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RA-65943 Tupolev TU-134A-3 Kolavia
Ex Malev HA-LBR and Lukoil Avia EW-65943. Kolavia was re-branded MetroJet in 2013.
This is Druzhba station and the black/red/gray snake-like Vectron train is the very first one to come all the way directly from Vratsa to Burgas.
81 972 of DMV Cargo Rail has just arrived near the Lukoil Neftochim petrol refinery and is awaiting further instructions for uncoupling from the empty tanks train. Way in the back, pusher loco 80 961 can be barely seen...
These days the DMV Cargo Vectrons are running a pair of empty tanker trains to the Lukoil oil refinery near Burgas. While they are considerably shorter than what we've been used to see from the new operator so far, the sight is still eye-catching.
Figher 1 or Vectron 80 961 is seen stopped at Makotsevo station on its way to the Black Sea.
P.S. Sometimes bad weather is the best kind there is.
Astrakhan. View from the south side of the Admiralteyskaya street through Swan Lake to the office of Lukoil and the building under construction. It would seem, and here Armani...
Астрахань. Вид с южной стороны ул. Адмиралтейской через Лебединое озеро на офис Лукойл и строящееся здание. Казалось бы, причем здесь Армани...
In a similar fashion to one of the first images I made in the Support for Ukraine series, here we have a dandelion seed as the foundation for water droplets, refracting the image of the Ukrainian flag in the background. This time, sheets of sparkling paper were used. This makes for a lively effect, and the out-of-focus sparkles in the background make for a pleasing “bokeh”.
When things refract, they flip. In order to get the flag to appear in the proper orientation in the droplets, the actual flag has to be placed in the background upside down. An upside-down flag can also be symbolic, as a sign of distress and a request for immediate help. Ukraine has been making such a call for nearly a year now, and the world continues to help. There have been some big developments, some of which you probably haven’t heard of.
An important line has been crossed: other nations are considering or confirming their desire to send main battle tanks to Ukraine. Germany is an odd hold-out, and they have been strangely hesitant to send any aid to Ukraine since the conflict began. Yesterday (January 21, 2023), Germany and it’s allies met at the Ramstein Air Base to discuss the issues, and there was no conclusive answer. Germany can block the transfer of Leopard tanks from other nations, and vaguely said that they would not do this – but with nothing formally stated.
Even without the leopard tanks, the flood of military aid to Ukraine has been massive. More patriot air defense equipment, among many additional defensive armaments. Effectively every country that had previously supported Ukraine is turning up the dial further. And for this, Russia is getting desperate.
Putin has replaced the commander in Ukraine after only three months. Sergei Surovikin will be replaced with Army General Valery Gerasimov. Days after this announcement was made, a horrendous attack in Dnipro followed. On January 14th, a Russian aircraft launched a Kh-22 missile, allegedly aiming to destroy electrical infrastructure. It missed, and destroyed an apartment building. 46 innocent lives were lost, including six children. There’s a tribute to the victims here: kyivindependent.com/national/here-are-the-victims-of-russ...
The Kh-22 missile, though. This weapon was originally designed in 1962 and has a 1000kg warhead. It was intended to be fired at aircraft carriers, and as such, is wildly inaccurate for urban use. Someone in Russia’s command thought this was an acceptable action to take. Such actions continue to disregard human lives and add to the seemingly endless list of war crimes.
This week brought about some interesting positive news, however. It involves actions taken semi-secretly by Bulgaria. Die Welt conducted an investigative journal of the actions taken by Bulgaria since the beginning of the conflict, and Politico created a summarized English version: www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-volodymyr-zelenskyy-kiri...
I’ll summarize it for you in point form:
- Bulgaria is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of 152mm Soviet-era artillery ammunition.
- At the start of the war, entire cargo planes were filled with munitions and delivered to third-party countries including Poland, for eventual transport to Ukraine.
- Bulgaria’s only oil refinery is just south of us on the Black Sea near Burgas. It receives oil from Russian tankers, and is owned my Russian company Lukoil.
- That facility has supplied Ukraine with 40% of its diesel fuel, transported by truck and train.
- Much of this was done in secrecy to maintain the coalition government where some parties were pro-Russian.
- With a current caretaker government in place before new elections, the government has now officially agreed to supply Ukraine with further weapons.
40% of Ukraine’s fuel, more than 32,000 barrels a day ( www.novinite.com/articles/218499/32%2C000+Barrels+of+Fuel... ) comes from a Russian-affiliated refinery in Bulgaria. To ensure this arrangement continues, laws have very recently been passed that could allow the Bulgarian government to take control of the facility for up to a year if needed ( ca.news.yahoo.com/bulgaria-clears-way-control-lukoil-1209... ).
Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov was also the person who suggested in an emergency meeting on February 25, 2022, to cut Russia off the SWIFT banking system. That suggestion was adopted, and Russia is furious with Bulgaria for it ( www.novinite.com/articles/218512/Russia+on+Petkov%3A+The+... ).
Many nations are helping Ukraine defend itself and defeat Russia. Many of the ways which other nations help are not seen. Much of this can never become public, or is only fully realized years later. While I can say this is true for Bulgaria, I hope that there is a lot more going on behind the scenes across the globe to help Ukraine.
And to that end, this image is in the Public Domain. Do with it what you’d like! Слава Україні.
RA-65943 Tupolev TU-134A-3 Kolavia. Ex Malev HA-LBR and Lukoil Avia EW-65943. Kolavia was named MetroJet in 2013.
VP-CLO - Dassault Falcon 900EX - Global Jet Concept (untitled - operated for Lukoil Avia)
at Duesselorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 90 - built in 2001
(Photo: G. Dickmann)
Bye-bye shell, I will remember your nice yellow stations, good gasoline and hot dogs. R.I.P. Let's go for more suicide sanctions!
Naryan-Mar (Russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa марˮ, Nyar'yana marq, literally "red town") is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, 110 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 21,658 (2010 Census); 18,611 (2002 Census); 20,182 (1989 Census); 17,000 (1973). About half of the population of Nenetsia lives in the city.
Industrial development in the area around Naryan-Mar began in 1930, in the course of the first five-year plan of the Soviet Union. The growth of the region was the direct result of the development of the Pechora coalfield and the construction of related industrial infrastructure.
Naryan-Mar was for many years a center of the lumber industry, and possesses several large, and currently defunct, lumber mills. At present, the biggest employer in the town is the petroleum company LUKoil.
The town's importance derives from being the only developed commercial port in an area of several thousand square miles. As a result, Naryan-Mar has a reasonably well developed tourist and hospitality services, with several saunas and hotels. The town also hosts a local museum, a large World War II memorial, an Orthodox church, and a historic district which predates the foundation of the modern city. Sports fishing is also possible in the area.
This Fiat truck cabin was presented in 1970, five years before Iveco officially was found. In January 1975 Fiat Veicoli Industriali merged with OM, Unic and Magirus-Deutz to form Iveco.
This is a special Viberti 4-axle conversion.
Note these characteristic Fiat wheels.
7410 cc L6 Diesel engine.
Performance: 140 bhp.
Production Fiat this cabin series: 1970-1979.
Production Fiat series 684, 697, 619: 1970-1973.
Production Fiat 110/130/180 series: 1973-1979.
Production Fiat 180 this pre-Iveco series: 1973-1975.
Special Italian reg. number for road machinery (type 1992-1994).
Number seen: 3.
Salice (Sicily), car park at Lukoil petrol station, SS640, June 10, 2025.
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Lukoil-Avia
Boeing 737-700(BBJ)
Salzburg - W.A. Mozart (SZG / LOWS) | 06.01.2018 | VP-CLR | B737 | cn 34865
VP-CLP - Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express XRS - Lukoil (untitled)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 9267 - built in 2007
(Photo: G. Dickmann)
C/n 63580 Del 4/81 Hungarian Govt HA-LBR , t/f to Malev 1/88, Lukoil Avia 7/98 EW-65943, Kolavia 7/99 RA-65943, fitted out with VIP interior at Kemble 4/01. retired 2010.
A train of full tanks is on its way to Sofia Airport. The 29 wagons originating from the LukOil refinery near Burgas are hauled by locomotive 46 045 and tailed by locomotive 46 124 and are seen here passing through the inactive junction of Musachevo on the outskirts of the capital.
This is the moment when #12 Rob Huff and #88 Jordi Gene toucket at the kink at the end of the straight at Macau, after this carnage followed. 10 Cars out of 20 failed to finish the race.
91 53 0 401 006-8 a GFR la ieşire din staţia Apahida cu cuplul 1 dintr-o navetă de Z-uri de la Brazi pentru Cluj Napoca Est.
02.05.2026
Cu un tren de fier vechi de la Iernut pentru Agigea Nord (export).
With a loaded scrap metal train from Iernut to Agigea Nord (export).
Iernut, Mures, Romania,
29.07.2020