Un altro civile russo sta filmando un UAV ucraino Lyutyi che si avvicina alla raffineria già in fiamme dopo aver volato per una distanza di oltre 2.000 km prima di scendere sul bersaglio, la sezione tecnologica dell’impianto AVT della raffineria di Ukhtyn, mentre i soldati cercano di abbatterlo con armi leggere.

Not the best marksmanship ever displayed.

I guess that is an indication of the state of Russian civil defense generally. When the central government started devolving all internal security costs to the regions and provinces to pay, way back in 2023, there was bound to start being gaps big enough to drive a buzz-bomb through.

Still you’d think they’d value basic energy infrastructure more. It makes me wonder if there’s some angle here. Embezzling funds for air defenses might get you a million rubles, but as they say in *The Social Network*, a million rubles isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? An entire refinery repair and reconstruction contract’s worth of rubles.

So you let those UAF drones on through, and as the smoke billows up into the sky, you call your boss with the bad news, and your money launderer with the good news. Maybe? Like the old fire insurance scam? Except even better because no arson is required on your part, with unrelenting Ukrainian attack all you have to do is leave the front door unlocked, so to say.

Burn all Russian refinerys