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  • Oil and gas facilities in Russia have caught fire in recent weeks following suspected drone attacks.
  • In the latest attack, an oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region was ablaze on Saturday.
  • Russia's air-defense systems have proven to be less effective against small drones.
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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It's about time someone did. War is just violent economics. Taking away Putin's income will cost him the war faster than killing Russians.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (8 children)

And much more humanely. Plus every destroyed oil refinery in the world is a boon to humanity and probably a couple months longer survival as a species.

[–] Inky@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Generally agree, but damaging gas facilities can have undesirable consequences. An extreme methane leak is worse than combusting that gas

[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

True.... but also there are safety mechanisms that shut off the flow of methane in events such as this. As the last thing you will want is combustible methane on your facility fire that was just bombed.

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