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19 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

How long until Russians drop the pretense of an economic incentive and just start kidnapping other countries citizens?  

 

Eh.. scamming people in need and then basically making them indentured servants to help invade a country is a lot more Russian than just kidnapping them.

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On 11/9/2025 at 8:10 PM, atomheartbevo said:

 

They are blurring important infrastructure on the Yandex mapping service, which...makes it easier to spot important infrastructure

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Prices have risen 40-50% since the start of the year, prompting the Russian government to order oil companies to activate reserve capacity, delay scheduled maintenance and coordinate rail shipments of fuel.

this late September article contained one nugget that I stashed away. Putting aside the constant drone attacks, I know nothing about oil and gas production, and wonder if one of the resident oil barons could tell me how often scheduled maintenance occurs, and the consequences of not doing scheduled maintenance over time. 

Is it monthly maintenance, quarterly maintenance, yearly maintenance - or a combination of that depending on which component and how important it is?  When will we start seeing booms just because they decided not to do maintenance?

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Got to play the hits when you’ve got nothing else.  I did nazi that coming.

Lavrov says Russia won't end the war unless Ukraine capitulates. 

Russia's position hasn't changed at all.

"Among other absolutely essential conditions for a settlement - such as demilitarization, the removal of any threats to the Russian Federation, including by preventing Ukraine from being dragged into NATO, the protection of the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking people, and of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - there is also the requirement of denazification. 

This is not something we have invented, not an idea alien to modern Europe. After all, there was the Nuremberg Tribunal, the results of which became part of the UN Charter and part of the foundation of the international system established after World War II. Undoubtedly, all of Europe agreed to this. Germany, in particular, went through a process of denazification and repentance. Unfortunately, today - perhaps even starting with Germany itself - we feel that this repentance has come to mean very little."

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45 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Got to play the hits when you’ve got nothing else.  I did nazi that coming.

Lavrov says Russia won't end the war unless Ukraine capitulates. 

Russia's position hasn't changed at all.

"Among other absolutely essential conditions for a settlement - such as demilitarization, the removal of any threats to the Russian Federation, including by preventing Ukraine from being dragged into NATO, the protection of the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking people, and of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - there is also the requirement of denazification. 

This is not something we have invented, not an idea alien to modern Europe. After all, there was the Nuremberg Tribunal, the results of which became part of the UN Charter and part of the foundation of the international system established after World War II. Undoubtedly, all of Europe agreed to this. Germany, in particular, went through a process of denazification and repentance. Unfortunately, today - perhaps even starting with Germany itself - we feel that this repentance has come to mean very little."

From the Every Accusation is a Confession File - International Edition.  

Awesome that he's invoking Nuremberg when he and his master should be sitting in the dock next up.  Do everyone a favor and pull a Goering buddy.

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On 11/9/2025 at 8:10 PM, atomheartbevo said:

 

They are blurring important infrastructure on the Yandex mapping service, which...makes it easier to spot important infrastructure

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The Taganov Substation is in an industrial area, with a lot of larger buildings. The blurred area includes an airstrip, so maybe the industrial plants make aviation hardware that used to be installed here before the war.

My google earth shot from 2002 shows Russian AWACS & Bear bombers on the apron in the bottom of the photo.  I don't imagine they keep anything that close to Ukraine anymore.  

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The substation has a small footprint, but if it serves a specific area, good. I imagine Ukraine has pretty good intel on this area. It is interesting the rail siding next to the substation can accommodate a large number of rail tank cars, so specialty chemicals may be involved in the manufacturing nearby,

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12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I'm trying to switch over to BlueSky/Threads, but a few are still on twitter.  This thing is fairly deep into Russia, on the Volga river.

 

The Saratov Refinery, with the red line showing the line of sight in the OP, from bottom towards the top.The little red fires labelled "11/25" are the 2 big towers hit earlier this month.

The Blue and Orange oblong objects are tall flare/exhaust stacks, and I think the Blue one is the tall flare you see in the video. I think the green polygons are choice targets (main process vessels) within the refinery, and it appears they are close/within the fires from the videos.

I thought the attack 2 weeks ago took out the main process vessels.  It is interesting that Ukraine would hit it again with 2 weeks. Again, indicative of good intel on what was hit before, and what needed to be hot again. 

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3 hours ago, PTINS said:

I thought the attack 2 weeks ago took out the main process vessels.  It is interesting that Ukraine would hit it again with 2 weeks. Again, indicative of good intel on what was hit before, and what needed to be hot again. 

We know they are getting satellite imagery from other European countries - I can't tell if we give them the good stuff or not, because it seems like our relationship with them changes daily.

But my gut says they have people on the ground with eyes on the target.  And there are Russians who are engaged in sabotage - witness the train fires, the various telecom equipment being burned, etc., and it would be easy for them to smuggle out information.

And hell, they are hitting stuff in daylight which  means they know what air defenses are around (or rather not around) because if they thought there were at least a bunch of dudes in pickup trucks with machine guns, they might wait until nightfall. The daytime raids let them hit exactly what the operators are hoping to hit.

 

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You might also find this interesting @PTINS

(2) Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Five big Indian refiners haven't placed any orders for Russian oil for December due to the US sanctions, Bloomberg reported. The refiners - Reliance Industries, Bharat Petroleum Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals and HPCL-Mittal Energy - https://t.co/9sT81l2fTt" / X

Five big Indian refiners haven't placed any orders for Russian oil for December due to the US sanctions, Bloomberg reported.

The refiners - Reliance Industries, Bharat Petroleum Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals and HPCL-Mittal Energy - accounted for two-thirds of India's imports of Russian oil so far this year.

Last week, on the sidelines of an industry conference in Abu Dhabi, they reached out to traditional suppliers in the Persian Gulf - Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. - to make up for the lost Russian barrels, with processors securing supply assurances.

Most Indian Oil Refiners Skip Buying Russian Crude for December - Bloomberg

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Wonder if things are getting spicy in St. Petersburg of if they are just trying to stop drones.

(2) Anton Gerashchenko on X: "In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, with a population of 5.6 million, mobile internet access has been shut down. Residents across the city are reporting that websites, messaging apps, banking services, delivery platforms, and taxi apps are not working. The only service that https://t.co/bW70eblPuU" / X

In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, with a population of 5.6 million, mobile internet access has been shut down.

Residents across the city are reporting that websites, messaging apps, banking services, delivery platforms, and taxi apps are not working. The only service that continues to function reliably is the Federal State Information System "Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (Functions)" ("Gosuslugi").

Telecom operators told Russian media that the outages are "related to security measures." However, no official alerts about drone threats have been announced.

In addition to St. Petersburg, disruptions to mobile internet have also been reported in Russian Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa today.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Too drunk to walk?  Holy shit, that IS a perfect Russian AI robot!

48 minutes ago, SurlyGator said:

Sometimes, the jokes just write themselves!

The Rocky theme was the chef’s kiss.

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3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Wonder if things are getting spicy in St. Petersburg of if they are just trying to stop drones.

Probably internet problems related to them trying to stop drones, but…

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1987816336236364178

It looks like hidden drafting has started in Russia. 

A campaign started in 20 Russian regions on drafting reservists into units that will secure critically important Russian objects. In Tatarstan, this process started back in October - reservists were recruited to secure oil objects. In Nizhny Novgorod, reservists have already been selected and are undergoing training. 

On November 4, Putin signed a decree allowing reservists to be drafted into securing critically important objects in peacetime. It is hard to estimate the scale of this process and the number of reservists that will be drafted. 

The main question is whether this is done to accumulate additional human resource for war or to replenish losses and decrease in signing military contracts (which have been the primary source of Russia's cannon fodder in previous years). 

This should become clear in several months. Several Russian regions have sharply decreased the amount of payments Russians receive when they sign a contract with the Russian army. That's probably why the hidden mobilization was launched now. 

Although it is declared that the reservists will only serve in their regions, there is very little doubt that they will all arrive at the frontlines eventually. 

This should also influence the overall situation with labor resources in Russia - reservists are usually more educated and qualified. Russia is already experiencing labor shortage, and this will deepen the issue in the long term.

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I’m thinking they re going to stick these dudes in pickups with machine guns and station them around refineries.

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Something to keep an eye on

The front in the Zaporizhzhia direction is collapsing

Russian forces have broken through Ukrainian defenses in eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast and advanced toward Huliaipole, according to OSINT channels.

The DeepState project reports that a breakthrough near the Yanchur River allowed Russian troops to advance from the northeast, creating a threat of partial encirclement of the city.

In recent weeks, Russian forces have captured dozens of square kilometers — including the villages of Sladke, Novoe, and Novonikolayevka — and begun fighting for Rovnopol, just 11 km from Huliaipole.

Experts describe the situation as a “localized collapse of defenses.” Russian troops are advancing 4–5 km every few days, while Ukrainian forces struggle to fortify new positions.

Military analysts warn that if this pace continues, the city could be encircled or captured within two weeks.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed difficulties in the area. Ukrainian troops withdrew from several positions near five settlements in the Huliaipole sector, said Southern Defense Forces spokesman Vladyslav Voloshyn.

“We completely left Uspenivka and Novonikolayivka. Heavy fighting continues for Yablokove and three to four other locations. The defensive operation continues. The frontline remains very dynamic.”

Huliaipole, once home to 13,000 people, remains a strategically important crossroads in eastern Ukraine

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