Blast on Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline cuts off deliveries to Russian capital – sources
Photo: The Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline has been taken out of service (Russian media)
On August 26, a powerful explosion occurred on the Ryazan–Moscow trunk oil pipeline in the territory of the Ryazan region. The pipeline is one of the key sources of petroleum product supplies to Moscow, according to sources from the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense.
Reports of a loud "bang" in Ryazan city's public channels were accompanied by a large-scale fire.
Within a few hours, emergency service crews arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire.
Residents report that in the area of the village of Bozhatkovo in Ryazan’s Railway District, law enforcement officers and repair crews are working to eliminate the consequences of the explosion and fire.
Since 2018, the pipeline has been repurposed by Transneft for the supply of automobile gasoline, which covers the needs of the Russian army.
According to Ukraine's intelligence, the transportation of petroleum products to Moscow has been temporarily halted, while Transneft representatives are calculating the damages from the incident.
Strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline
The first attack on Druzhba took place on August 13, and on August 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a second strike — this time on the Nikolskoye oil pumping station in Russia’s Tambov region.
As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the facility, and the Russians completely stopped pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
On August 20, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that oil pumping had been restored.
However, on August 21, drones again struck the Unecha station, thereby halting oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.
