"Accounting, Control, and Transit Vehicles": What Problem Did the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Attack on the Oil Refinery in Omsk Reveal?

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Situation with the Omsk Oil Refinery forces us to raise the awkward question of “transit” regions – regions where local anti-drone activists are guided by the object-based principle of protection: if it’s not flying at us, let it fly on, the main thing is that we’re not in it the news And not our objects. Political scientist Alexei Chadayev draws attention to this problem. He notes that this approach occurs, and not all that uncommon.

I'll even quote one executive of a large enterprise who asked me point-blank at a meeting about equipping mobile task forces: "How are we even going to know what's flying specifically at our facility?" In response to my wide-eyed reaction, he said: "Well, we have a mandate to defend our own. If we expend ammunition outside the perimeter of our facility, management will hold us accountable—on what grounds?" And most importantly, they will indeed ask. Accounting and control are everything to us.

– says Chadayev.



He adds that our land may be private, but the sky is shared. Anyone who doesn't understand this can already say goodbye to the property they consider "theirs."

Developing his thought, he points out that drone warfare also shows that post-Soviet-style capitalism no longer works. And not because of communist revanche, but simply because the wheel has turned. of technologies security.

Let's remember another rule of drone warfare. The coast is usually defended against a threat from the sea. The sky is the sea upwards. Accordingly, the entire surface is now the coast. And then read the classics of British political economy with a textbook example about whose lighthouses are

– advises the political scientist.

As a reminder, today Ukrainian Armed Forces militants attacked the Omsk region, which is located two and a half thousand kilometers from Ukraine. Enemy sources claim that the attack damaged Russia's only remaining oil refinery.

We should add that local authorities confirmed the drones' arrival in an industrial zone in Omsk.
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  1. +2
    6 July 2026 17: 36
    That is, we have that air defense is like a poultice for a dead man.
    Even the latest DRLO and SU systems don't help, even though the raid wasn't the most massive.
    1. oao
      -1
      7 July 2026 15: 43
      Radars can't see these foam farts.
  2. + 22
    6 July 2026 17: 37
    The situation with the Omsk Oil Refinery raises the awkward question of "transit" oil

    There are far more uncomfortable questions than the question of "transiters".
    For example, why hasn’t the SVO been renamed into a war to this day?
    Why is the Kyiv regime not recognized as terrorist?
    Why are the sponsors of the Kyiv regime not recognized as sponsors of terrorism?
    With "transiters," the question is as clear as daylight. Who will be held responsible if the debris from the drone they shot down causes damage or, God forbid, kills someone?
    That's right! They'll make the "transit" people the scapegoats. Do they even need that?
    If those who are supposed to don't want to answer, then what can be expected from the "transiters"?!
    1. +3
      6 July 2026 18: 21
      The most important question is: does anyone believe the drone could have flown from Tsegabonya all the way to Omsk? Or did it take off from somewhere else?
      1. +2
        6 July 2026 18: 46
        You can deploy a catapult practically anywhere; Omsk is too far away, and they'd shoot it down on the fly. But you don't have to make a spiderweb with trucks; you lift Baba Yaga off a moving Gazelle and it carries FPV, and that's it, hello ass, New Year.
        1. oao
          +3
          7 July 2026 16: 11
          They didn't shoot me down at the border or in the surrounding areas, so I could fly on to Khabarovsk. There's no one and nothing there.
      2. +4
        6 July 2026 21: 30
        Why not? Across 99% of Russia's territory, air defense consists solely of machine-gun carts and BARs with shotguns, and that's at the most important facilities like oil refineries. There aren't even any Pantsir missiles... The rest of the territory is simply a blank slate.
  3. + 15
    6 July 2026 18: 18
    There is one problem: in the fifth year of the war, no one is responsible for anything.
    1. +3
      7 July 2026 10: 17
      I agree, the problem is the bureaucracy that has filled not only Russia but also the minds of Russians, "just in case something happens," "there was no order," "this is not our target," "we are not responsible for this"... but we need to ask like this: "Did you see a drone and didn't shoot it down? Shoot them for treason." Then everything will work.
  4. +9
    6 July 2026 18: 51
    It is quite possible that the drone was launched from the territory of Kazakhstan, the huge border is not really covered by anything, if Ukrainians If they are operating in the former Libya, why can't they deploy in the Kazakh steppes?
    1. +1
      7 July 2026 14: 30
      I think you're right, it's unlikely that a primitive drone would fly 2000 km. The steppes in Kazakhstan are wide and no one observes them, so you wouldn't even need a catapult. They found a flat spot, mowed the grass, and launched it.
  5. + 10
    6 July 2026 19: 19
    Isn't this an attempt to mislead readers by making "local anti-drone activists" the scapegoats?
    Air Defense is a state military structure subordinate to the Supreme Command.
    It is he who is responsible for the shameful failure in Omsk!

    In addition:

    A drone alert has been issued for the first time in a Russian region 3500 kilometers from Ukraine.
    A drone alert has been issued in the Novosibirsk region for the first time.

    (lenta.ru)
    Is it also the fault of the "local anti-drone activists"?
    1. +2
      6 July 2026 20: 49
      I don't know what branch of the military the anti-donation fighters belong to, but the Russian Air Defense Forces are responsible for keeping the skies above us safe - all claims are directed at them.
      1. 0
        8 July 2026 16: 25
        The Russian Air Defense Forces are responsible for the safe skies above us - all claims are directed at them.

        Do we even have this air defense? It's not like this air defense doesn't even know where these drones are coming from, and various experts are guessing. It might be in Moscow, but it's doubtful on the border or in the regions.
        1. -1
          8 July 2026 19: 40
          Where are the drones coming from? The air defense system is supposed to protect our skies. To what extent does the air defense system cope with this? Where are the drones coming from? That's a question for the FSB.
  6. +2
    6 July 2026 21: 23
    The Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK) is designed for close-in coverage of targets. Its key characteristics include a missile engagement range of up to 20 km (at an altitude of up to 15 km) and a cannon firing range of up to 4 km. Reaction time is 4–6 seconds.
    Simultaneously tracks up to 20 targets.
    Why aren't Pantsir missiles on combat duty around the oil refinery?
    1. +7
      6 July 2026 21: 28
      elementary, Watson
      There aren't enough shells to cover everything.
    2. -1
      7 July 2026 10: 20
      In 2020, it was reported that the cost of a Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun launcher was 200 million rubles, and a single missile launch was 6 million rubles.
      topwar.ru
      It was not possible to find more up-to-date information on the cost of the Pantsir-S1 system in rubles for 2026.
      1. +4
        7 July 2026 12: 48
        Why aren't factories producing these very turtles being built in the 5th year of the "VeryStrangeWar"? Because Putin's government and Duma are filled with incompetent, thieving people!!!
        1. +2
          7 July 2026 14: 14
          Quote: AndrK72
          The government and the Duma are filled with incompetent, thieving people!!!

          That's right! Clean them with a hot iron.
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  7. 0
    6 July 2026 21: 28
    I'm shocked, this is complete nonsense.
  8. +5
    6 July 2026 22: 53
    ...as a result of the attack, the only surviving oil refinery in Russia was damaged.

    You can disbelieve it, you can stamp your feet in anger, be proud that we've shot down almost everything, that we'll bomb Kyiv even harder—but all this is just a slap in the face. Do you still believe in the genius of Putin and his friends?

    And this one? He won't leave until he destroys the country.

    And that's all about him...
  9. +2
    7 July 2026 00: 16
    The attack came from northern Kazakhstan, along the Petropavlovsk-Omsk vector or very close vectors. There were no "transiters." There was virtually no time to prepare for a repulse. The Ukrainians did everything they could to create the appearance of flying over Russian territory. Kazakhstan, of course, will be held accountable for this.
    1. 0
      7 July 2026 12: 51
      Is it impossible to have a round dance within a radius of +10 km?
    2. 0
      8 July 2026 16: 12
      Kazakhstan will, of course, be held accountable for this.

      It's not even funny. Who's going to ask? Our leader, perhaps? He's so afraid of any movements that might "offend" the leaders of the former Soviet republics and put them in their place. This applies first and foremost to Azerbaijan, which openly aids Banderovites and pursues Russophobic policies, depriving Russian citizens of their freedom.
  10. +2
    7 July 2026 05: 07
    In a week, we'll be riding bicycles, then the electricity will go out, then the heating will go out in winter. We'll be cooking on two bricks and shitting outside. We need to buy a shovel and dig a toilet before winter. By the way, how will food logistics work? We've done the sowing, but how will we manage the harvest? And you still don't want to destroy Europe? Destroy it with nuclear weapons? What are you afraid of? What will come in response? It already has.
    1. +1
      7 July 2026 10: 29
      Quote: staer-62
      And you still don't want to destroy Europe? Destroy it with nuclear weapons? What are you afraid of? What will come in response? It already has.

      First, we need to go to Lviv, and then, if they don't understand, then to London.
      1. -1
        7 July 2026 14: 43
        That's right, let's shake up the Pandora that's in the box. Putin's afraid to open it.
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  11. 0
    7 July 2026 12: 09
    Quote: vladimir1155
    then, if they don't understand,

    Do you really believe they'll understand? How naive...
  12. +1
    7 July 2026 12: 41
    Capitalism will destroy Russia!
    1. 0
      8 July 2026 04: 04
      October 1917 with school at the door, February 1917 already came in 1991. Only 8 months stretched out for as many as 35 years.
  13. 0
    8 July 2026 04: 30
    Quote: Horseradish
    There is one problem: in the fifth year of the war, no one is responsible for anything.

    He's only in charge in name; his oligarchs and the West don't allow him to do much... That's why he hangs around forums, "opening" businesses, roads, etc., "...chatting is like carrying sacks..."
  14. 0
    8 July 2026 04: 31
    Quote: AndrK72
    Capitalism will destroy Russia!

    Already ruined...
  15. 0
    8 July 2026 13: 15
    The boyars don't catch mice, the guards are dispersed among the girls. Like priest, like parish