13:33, 01.09.24
This attack could have significant consequences for the Russians.
On the night of September 1, Russian energy facilities were attacked by long-range drones . During the raid, the Kashirskaya GRES, Konakovskaya GRES, and the Moscow Oil Refinery were hit.
As Defence Express writes , although there is no official confirmation from the Ukrainian side, there is still something to analyze. In particular, analysts believe that “the campaign of strikes has entered a new phase.”
“If we start from such a basic level, then it is quite possible to deduce that from today’s strike by our UAVs on Russian state district power plants and oil refineries in Moscow, it will literally burn, and – due to several factors at once,” the experts note.
They noted that the Moscow Oil Refinery is located within the Russian capital, and therefore the damage to an important facility cannot be hidden, although the mayor’s office claims that the cause of the fire was a downed drone falling on a technical room. However, propagandists and the media write that the fire has received the highest level of complexity.
The refinery itself has a capacity of 11 million tons of oil per year. What is important is that this enterprise provides 40% of the gasoline and 50% of diesel fuel needs of Moscow itself, and is also the main supplier of aviation fuel for the capital’s airports.
“If we talk about the damaged Russian state district power plants, then we need to provide the following details. To begin with, let us clarify that in this case, “GRES” in Russian stands for “state district power plant”, that is, we are not talking about some special type of energy generation, these are essentially the same thermal power plants,” Defence Express noted.
According to the latest data, Kashirskaya GRES has been undergoing modernization since 2021. The Russians hoped to increase its capacity from 410 MW to more than 800 MW of generation by 2028. At the same time, the station in Konakovo has as much as 2520 MW of generation, and therefore the destruction of such a facility could have more tangible consequences for the energy system of the aggressor country.
Drone attack on Russia – what is known
As UNIAN reported, the Russian Defense Ministry claims that 158 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were shot down last night in the Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Belgorod, Moscow, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Tula, Tambov, Smolensk, Oryol, Tver and Ivanovo regions.
The oil refinery and the state district power plant in the Moscow region were hit, as well as the state district power plant and gas distribution network located several kilometers away in Konakovo in the Tver region.
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