Drones hit oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast

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And no country has been as innovative at defense against drones as Ukraine. Its expertise has been in demand in the Middle East recently.

Ukraine has also recently started to seriously deploy ground-based drones that they've been experimenting with for a while now, which have been forecasted to eventually replace up to 80% of Ukraine's infantry. Meanwhile, Russia is running so low on resources that they're using horses and donkeys in their supply lines. Now, to play devils advocate a bit: Russia is obviously also using drones and other decently high-tech weapons. The main difference is that Russia doesn't have the resources or competence to spend on innovation to the same extent, so Ukraine is constantly several steps ahead.

Tbf they've got half of Europe sending them money and equipment. Only recently it was announced that the UK are sending them £725m and 120000 drones.

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Why do you write such nosense? Do you really believe this? Then you go no clue of Russian economy. And Russia does not need money. The rest of the world needs Russian ressources. Why do you think western fasicsm tries since CENTURIES to conquer Russia? Over and over and over again, including now? Money is worthless. It's ALL about resources. And Russia has by far the most resources on this planet. Europe has shit. And the USA has mostly wood and coal left, burned through most of their oil and gas reserves, while running a system of absurd consumption that will make them implode as soon as the flow stops.

I imagine the rapid shift in Moscow from wicked delight at the American attack on Iran, shipping oil prices. To slack jawed confusion as their export hubs and more get whacked hard.

There are a lot of Oblasts to be blasted

There are lots of refineries, but since the price of oil went up, Ukraine has been hitting the export terminals too.

> Or were there other Oblast refineries that got blown up? “Oblast” = administrative district, similar to US-style “state”. Did you see reports about other refineries in Samara?

Me too. Is this just the same one from before?

Seems you are new to warfare, espcially of NATO. ALL NATO wars start like this and this IS NATO. Ukraine could do shit without NATO money, NATO weaponry, NATO satellites. This is a NATO war. Ukraine is just cannonfodder for it. And yes, Russia knows that. But since they win anyway and thankfully are not shit like we are, they don't destroy us. Be thankful for that every day. Especially tha Russia and China can turn us to dust in half an hour. Without that you all would not post there but be cannonfodder for the same fascists, too, trying to conquer this planet for the x-th time in 3rd, 4th and 5th World War. That THEY would lose their lives in a nuclear holocaust is the SOLE reason they don't sacrifice you, too. It's the ONLY THING that holds them back - and even that barely as you can see. Just imagine for one second, how any NATO country would react if Russia and China would do that the other way around. Coup in a neighbor country, than installing a regime racist against that NATO country and starting to kill for example US American or Europeans for a "pure race", armed up and financed by Russia and China and then later start to bombard the infrastructure of NATO to "make it collapse" (openly stated by Russian and Chinese leaders). What do you think NATO would do in that case? A military alliance of fascists who carpet bombs countries around the globe for absolutely nothing since it was created?