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If I am not mistaken that is the oldest refinery in Russia. Satellite view shows the weirdest looking refinery I've ever seen. It's not a large or complex refinery

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Yes, it evidently is since the Baku area refineries are now in Azerbaijan. Build date could be 1911, but as there are a number of refineries in the Krasnodar Krai area and as 'Krasnodar' is also a generic term for all refineries in this region, it is difficult to determine if this is the specific Slavyansk-na-Kubani refinery.

The refinery referred to has (2006) an installed refining capacity of 3 million tons of low sulfur diesel per year. It also (in 2006) was the only one in Russia able to supply T-1 high density jet fuel. So not an insignificant complex.

By the way, Ukraine has a refinery even older, the Halychyna Oil Refinery Complex near Lviv was built in 1863. This is a smaller unit and one of five refineries in Ukraine still operating. A sixth in Kherson was shut down. But none of the others have been hit. I guess without kindergartens or hospitals located within the refinery they don't attract attention.


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The history of the oil bidness is possibly the best history there is out there. Not to digress, but old refineries and the Russian chronology are a big part of the story. If interested in the classic, Yergin's 'The Prize' remains unequaled.

Back on track, of the 20 largest Russian oil refineries, 16 have been hit by the Ukrainians so far. But the day is young...

Putin and TACO can delay all they want but at this rate Putin won't have any refining capacity left by the end of the year or sooner. Depending on the roll-out date of the German/Ukrainian long range cruise missile.

As exported petroleum is by far the most important source of foreign currency for Putin now, this drone campaign will not only destroy Russia's ability to continue the war but more importantly, it will destroy their ability to pay for it. Near term, the Chinese only take gold and forex for payment and the gold production isn't enough by itself to keep the Chinese military supplies coming.

Putin is losing this war and believes the Epstein file will save him. But there is no film of the Ukrainians raping underaged children, so they aren't going to stop hitting the Russian refineries. They can build and operate their own refinery-killing drones without US aid and will never let a compromised pedophile decide the future of their country.

Russian attacks kill 8, injure 24, including 2 children, over past day

August 9, 2025 11:21 am

Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least eight civilians and injured at least 24 others over the past day, regional authorities reported on Aug. 9.

Russian forces launched 47 Shahed-type drones and decoys from Russia's Millerovo, Kursk, and Shatalovo, and two Iskander-K missiles from Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

Russian drones attacked Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Donetsk Oblast, while missiles targeted the regional center of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukraine's air defense and electronic warfare intercepted one missile and 16 drones, while another 31 drones reached their targets in 15 locations.

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian attacks killed two people and injured two others in the town of Siversk, while another person was killed and five were injured in the town of Kostiantynivka. Three people also suffered injuries in the villages of Yampil, Korovii Yar, and in the town of Bilytske, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.

In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Russian FPV (first-person-view) drone killed two people in the Zaporizhzhia district, hitting a car. Russian forces launched 585 strikes across 11 localities in the region in the past day, according to the local military administration.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a 41-year-old woman and two men, aged 21 and 29, were injured in the Russian attack against Dnipro. In the city of Nikopol, a 56-year-old woman was killed, and a 62-year-old man was injured in another Russian strike on the region, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

In Kherson Oblast, Russia targeted 36 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson, over the past day. As a result of the attacks, one person was killed and another three, including a child, suffered injuries, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

In Kharkiv Oblast, Russia attacked 13 settlements, injuring seven people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. In the town of Kupiansk, two men, aged 63 and 69, as well as three women, aged 70, 66, and 86, suffered injuries. In the village of Kluhyno-Bashkirivka, Russian strikes injured a 43-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl.

In Sumy Oblast, a Russian drone injured a 50-year-old man in the Seredyna-Buda community, according to the local military administration.

The Kyiv Independent

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Alas, no film and at 1300km, it was long range but not long enough for Yalabuga. But hitting finished Shaheds enroute to launching areas is good stuff while we wait for the long range cruise missiles to come on line.

WAIT - the Yalabuga Shahed factory WAS also hit last night. Dayum. That's a minimum of 1600km.

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I don't know who is the bigger idiot here. Witcoff by mis-stating Putin's demands, leaving out Crimea from the grab or Putin by refusing the US proposal 'to freeze the conflict on the current front line in exchange for a broad lifting of sanctions and new economic agreements with Russia'.

TACO's proposal was so good for Putin that had to have been written by the Kremlin. They're now realizing TACO rolled over too fast and they needed to demand more.

Whatever. Another refinery will get hit while they're competing for lowest cognizance level.

Edited to add: It is now being reported that while in Moscow, Witcoff used an FSB translator. Incredible as that may seem, if accurate, this was not the first time this has happened.

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Witkoff misunderstood Putin, the Kremlin still wants to get Crimea recognized as Russian and Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions in full, - BILD

He only proposed a refusal to attack energy facilities and large cities, but not a comprehensive ceasefire.

The US, on the other hand, proposed to freeze the conflict on the current front line in exchange for a broad lifting of sanctions and new economic agreements with Russia.

According to BILD, the Kremlin did not want to accept this proposal.

Moreover, Witkoff misunderstood Putin's key statements and considered them a concession.

"Witkoff doesn't know what he's talking about," a Ukrainian government official told BILD.

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Not to be blunt, but what can the Ukrainians do to stop it?


In all fairness the seized Russian funds can be used. Russia has auctioned off Ukrainian property in occupied territory as a precedent Let Putin scream like a stuck pig at the unfairness

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Yeah the Russian funds aren't stopping anything

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Putin is making him look gullible

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If you've followed Trump for a while it's not just Putin doing that.

I think it's a symptom of him having no real firm ideology or views. If you don't have some form of recognized reality to ground you it's easy to get blown back and forth on issues.

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Yeah the Russian funds aren't stopping anything

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They are still there, only interest has been released to Ukraine

No, Ukraine isn't taking back land by itself
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And they still aren't stopping anything

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Russia took the equivalent of a French Quarter courtyard yesterday, again.