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« Reply #3250 on: June 20, 2024, 12:24:59 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on June 20, 2024, 11:25:53 am
Surprised the Biden admin is allowing this.  A few more of these will precipitate a oil price spike, and not something Biden needs right now.

So far, Ukraine has been using drones to strike Russian oil production and storage facilities, not US-supplied ATACMS, etc.. So LIEden has tried to discourage this Ukrainian effort - for reasons that might include the effect on world oil supplies and prices - but cannot withhold the weapons Ukraine has been using in the effort.
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3251 on: June 20, 2024, 10:50:45 pm »
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« Reply #3252 on: June 20, 2024, 10:52:53 pm »
I suspect that the pumps that are feeding this oil depot from the east are still running full force, similar to the Piper Alpha disaster in the 70s.
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3253 on: June 20, 2024, 11:03:17 pm »
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« Reply #3254 on: June 20, 2024, 11:04:41 pm »
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« Reply #3255 on: June 20, 2024, 11:05:43 pm »
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« Reply #3256 on: June 20, 2024, 11:15:11 pm »
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« Reply #3257 on: June 20, 2024, 11:22:58 pm »
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« Reply #3258 on: June 20, 2024, 11:25:13 pm »
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« Reply #3259 on: June 20, 2024, 11:25:50 pm »
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« Reply #3260 on: June 20, 2024, 11:31:13 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3261 on: June 20, 2024, 11:34:31 pm »
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« Reply #3262 on: June 20, 2024, 11:52:25 pm »
In Azov, for the third day they cannot extinguish the fire at the oil depot after the strike of Ukrainian drones

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In the Rostov region, for the third day, they cannot extinguish the fire at the oil depot of the Azovproduct plant, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones, writes the local edition of 161.ru.

According to him, over the past three days, 200 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Department for the Prevention and Elimination of Emergencies took part in extinguishing the fire. At the moment, rescuers from different parts of the Rostov region are working on the spot.

Also, the laboratory of Rospotrebnadzor began to assess the state of the environment and several times a day in different parts of Azov conducts air sampling, the 161.ru notes. So far, according to the department, no excess of the maximum permissible concentrations of chemicals has been detected in the air.

In turn, the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Rostov region warned that fakes are being spread on social networks about the collection of funds and things for firefighters involved in extinguishing the oil depot in Azov.

A fire at an oil depot broke out early in the morning on June 18 after an attack by Ukrainian drones. Before the fire, local residents heard at least five explosions. By the morning of the next day, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations localized the fire that engulfed the tanks with oil products on an area of 3.2 thousand square meters, but by the evening its area increased to 6.3 thousand square meters.  .  .  .

https://www.moscowtimes.eu/2024/06/20/v-azove-tretii-den-ne-mogut-potushit-pozhar-na-neftebaze-posle-udara-ukrainskih-dronov-a134524
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3263 on: June 21, 2024, 12:02:08 am »
Workers of the Kalashnikov plant were forced to work 12 hours a day due to the failure of the defense order

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Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / TASS

Employees of the Kalashnikov plant in Izhevsk were added another 4 hours to the work shift and forced to work six days a week due to non-fulfillment of the state defense order, employees of the enterprise told the Udmurtia Against Corruption telegram channel.

According to them, now they work 12 hours a day and rest only on Sunday. Overtime work also applies to Saturdays. The employees were not allowed to familiarize themselves with the decree that regulates such a regime.

"At the same time, the salary has not been added. Yes, there was a salary increase of 15-20% for the entire plant on June 2. But overtime is paid additionally," the interlocutors of Udmurtia Against Corruption noted.

Back in 2022, the government adopted Resolution No1365, which allows employees of the military-industrial complex (MIC), as well as enterprises working with the state defense order, to work overtime during hostilities. According to this resolution, employers do not have to ask for the consent of employees to overtime work, but must pay it twice.

The day before, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, threatened to take away military factories from owners for disrupting the defense order. He stressed that the work of the defense industry on a national scale "has been transferred to the principles of strict project management."

At the same time, military factories in Russia do not have enough workers. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov estimated the shortage of personnel at 160 thousand people, despite the fact that in less than a year and a half, enterprises producing weapons for the Russian army have already attracted 520 thousand workers.  .  .

https://www.moscowtimes.eu/2024/06/20/rabochih-zavoda-kalashnikov-zastavili-rabotat-po-12-chasov-v-den-iz-za-sriva-oboronzakaza-a134485
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3264 on: June 21, 2024, 01:01:06 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on June 20, 2024, 11:03:17 pm

https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1803927529821966648

Apparently this attack hit a training base for SAM system operators rather than the air base.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9vd9hBXteo

I guess Ukraine wanted to emphasize Russia's need for better SAM system training and give Russia incentive to do it ... and do it in lower risk locations.
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3265 on: June 21, 2024, 01:25:21 pm »
"Employees of the Kalashnikov plant in Izhevsk were added another 4 hours to the work shift and forced to work six days a week due to non-fulfillment of the state defense order, employees of the enterprise told the Udmurtia Against Corruption telegram channel."

I would not want to try firing the rifle that was made on the 11th hour of someone's sixth day in a row!

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« Reply #3266 on: June 21, 2024, 02:08:54 pm »
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The day before, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, threatened to take away military factories from owners for disrupting the defense order. He stressed that the work of the defense industry on a national scale "has been transferred to the principles of strict project management."

This is the very definition of fascism - government offering the pretense of private ownership, as long as the 'owners' do the government's bidding.  Willy Messerschmitt maintained 'control' of his company only because he met production quotas on fighter aircraft.

And they call Ukrainians "fascists".
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3267 on: June 21, 2024, 03:52:35 pm »
Quote from: MeganC on June 21, 2024, 01:25:21 pm
"Employees of the Kalashnikov plant in Izhevsk were added another 4 hours to the work shift and forced to work six days a week due to non-fulfillment of the state defense order, employees of the enterprise told the Udmurtia Against Corruption telegram channel."

I would not want to try firing the rifle that was made on the 11th hour of someone's sixth day in a row!

The design supposedly is forgiving of parts tolerances and very tolerant of dirty environments, so it may also have some tolerance for poor workmanship. But I would not want to risk my life on pushing design tolerances.

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This is the very definition of fascism - government offering the pretense of private ownership, as long as the 'owners' do the government's bidding.  Willy Messerschmitt maintained 'control' of his company only because he met production quotas on fighter aircraft.

And they call Ukrainians "fascists".

German industrialists under Hitler lived in golden cages and sang what Hitler told them to sing. Russian industrialists probably operate under similar constraints, for a boss with a penchant for defenestrating people who cross him.
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Re: Ukraine 4
« Reply #3268 on: June 21, 2024, 07:45:57 pm »
Russia Downs Own Ka-29 Helicopter Over Black Sea Resort Town: Reports

Isabel van Brugen  |  Jun 21, 2024  |  5:53 AM EDT

Russia accidentally downed its own Ka-29 helicopter with its air defense systems over Anapa, a town in Russia's Krasnodar Krai on the northern coast of the Black Sea, according to local reports.

"In Anapa, our own air defense shot down our own helicopter," Egor Guzenko, a Russian soldier who runs a Telegram channel under the call sign "Thirteenth," wrote on Friday.

Guzenko said the Kamov Ka-29 helicopter was struck by one of Russia's Pantsir missile systems, adding that it could have happened "due to a malfunction." Newsweek has yet to verify this and has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.

"Four people died," Guzenko added. "Eternal memory to our soldiers."

There have been numerous cases throughout the war where Russia's air defenses fired at its own aircraft. More than a fifth of Russia's known manned aircraft and helicopter losses since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the war in Ukraine in February 2022 have been self-inflicted, according to data compiled and analyzed by Newsweek in late August 2023.  .  .  .

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ka-29-helicopter-crash-anapa-black-sea-1915686
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« Reply #3269 on: June 21, 2024, 08:30:32 pm »
All these soldiers fed into the meat grinder needlessly... there's gonna be some Russian widows who are extra lonely. Were I a single man... :pondering:
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« Reply #3270 on: June 21, 2024, 08:49:41 pm »
Quote from: MeganC on June 21, 2024, 01:25:21 pm

"Employees of the Kalashnikov plant in Izhevsk were added another 4 hours to the work shift and forced to work six days a week due to non-fulfillment of the state defense order, employees of the enterprise told the Udmurtia Against Corruption telegram channel."

I would not want to try firing the rifle that was made on the 11th hour of someone's sixth day in a row!
This is true. Nazis tried to force slave labor prisoners, mostly Jews, into military manufacturing of ordnance and shipbuilding for the war effort. So easy. So easy to leave out a rivet or two in constructing a u-boat. So easy to make munitions just slightly more prone to detonation. Not to mention that these military essentials were being manufactured by slave labor with beaten, raped, and starving, persons who wanted nothing more than for Germans to die.

Over time, even the stupid Nazis realized this was not a good idea. Russia can use all the 'forced labor' they want, when it comes to the military industry, forced labor does not work.
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« Reply #3271 on: June 21, 2024, 09:54:15 pm »
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« Reply #3272 on: June 21, 2024, 09:57:22 pm »
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« Reply #3273 on: June 21, 2024, 09:58:32 pm »
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« Reply #3274 on: June 21, 2024, 10:00:10 pm »
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