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Ukraine struck Russia's largest oil refinery, located in the city of Omsk, on Monday, marking what its forces say was its furthest-ever drone attack in the war.

The Omsk facility, which processes about 21 million tons of oil a year, is in Western Siberia and about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory — roughly the distance between Los Angeles and Houston.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

I wonder if Ukraine got the idea from Iran?

I don’t mean that as an accusation, but… well, Iran basically has the world economy’s throat. And I know Ukraine’s drones just got the capability, but Iran had to be a fantastic reminder of how fragile an oil economy is.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Ukraine started their "long range sanctions" program years before Trump attacked Iran. It's getting more attention now because the years of consistent damage are starting to add up, but it's certainly not new. People who pay attention have always known the economic vulnerability of the oil market.

[–] amgine@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

That and their drone production ramped up so much that they can “sanction” Russia far more often now

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 10 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They've been occasionally attacking oil infrastructure since the beginning of the war. Used to be their "allies" asked them to please tone that down a bit. I guess Ukrainians finally stopped giving a shit.

[–] amgine@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

NATO is all in on supporting Ukraine despite the Orange dickhead’s threats.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Backing Trump and MAGA has really backfired for Russia.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What? No it hasn't.

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 6 points 14 hours ago

They saw how quickly nations fell to their knees when you disrupted the flow of oil.