"We Need To Cut The 'Druzhba' Oil Pipeline"
- 17.06.2026, 16:20
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Roman Svitán explained how to cut off Moscow's gasoline supply.
Ukraine dealt a powerful blow to Moscow on the night of June 16, striking the “heart” of an oil refinery. The website Charter97.org spoke with Roman Svitan, a reserve colonel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military expert, and flight instructor:
— This is the so-called Kapotninsky Oil Refinery, which is already about a hundred years old. Lenin had it built back in his day. Remember him in that photo with the log? Well, that was him in Kapotna. They were just starting to build it back then, and this refinery, in principle, supplied half of Moscow’s needs. And the other half, by the way, was supplied by the Mozyr Oil Refinery.
Now we can say that the Kapotninsky Oil Refinery has been shut down. The strike targeted the crude oil pretreatment unit. This is the “heart” of the plant. Without this pretreatment, the crude oil cannot be separated into fractions.
The SBU selected a precise, appropriate target for the drone strike. A single drone was enough, in principle, to completely halt the production cycle at this plant.
Just a few weeks ago, the Russians began constructing an additional mounting platform for the “Pantsir.” They had practically finished building it, but they hadn’t yet managed to move the “Pantsir” into position. This made it possible to bypass one “Pantsir” system on the outer ring road outside the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) and pass through the MKAD, striking this refinery. It is literally right next to the MKAD, southeast of Moscow.
They’re currently trying to put out the fire at the refinery, but it definitely won’t be operational anytime soon. To completely cut off Moscow’s supply, we need to cut off the oil supply to the Mozyr Oil Refinery. The best option is to strike at Unecha. Unecha is home to a pipeline control station that supplies oil from Tatarstan to the Mozyr Oil Refinery via the “Druzhba” pipeline.
If we manage to cut off the “Druzhba” pipeline as well, more than half of Moscow’s residents will be left without fuel. They’ll have to get around on skis.