Posted on 01/29/2024 5:26:03 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Russia's energy ministry has proposed restricting flights over Russian energy facilities, the Vedomosti daily reported on Monday, after a spate of Ukraine-linked attacks this month on oil infrastructure.
The newspaper said that under the plan, only aircraft deployed to protect energy facilities, and planes of top Russian officials or of visiting foreign officials would be allowed to fly with special permission in the designated zones.
Russia's energy ministry did not immediately comment on the report.
Russian air defences thwarted a drone attack on Monday on the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in the city of Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow, regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev said.
It was the latest in a series of similar drone raids on Russian energy infrastructure in recent weeks, some of which have disrupted fuel production.
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Russian energy company Novatek NVTK.MM suspended some operations at a huge Baltic Sea fuel export terminal on Jan. 21 after a fire started by what Ukrainian media said was a drone attack.
Two days before that, a drone attack had hit an oil depot in Russia's western region of Bryansk, bordering Ukraine, for which Moscow blamed Kyiv.
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That’s as loopy as gun laws. Russians won’t fly stuff over them and the Ukranians will ignore it.
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Or like many of the destructive fires all over Russia, Partizens on the ground ignite fires in the dead of night.
FREEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!!
Kyiv in 3 days! Pack your parade uniform!
—> Kyiv in 3 days! Pack your parade uniform!
And don’t forget this classic:
Zelensky: “NO! I don’t want peace! We’d rather fight, lose a million Ukrainians and a third of our population! Peace! [spit!]”
This means that Ukrainian drones cannot fly into these facilities without breaking the law and suffering heavy fines.
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