In one of the most epic retaliations Russia's largest city is going to be impacted this winter over this massive hit.
It is going to be in the face of every Russian living in Russia's largest city the fact that this war is directly on their doorsteps. There is no denying the fact that you can directly watch this conflict destroying the entire Russian federation and beginning to backfire.
Sabotage in these areas actually isn't very hard especially with all the attention directed towards Frontline and combat nobody is at home or able to guard civilian infrastructure.
Wow this is a extremely devastating civilian attack it bears very little military significance however with the Russian morale at incredible all time lows. This will absolutely impact the largest city in Russia and all of the civilians there. Let alone how much energy was just released, and how much infrastructure in the energy sector has been devastated.
We will never know exactly how this was carried off or how much explosives were used however I am going to guess that it was an extremely tiny amount....
Personally this is a much more devastating hit to Russia then most people would think as the massive amount of refinery storage and of course the practical amount of energy that is going to be used to heat homes has now been obliterated or burned to a crisp. Replacement of this equipment is going to be extremely difficult as Western sanctions now prevent Russian energy companies from being able to replace repair or rebuild.
I think this might shift Russia to the negotiating table.