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Russia's largest gas field Urengoy on fire in Yamalo-Nenets region.
The fire erupted after a pipeline burst near one of the production units. The accident happened during night and emergency personnel were on site early morning 16th of June, Telegram channel Gaz-Batyushka informs.
The Urengoy is Russia’s biggest natural gas field with reserves up to 10 trillion cubic meters. It is operated by Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy, a regional subsidiary unit of national energy company Gazprom.
As previously noted, the Urengoy gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region is the world’s second-largest natural gas field behind the South Pars/North Dome field located in the Persian Gulf.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/indus ... eld-ablaze
Even if it's not sabotage, it's evidence that lack of maintenance due to lack of parts is starting to bite massively.tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:56 pm Hey ho, another day - another "misfortune"
Russia's largest gas field Urengoy on fire in Yamalo-Nenets region.
The fire erupted after a pipeline burst near one of the production units. The accident happened during night and emergency personnel were on site early morning 16th of June, Telegram channel Gaz-Batyushka informs.
The Urengoy is Russia’s biggest natural gas field with reserves up to 10 trillion cubic meters. It is operated by Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy, a regional subsidiary unit of national energy company Gazprom.
As previously noted, the Urengoy gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region is the world’s second-largest natural gas field behind the South Pars/North Dome field located in the Persian Gulf.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/indus ... eld-ablaze
It pulls at hairs with deep roots. She could be my little ones double.
yeah, that's the big problemMargin__Walker wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:18 pm I expect that thing would be pretty useless in contested airspace tbf.
Yep, good for blasting through jungle overgrowth. Not a thing you want to be in if the opposition has a stinger missile on hand.fishfoodie wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:23 pmyeah, that's the big problemMargin__Walker wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:18 pm I expect that thing would be pretty useless in contested airspace tbf.
Put another way, it’s a weapon a rich country uses against another country / group too poor to afford the fraction of the plane’s cost it takes to buy missiles able to turn into a tangled, smoking mess.Margin__Walker wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:18 pm I expect that thing would be pretty useless in contested airspace tbf.
A thing I would note in this is that the west's bigger strengths and advantages over Russia in air power is not available to Ukraine. Very much a war fought to Russia's strengths and our weaknesses. The fact that Russia still hasn't got complete control over the sky indicates how weak their air forces are.
Ukraine to unveil reconstruction plan in July. As part of the “Reconstruction Plan of Ukraine-United 24,” each partner country would be in charge of a particular region or industry, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. Denmark has already agreed to take charge of the restoration of Mykolaiv, the Baltic countries of the Zhytomyr Oblast, and Portugal of rebuilding Ukrainian schools.
petej wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:10 pmA thing I would note in this is that the west's bigger strengths and advantages over Russia in air power is not available to Ukraine. Very much a war fought to Russia's strengths and our weaknesses. The fact that Russia still hasn't got complete control over the sky indicates how weak their air forces are.
And here's why Russia can't get control of the sky. SAMs are just too effective. When even (sorry) Georgia was giving the Russian airforce a hard time with missile losses you can see the balance of power on the modern battlefield and why the US is spending billions upon billions on SEAD interdiction capabilities which the Russians simply don't have.Ukrainian Armed Forces say they shot down Russian plane, captured pilot in Donetsk Oblast. The 72nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Facebook that it shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft with an Igla surface-to-air missile system.
Hope this is verified, there was never any confirmed update on the destruction of the attack on the Wagner Merc camp of a few days ago where later reports suggested 20 - 30 dead instead of 200+ originally claimed.In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian artillerymen destroyed the command post of the 20th combined-arms army, killing more than 40 Russian invaders.
This was announced by Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk on his Facebook page.
“On June 17, as a result of an artillery strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region, the command post of the 20th combined-arms army (military unit 89425, Voronezh) of the Western Military District was destroyed,” the journalist wrote.
According to him, all the personnel who were at the command post died.
The military personnel of the highest command level of the 20th combined-arms army and the duty shift of the 533rd command and intelligence center (military unit 32801, Voronezh) of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff were liquidated.
Tsymbalyuk notes that the identity of the dead Russian soldiers cannot be established due to the complete burning of the bodies, as well as due to the collapse of the building.
Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 800 Russian soldiers of the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade were destroyed in the battles on the territory of Ukraine, and about 400 more people were injured.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian soldiers forced the enemy to leave the village of Dmitrovka in the Kharkiv region.
https://ukrainetoday.org/2022/06/18/arm ... alyuk/amp/
petej wrote: Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:39 pm https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/6/1 ... our-HIMARS
Really good article on logistics. Himars range below.
The yanks annihilated hundreds in Syria.Uncle fester wrote: Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:34 am Presume that it's okay to shoot Wagner mercs out of hand based on Russia's interpretation of international law?
The problem is not in Putin. The problem is in the quasi monarchic political structure of Russia. Therefore, this problem can not be solved by changing Putin to "someone better". It can be solved only by dismantling the system of imperial power entirely