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VIDEO: Explosion in the heart of Russia: all three branches of the strategic oil pipeline near Moscow exploded simultaneously

Pravda

Slovakia

Saturday, November 1


“On October 31, 2025, as a result of a special operation by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, an extremely important military facility of the aggressor state of Russia was put out of operation – the Koltsevoy oil pipeline, which supplied the Russian occupation army with resources to wage a genocidal war against the Ukrainian people,” the GUR statement said.

According to intelligence, the site of the attack is located in the Ramensky District of the Moscow Region.

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"The anti-drone network and armed protection of the enemy facility did not help - all three branches through which the aggressor transported gasoline, diesel fuel and aviation fuel successfully and simultaneously exploded. The oil pipeline was put out of service," HUR reported.

Ukrainian news outlets also released video footage of the explosion, which captures the moment of the attack on the oil pipeline.

According to HUR, the Koltsevoy main pipeline is approximately 400 kilometers long. Fuel was transported to the network from refineries in Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow. The system could pump up to 3 million tons of aviation fuel, 2.8 million tons of diesel and 1.6 million tons of gasoline annually.

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On the same day, October 31, the Ukrainian Navy reported a missile attack by the"Neptune" systems on targets in Russia — specifically, the Oryol thermal power plant (TPP) and the Novobryansk substation, on which the activities of the local military enterprise depend, the agency recalls. UNIAN .

Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyľ Maľuk also announced that the defense forces destroyed one of the three"Orešnik" complexes on the territory of Russia. According to him, this information has not been made public yet, but it is confirmed that one of these systems was destroyed in the Kapustin Yar area by the joint forces of the GUR, SBU and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZR).

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