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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Something definitely burning.

If the reporting and geolocating is correct, they hit the large-scale/long-range SAM battery that protects the harbor first (flashy explosion, but not much fire) and then hit the export dock/terminal (lots of fire, still burning hard, mushroom-looking cloud).  That's some pretty solid coordination.

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41 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If the reporting and geolocating is correct, they hit the large-scale/long-range SAM battery that protects the harbor first (flashy explosion, but not much fire) and then hit the export dock/terminal (lots of fire, still burning hard, mushroom-looking cloud).  That's some pretty solid coordination.

Lot of good footage of this thing.

 

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There is some slight confusion - some are saying the area above the cargo terminal was some kind of military facility/base/barracks. Not sure if naval related or some kind of facility for export/import of military cargo or not.

Just hitting the large SAM installation and the oil terminal are huge though.  Cargo...can be offloaded at one of the other piers (even if it's a pain in the ass).

This was a well-coordinated strike.  Still can't believe how easily they wrecked the SAM battery.

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Both oil terminals in the Black Sea that Russia was using have been hit hard.

 

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Ukraine's General Staff reports Defense Forces struck the Novorossiysk naval base in Russia's Krasnodar region overnight using Neptune missiles and attack drones, hitting port infrastructure, the Sheskharis oil terminal, and an S-400 launcher with its missile storage, triggering detonations and fires. Strikes also hit the Saratov oil refinery in Saratov region, causing explosions and fires on site. The Kristal fuel storage facility near Engels in Saratov region was also struck, with explosions and fires reported.

 

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Even high school students in Europe know what's up

A group of Slovak high-schoolers walked out on Prime Minister Robert Fico after he ranted against helping Ukraine, local media report. When Fico claimed the EU was spending “140 billion euros to prolong the war” and told students to “go fight if you’re such heroes,” they drowned him out with jingling keys and left the hall.

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The jingling keys thing refers to this:

The Key-Jingling Protest of the Velvet Revolution — THE END OF HARM

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On 9/3/2025 at 4:49 PM, Laxtonto said:

 

 

12 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Ukraine's General Staff reports Defense Forces struck the Novorossiysk naval base in Russia's Krasnodar region overnight using Neptune missiles and attack drones, hitting port infrastructure, the Sheskharis oil terminal, and an S-400 launcher with its missile storage, triggering detonations and fires. Strikes also hit the Saratov oil refinery in Saratov region, causing explosions and fires on site. The Kristal fuel storage facility near Engels in Saratov region was also struck, with explosions and fires reported.

 

 

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

Saratov still on fire

 

 

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Reuters reporting that oil/cargo transfers halted.

Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk suspends oil exports after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say | Reuters

This is probably what went boom in that one epic explosion that left a mushroom cloud.

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Here's the launch of the Neptunes used

 

 

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

There is some slight confusion - some are saying the area above the cargo terminal was some kind of military facility/base/barracks. Not sure if naval related or some kind of facility for export/import of military cargo or not.

Just hitting the large SAM installation and the oil terminal are huge though.  Cargo...can be offloaded at one of the other piers (even if it's a pain in the ass).

This was a well-coordinated strike.  Still can't believe how easily they wrecked the SAM battery.

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Both oil terminals in the Black Sea that Russia was using have been hit hard.

 

Fuck yeah, Man.  FUCK YEAH

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I’m not really a fossil fuel technocrat, so I’m not sure how Russia exporting   < checks notes > zero….amounts of fuel from the damaged harbor is a good thing.   

Having no money to prosecute the war will probably free up an army of unemployed bank tellers to hit the front line. 

Advantage Putin.

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1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

I’m not really a fossil fuel technocrat, so I’m not sure how Russia exporting   < checks notes > zero….amounts of fuel from the damaged harbor is a good thing.   

Having no money to prosecute the war will probably free up an army of unemployed bank tellers to hit the front line. 

Advantage Putin.

Not to be pedantic, but..

If I understand it correctly, with the damage to the refiners, Russia needs to export oil to anyone who will still take it, and then import fuel.  Hitting the ports seriously fucks that up.  People halfway joke about the vodka production, but honestly they may end up having to use higher proof alcohol (ethanol) for their cars and generators eventually.  Of course that isn't a replacement for diesel. 

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8 minutes ago, Tuco said:

People halfway joke about the vodka production, but honestly they may end up having to use higher proof alcohol (ethanol) for their cars and generators eventually.  Of course that isn't a replacement for diesel. 

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Russia now stealing secret American submarine tactics

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Eight Nordic-Baltic countries announced a joint $500 million weapons package for Ukraine on 13 November as Russia intensifies strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure before winter. 

The package uses NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List to coordinate purchases of US-supplied equipment, including HIMARS rockets, air defense systems, precision weapons, long-range artillery shells, and guided aerial bombs. 

Norway is contributing $200 million of the total. "Ukraine's security is directly connected to ours," the defense ministers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden stated.

The PURL mechanism allows allies to pool funds for faster delivery rather than making separate individual purchases.

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Mossad levels of sabotage

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/14/ukrainian-intelligence-derails-trans-siberian-railway/

Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) released video showing a sabotage operation that derailed a freight train on the Trans-Siberian Railway near Sosnovka in Khabarovsk Krai - 6,600 kilometers from Ukraine. 

The 13 November operation targeted a critical corridor used to transport weapons and ammunition from North Korea to Russian forces. 

The blast reportedly damaged the track and halted cargo movement along the route. HUR described the action as part of ongoing efforts to disrupt Russian logistics infrastructure far from the frontlines, demonstrating Ukraine's capability to strike deep inside Russian territory at supply routes critical to sustaining military operations.

 

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More for @PTINS

The Novorossiysk strike disabled critical oil infrastructure, Exilenova reports. One hit appears to have struck pipelines feeding crude from shore tanks to pier loading terminals, with fire covering a large area. Damage to pipes or pumps halts tanker loading even if storage tanks remain intact.

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I've seen comments saying that they were ignoring the storage tanks and deliberately targeting pumps and other critical hardware. Would be wild if they are that accurate.

Edit: And since this ends their abilities to load oil to tankers in the Black Sea, that probably means there's a shitload of oil sitting in pipelines stretching down to the Black Sea, plus tanks that are just sitting there full to the brim.  Feels like it could jam up a lot of stuff.

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I wonder what would happen if Ukraine hit Russia's physical gold reserves in the vaults within the Bank of Russia headquarters in Moscow and its facility in Saint Petersburg. 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

That thing is out of control  @PTINS can probably explain why, but I can’t believe they haven’t starved it of fuel somehow.

 

You all have seen many pics of O&G facilities, and their maze of pipes in the pipe racks.  With any fire, you shut the valves on either end, and make a decision to put the fire out, or let it burn itself out. Fire water systems are designed for smaller, localized fires; not a catastrophic explosion.

There are fail safe procedures in place, starting with fire detectors and an  Emergency Shut Down (ESD) system, a big red button that sends pre-programmed instructions to open and close whatever needs to be opened and closed in an emergency.  They are located in the control room, around critical pieces of equipment, and around the perimeter of the process areas of the plant.

Some times, it becomes a bit more complicated. Like a drone, or a big bomb exploding in the middle of a pipe rack, like the one in the picture below.  

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Usually the ESD will isolate everything within the plant. Okay, the valves at the plant fence are closed, now what?

It depends, on a lot of things. A lot of the larger pipes and block valves have motor controlled actuators that are controlled remotely, or at the valve.  Once all the automatic control valves are closed, or opened, now the rest have to be done manually. Most equipment is always in service, so they only have manual isolation valves that are needed for routine maintenance. Why are the big oil companies so cheap? Why don't they automate everything? Sometimes that stuff breaks, or fails, or goes off by itself, and automatically goes to fail safe, either opened or closed. Each decision to automate is made case by case.

After that, the remaining valves are closed manually.

The first priority is protect personnel. Muster is preselected places, and count heads.

Then, make decisions on what do do. Is the fire under control? 

There are drawings on every pipe in the plant. Lots of them. It is hard enough tracing a specific pipe, looking at the drawings, then the pipe, as you walk through the pipe rack.

Obviously, you can't do that during a fire, and when everything is a pile of twisted steel, good luck with that.

Even when everything is done right and operating okay, O&G plants are dangerous, and intimidating places. The sounds of high pressure steam and high speed turbines is not a natural sound, and they have a blend of strange smells. By design, you are putting extremely hazardous and volatile fluids at high pressure in a large steel vessel, and adding heat to it. I don't think those would be the preferred places to be in a war.

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11 hours ago, Bevo said:

I wonder what would happen if Ukraine hit Russia's physical gold reserves in the vaults within the Bank of Russia headquarters in Moscow and its facility in Saint Petersburg. 

Or maybe make it all radioactive. Saw a movie about that once, but they tried it on Fort Knox. 
 

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This is the road that Russian troops were seen using to enter the area under the cover of fog - it's mud all over the place if you get off the road, and this maybe the same strike from a different angle earlier, that cut a bridge/elevated section over a marsh/wet area.  Russia going to have to move stuff in by foot.

 

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Supposedly we flew bombers over Estonia (but that term could cover several aircraft depending on configuration) close to the border as a show of force.

Also, NATO has AWACS aircraft over the Black Sea - claims are they are looking at Crimea and most likely feeding intel to Ukraine.

Hungary claims their national security interests lie in the Middle East, not their own backyard.  surejan.gif

 

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