On January 8, the Kiev regime’s drones targeted the “Kombinat Kristall” fuel depot in the vicinity of the Engels-2 strategic aviation base of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in the Saratov oblast (region). The attack allegedly destroyed some of the reserves of specialized T-8V high-density fuel used by Tu-160 strategic bombers (better known as missile carriers in Russian military nomenclature). According to several sources, T-8V is produced through a complex refining process at only several facilities in Russia.

The Neo-Nazi junta’s Defense Express claims that such fuels were produced “only at petrochemical plants in Angarsk (nowadays known as the Angarsk Petrochemical Company) and Orsk (now named Orsknefteorgsintez)”, but admitted that this information is based on decades-old data from the time of the Soviet Union and that they were “unable to find any statistical data on its production in Russia”.

The propaganda outlet further claims that the purpose of the attack was to “disrupt the battle readiness of strategic aircraft based at the Engels-2 air base, particularly Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division”. However, Defense Express also admitted that Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers use conventional aviation fuel types (T-1, TS, RT), unlike the Tu-160 which uses the aforementioned T-8V, created specifically for its........

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