pluggerslugs

joined 2 months ago
[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 3 points 45 minutes ago

I think I've seen videos of this guy in his car looking for/complaining about gasoline. I guess he wasn't successful since he's walking around now.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 2 points 59 minutes ago

Cyberboroshno's analysis of satellite imagery tracked the shadow fleet's collapse in numbers. Around 1 July, about 100 vessels sat north of the Crimean Bridge in the Azov Sea, with roughly 100 more to the south near the Taman port. By 6 July, the northern group had thinned to about 40. By 8 July, some 20 remained in the north, one of them burning, with massed movement toward the bridge.

The northern vessels are mostly small river-class tankers, the analysts found. They shuttle fuel south, where cargo is transshipped onto much larger ships for direct Black Sea runs to importer countries. The vessels belong to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, used to circumvent sanctions.

I hadn't seen this detail elsewhere, but it seems like disabling these smaller tankers would have a wider effect on Russia's oil exports than just taking down ocean-going tankers. They hit a bunch of oil depots in that supply the tankers, too.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

A military convoy carrying over 200 fighters from the Russian paramilitary Africa Corps and more than 100 Malian soldiers came under attack in northern Mali on July 9.

Reusing the name is an interesting choice.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Now I’m curious what they’ll be using the sunflower oil for in 3 months.

ok but have a look at the rest of the user's posts here and see if you detect a theme

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Thanks for the fascinating information that is obviously not part of a (half-assedly) coordinated effort to undermine western support.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago

I don't see why not, once the tanks roll in to reclaim Muscovy for the new Kievan Rus'

It's one thing when your logistics are messed up, and maybe it's another when people are freezing to death and civil unrest goes from zero to "burn the Kremlin for heat."

I'm just eager for my Scadenfreude and wonder what it's gonna be like.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Honestly, if that guy can knock out a drone with a rock from a sling like that, he's an unbelievable badass and deserves respect.

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Obviously the gas shortage is bad and there's no light at the end of the tunnel for Russia that isn't just a drone strike. It's going to take a long time to fix the refineries and importing enough gasoline to meet demand is unrealistic at best.

My question is, how does Russia heat its homes? In addition to the oil refineries, Ukraine has hit gas pipeline pumping stations and other infrastructure that will also take a while to fix. What happens in Russia when it gets colder?

[–] pluggerslugs@piefed.social 48 points 3 days ago

Russia is taking action to reduce the demand for gasoline, one engine at a time.

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