Likely. They have crude, but refining capability is... dropping.
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StrangerConscious637Mar 28, 2026
+54
Everything that harms Russia or the USA is a good thing right now. ♥️👍
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justlurkshereMar 28, 2026
+15
To harm Russia it seems we need Ukraine. USA seems to be perfectly capable of doing it all on it's own these days.
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fec2245Mar 28, 2026
+7
Pretty sure the only reason Ukraine is attacking Russia is because of bad decisions made by Putin.
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AlphabunsquadMar 28, 2026
+3
I just worry that the stuff that harms us harms everyone else more right now. We either need to be harmed in the right sort of way or we need to just rip off the bandaid to remove the big orange sore.
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wanderinggoatMar 28, 2026
+2
I'm not a fan of either of those countries but these tt things will harm the world.
Everything is interrelated between countries
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redditismylawyerMar 29, 2026
+2
Bruh… simply existing in its current configuration is harming the US faster than literally _anyone_ could have predicted 20 years ago.
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BlueberryburntpieMar 28, 2026
+6
Fun fact: During the late WW2, Japan had a situation where they only had a few merchant vessels remaining, resulting in crude oil not reaching the refineries. So the Japanese navy would pump raw crude oil from the oil wells and directly into their ships' fuel tanks. Boiler fouling rapidly accelerated because of the impurities in the raw crude. This also had a... explosive result when the ships took battle damage and the natural gas bubbling out of the crude detonated inside the pipes (or worse, had leaked into the engineering spaces).
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isthereadrwhoMar 28, 2026
+2
Because they don't have enough for their own use
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wrosecransMar 28, 2026
+2
Last year I definitely read people suggesting that the kinetic sanctions would have an economic impact, but couldn't possibly result in WW2 style fuel shortages. Given they are restricting refined fuel exports, Russia clearly does not agree that there's no risk of shortages no matter what the rest of us think.
Though, Ukraine destroyed so many tanks, the Russians are forced to walk even while fuel is still available.
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AnotherCuppaTeaMar 29, 2026
+2
Yep. RuZZia's been a gasoline importer since at least last Sept., when they quadrupled their gasoline imports from Belarus.
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Objective_Mousse7216Mar 28, 2026
+26
Remove Ruzzia's ability to finance their illegal war.
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MRBVIIIMar 28, 2026
+36
Good, keep going until Russia runs out of money and implodes
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isekai_cheeseMar 28, 2026
+10
there goes all that sanction free oil :)
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MercantileReptileMar 28, 2026
+12
'Kinetic sanctions' are an excellent thing.
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drkTwrCntMar 28, 2026
+42
It's always great to see russian stuff burning.
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KataphractoiMar 28, 2026
+6
That's quite a trip for a drone. Not quite twice as far as Moscow, but depending on the path took, brings them close enough to or literally right over the Moscow metro area during transit. So if drones are flying a path that brings them close to what should be in theory a heavily defended area of Russia and getting through unnoticed, that says a lot about Russia's capabilities, or lack thereof.
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IvorTheEngineMar 28, 2026
+7
Russia has the same problem everyone else has. They've invested in expensive systems for defending against a small number of supersonic, billion dollar bombers, and instead they face lots of c****(ish) drones.
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DarkLeafzMar 28, 2026
+1
reported to be with [FP-5 "Flamingo" Cruise Missiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-5_Flamingo)
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NotAnotherEmpireMar 28, 2026
+7
Ukraine is destroying Russian air defense and things Russian air defense should be protecting at a much higher rate than it can be produced.
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SquareAdventMar 28, 2026
+2
Now Donald is going to have a word with the press to frame Ukranine as the villain
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+1
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queen-adreenaMar 29, 2026
+1
Good job we've all spent the last 20 years investing in solar, wind, hydro and nuclear power and have almost no need for dinosaur juice.... right?
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Shinokiba-Mar 29, 2026
+1
Yeah!
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GraymystMar 28, 2026
-17
I'm starting to wonder if Iran conflict was not the starting point of Ukraine's idea to strike energy infras.
I can't possibly think they didn't have the idea before this conflict but I'd love to know what prevented them from doing it at this scale earlier. I guess logistics.
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lukethedank13Mar 28, 2026
+30
They have been striking refineries for over a year. This suden surge in intensity is a response to the rise of the oil price. They want to prevent them from profiting from the bullshit certain someone had started.
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GraymystMar 28, 2026
+5
Yeah make sense
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takeda64Mar 28, 2026
+5
The pedophile also lifted sanctions on them. He was looking for any excuse to do it, but he knew it would be very unpopular and now Iran was a great distraction.
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MagnusDidAlotWrongMar 28, 2026
+10
Ukraine has been hitting Russian petrochemical infrastructure hard for quite some time now.
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GraymystMar 28, 2026
+3
I heard, but it didn't seem that intense, at least on medias covering it in my country.
Someone said they might have Prio it now that oil is in supply shock which seems logical but maybe I just happened to see it a bit more in headlines recently.
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MagnusDidAlotWrongMar 28, 2026
+5
Yeah my perspective is probably skewed from following the Russia/Ukraine War pretty closely. I've seen a storage facility/refinery/loading terminal getting blown up pretty regularly for over a year now.
Russia's export capacity is down ~40% or so, apparently.
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Immediate-Unit6311Mar 28, 2026
-16
Good job Z.
Keep making fuel more expensive.
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takeda64Mar 28, 2026
+12
No, gas was very c**** until pedophile invaded Iran.
As far as I'm concerned there's no oil in Russia.
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kitnzuhMar 28, 2026
+6
They're literally fighting for their lives and freedom to stop an invasion but sure get mad at him because you're inconvenienced about the oil prices while you sit comfortably at home.
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