutdowns. If the satellite assessment holds, Ryazan’s out for months minimum.

      What’s less clear is how much spare capacity Russia still has to reroute. They’ve taken hits at multiple sites this year.

    9. JohnDorian0506 on

      Now imagine what Ukraine could achieve if they had long-range ballistic missiles like FP-9 and long-range cruise missiles like RUTA block 2.

    13. xpkranger on

      I must not understand something. Seems like every other day, Ukraine has destroyed some refinery or oil storage facility, yet Russia just trundles along seemingly unbothered.

      Here in the southern United States, if someone stubs their toe at a refinery, prices shoot up and take weeks to come back down, before all the Strait of Hormuz nonsense that Trump started.

      So do the Russians just have a very resilient oil infrastructure or what?