Damage at drone-hit Russian oil depot laid bare by satellite images

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Satellite images of one of Russia’s key Baltic oil ports have revealed the destruction caused by Ukrainian strikes.

Kyiv’s drone swarms hit oil hubs in Russia’s Baltic Sea region four times over five consecutive nights this week, sending 100m-high walls of flames into the sky and creating smoke plumes that could be seen from Finland.

In new satellite pictures of Ust-Luga, one of Russia’s main export hubs for refined products, which handles some 18 million tons of fuel oil annually, thick curtains of smog could be seen rising from a pulverised oil loading pier, while damage could also be seen at storage tanks and technical trestles, according to the Ukrainian military analysis website Militarnyi.

Russian Telegram channels published footage from Saturday morning showing smoke continuing to billow from Ust-Luga and its near neighbour Primorsk, another crucial Russian port hit in recent days. The intense blaze is believed to be caused by an oil spill.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/damage-drone-hit-russian-oil-171419664.html

[pwb]

1. Our atmosphere is taking a beating with all this burning

and leaking oil all over the area. Why not just blow up the delivery pipes and leave the storage areas alone. There is always more oil somewhere no matter how much you set on fire.

[2naSalit]

2. I've been thinking about that...

Since Desert Storm.