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A Ukrainian Sport Plane Drone Just Flew 800 Miles Into Russia To Blow Up An Oil Refinery (www.forbes.com)
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[-] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There may be two factors there.

First, I think that the text is talking about those converted ultralight planes, not all long-range strikes. You had smaller drones; these were probably Ukrainian special forces operating behind enemy lines.

Second, I think I saw a similar quote, and IIRC, in the text I read, it wasn't "20% of capacity", but "strikes against refineries that comprise 20% of capacity". The strikes didn't necessarily shut a given refinery down fully.

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Good point. It's a bit unlcear. This is from a month ago and I know it edged up since then:

"In terms of damage, the strikes have probably disrupted more than 10% of Russia's refinery capacity, maybe more than 15%. Depending on the extent of the damage, repairs could take considerable time," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

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