Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Its really not a “maroon” but a macaroon trapped in a bin in huge room filled with open shelved cabinets, each cabinet having 6 shelves with dozens of bins each. Each bin holds 50 sim cards. His sim card is labeled “macaroon”.
“three well placed Flamingo could do it.” (Kerch Bridge)
Looking forward to the flight of the Flamingoes.
“three well placed Flamingo could do it.” (Kerch Bridge)
Looking forward to the flight of the Flamingoes.
Bullseye on Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery last night!
The main cracking unit was hit and set on fire, as well as multiple storage tanks. The whole refinery is shut down today.
What a critical time for Lukoil corporate HQ to be rushing through a Chinese fire drill to sell off all its extensive foreign holdings, in the next two weeks.
Crisis.
OilPrice.com (Nov 06)
“A Ukrainian drone strike successfully knocked the Lukoil-operated Volgograd refinery offline, halting operations at one of Russia’s largest fuel processing facilities.
The attack ignited fires in the main crude distillation unit and hydrocracker, severely disrupting a facility responsible for approximately 5% of Russia’s total refining throughput.
The Volgograd outage occurs as new U.S. sanctions are forcing Lukoil to divest global holdings, limiting the company’s access to critical equipment and financial services needed to respond to domestic disruptions...
...The Thursday attack, confirmed by regional authorities and company sources, ignited fires in the refinery’s main crude distillation unit and hydrocracker, forcing a full suspension of operations pending assessment, according to Reuters.
The CDU-5 unit, which handles roughly 66,700 barrels per day, is responsible for the lion’s share of Volgograd’s 13.7 million-ton annual capacity, representing around 5% of Russia’s total refining throughput.
Located on the Volga River in southern Russia, the facility supplies domestic fuel markets and exports refined products through Black Sea terminals. Local officials reported one fatality and several injuries from falling debris after Ukrainian drones struck both industrial and residential areas across the Volgograd region. The same attack wave disrupted air traffic and sparked multiple fuel-storage fires.
Lukoil has not indicated a restart timeline, while emergency crews continue containment and repair work in a tense security situation...
...The Volgograd outage also coincides with new U.S. sanctions forcing Lukoil to divest global holdings, including assets in Europe and Africa. Sanctions have curtailed the company’s overseas operations and limited access to critical equipment and financial services, making it increasingly difficult to respond to domestic refinery disruptions from a spare capacity perspective.”
Bullseye on Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery last night!
The main cracking unit was hit and set on fire, as well as multiple storage tanks. The whole refinery is shut down today.
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This is the equivalent of a double tap. Hit the main cracking unit is an essential, because this usually means it the first in line to refine, in a chain. Its products are sent to a second and then third distillation column to complete the process of making (mainly) diesel, jet fuel and gasoline. Some asphalt too maybe. Killing cracker number one means the other ones have nothing to refine.
Hitting storage tanks, they go up in spectacular, flaming fireballs, burning up everything in their path. This is what you see in videos. If I can only destroy one target, the cracking towers come first.
Its always a good day (Slava Ukraini!) when Russian substations and refineries are hit hard. These Rus hapless clowns are running low on European repair parts. Sanctions!
Bullseye on Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery last night!
Not much fun in Stalingrad.
Pretty sure bobo ain’t an American...
It appears his checks have stopped.
🚨🇺🇦 INTERVIEW: THE FALL OF POKROVSK - Ukraine’s strongest fortress in the east is about to fall
In the meantime, Ukraine is running out of Patriot missiles, struggling to get Tomahawks, while Russia continues to incrementally gain territory
Will Trump and the EU turn things around?
@CaptainDeny, one of Ukraine’s most trusted military voices, doesn’t think so…
We discuss:
• How Russian glide bombs and drone swarms wiped out entire brigades
• Why Ukraine’s Patriot systems are nearly empty and running on scraps
• How U.S. Tomahawks can help but won’t turn the tide
• And what happens next if the West doesn’t escalate support immediatelyCaptain Deny warns the fall of Pokrovsk is a turning point, and the next few months will decide whether Ukraine stands or falls.
01:10 – Why glide bombs are changing the battlefield
01:32 – Pokrovsk’s fall could make Donbas indefensible
02:10 – Why Russia wants Ukraine as a pro-Russian puppet state
03:00 – The fight for Pokrovsk and what’s at stake
04:15 – 80% of Pokrovsk now infiltrated by Russian infantry
06:20 – Why Ukrainian evacuation came too late
07:35 – Special forces landed, but impact minimal
08:05 – Pokrovsk’s fall would cripple Ukraine’s economy and supply lines
09:30 – Ukraine counterattacking in the north, holding back collapse
10:15 – Why Putin won’t accept any U.S.-brokered peace deal
11:22 – Trump’s proposal for Ukraine to give up Donbas and freeze the war
12:25 – Why Ukraine refuses to surrender territory
13:10 – Could European peacekeepers change the equation
14:25 – The front line is too vast to control
15:10 – Ukraine’s limited resources and fading options
16:15 – Why Davydov says Ukraine can’t retake Crimea or Donbas
17:20 – “Only a Russian collapse can end this war”
18:05 – Casualties rising on both sides
19:00 – Ukraine now conscripting civilians from the streets
19:45 – Russia’s manpower advantage 8-to-1
20:05 – How Ukraine still holds despite being outnumbered
21:40 – Ukraine fighting to preserve identity, not just land
22:40 – Why surrender would erase Ukrainian culture
23:05 – Can Tomahawks or new U.S. weapons change the war
23:50 – Davydov says Tomahawks are “mostly political theater”
24:45 – Sanctions hurt but are short-lived without enforcement
25:25 – Flamingo vs Neptune: Ukraine’s missile problem
27:00 – Why Russia has no incentive to freeze the lines
28:10 – Keeping 800,000 soldiers busy keeps Putin’s regime stable
29:10 – War fatigue in Russia isn’t enough to stop the Kremlin
30:05 – Russia’s economy built to survive sanctions
31:35 – China and Turkey keeping Russia’s trade alive
33:05 – Trump’s new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil
34:10 – Davydov warns sanctions will be bypassed within months
34:55 – “Cheap oil is financially addictive”
35:40 – What Ukraine needs now: guarantees, not promises
36:25 – The limits of Western aid and the illusion of support
37:45 – Why Europe still buys Russian energy
38:30 – Davydov says Ukraine’s only hope is time and attrition
39:55 – The Black Swan scenario: another Prigozhin moment
40:40 – Why Putin fears his soldiers returning home more than NATO
42:15 – Western societies value life, Russia values endurance
43:30 – The roots of the war: invasion, NATO, and broken promises
45:15 – Crimea was seized while Ukraine was neutral
47:00 – Why Davydov says NATO is weaker than people think
48:30 – NATO’s hesitation vs. Russia’s aggression
49:55 – “Putin used NATO as an excuse to attack”
50:35 – Russia’s justification: “protecting Donbas”
52:20 – Why Ukraine can never be neutral
53:05 – The Monroe Doctrine argument and U.S. hypocrisy
54:00 – Denys: NATO threat to Russia was zero
55:00 – Why Russia’s war is ideological, not defensive
56:45 – China says it will never let Russia lose
57:50 – Beijing’s fear of a U.S. victory
58:20 – Trump’s opportunity: make China and Russia compete
59:30 – The U.S. still holding back military power
01:00:25 – Europe funding both sides of the war
01:01:20 – How fast Ukraine can train F-16 and A-10 pilots
01:02:00 – Why Ukraine needs 300 fighter jets to win air superiority
01:03:00 – Patriot systems nearly depleted
01:04:45 – “Without air defense, every village can be erased”
01:06:20 – Closing thoughts: no peace without pressure, no survival without support https://t.co/sktjtwwhal pic.twitter.com/iFZNjfTDma— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 6, 2025
New poll shows 57% of Republican voters in South Carolina will not vote for Lindsey Graham in the primary
What do you say? pic.twitter.com/WxptXvWGkH— Charlie Kirk 🇺🇸 Commentary (@CharlieK_news<) June 2, 2025
This one is particularly enjoyable
While the usuals opine anout taking a small city after 18 months and tens of thousands of their fellow comrades are fertilizing the ground
Ukraine continues to dismantle the Russian economy and a nice big mushroom cloud of drones and other munitions BOOM
RUSSIAN HELLSCAPE😂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DMqVTBfK6Y&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D
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