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Ukrainian drones target Russian alcohol plants overnight, local authorities claim (kyivindependent.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OTOH, this is Russia, a country whose MiG fleet was once grounded because the ground crew kept drinking the antifreeze

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Huh. Apparently there were a whole variety of ethanol-containing aircraft fluids that were regularly consumed and sold by air crews (though in most cases, before running the fluid through an actual plane), and it was apparently pretty institutionalized.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5xygj1MOIdo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@tal @AllNewTypeFace Russian people be like:

What does "industrial purposes" mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Worker is part of industry, da?