Moscow's instantly-iconic exploding fuel storage tank is resulting in a flood of memes

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This explosion really made me smile

Link to tweet

The internet is having a great deal of fun with this exploding fuel tank lid. Here are a few of my favorites.

[Phoenix61]

1. Scully and Mulder is my favorite!😂

[Wounded Bear]

28. Yeah, loving the X-Files reference...nt

[lame54]

30. I like the dog

[catchnrelease]

40. Patron!!

He was a bomb sniffing dog for Ukraine. He's a star!

[lame54]

41. Even better

[patphil]

2. This is hilarious. I love it!

[kentuck]

3. It looks like Trump and Putin are getting similar ridicule...

Both deservedly so.

[BunnyMcGee]

4. These are great

🎆

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I love the Patron one.

Does anyone know if he's still alive?

[chowder66]

21. Yes, he apparently has an instagram account.

[Spazito]

6. These are great!

Thanks for posting them.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Here are some more memes

[PatSeg]

10. So many great ones

I would love to be a fly on the wall as Putin takes all this in.

[Amaryllis]

19. Trump too!

[PatSeg]

32. Ah yes, Trump too!

[GopherGal]

38. As long as you (in your fly incarnation) don't mind dodging flying ketchup

[PatSeg]

39. Ha, ha!

I think it might be worth it!

[generalbetrayus]

14. The last one, with a terrified Putin and a smiling

Zelenskyy is the best one yet!

[jmbar2]

8. Bwahahaha - thanks for posting

[1WorldHope]

9. Humans are so clever in the face of adversity. 😅

[h2ebits]

11. Surely this info is on other websites than X?!?

I use Firefox. The settings that I have on it block all X with the following message:

"X trackers and content blocked.
Your Firefox settings blocked this content from tracking you across sites or being used for ads."

I have the option of allowing it on Democratic Underground but I won't because I want nothing to do with X and I surely don't want to give X the ability to track me across sites nor do I want my info to be used for ads.

I'd love to see the posts that others are finding so entertaining. Any chance you could locate the pics on a website other than X?

[ultralite001]

12. Consider using

Xcancel.com…

For example:
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[Pinback]

16. Friends don't let friends use Xitter --

The now famous explosion of the roof-tossing oil silo in Moscow, Russia, was probably caused by a Russian air defense missile.

Absolutely hilarious.

— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T20:19:25.114Z

[h2ebits]

20. Thanks! This is quite funny. . . .

I also find it astonishing to see how the top just blew up intact into the sky.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. I keep looking on BlueSky

Here is one

— Lew Bryson (@lewbryson.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T17:11:05.102Z

[h2ebits]

27. LOL! "I want to believe". . . .

Thanks!! I appreciate you looking into this.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. The Kapotnya refinery in Moscow, Russia, has suspended all operations.

The Kapotnya refinery in Moscow, Russia, has suspended all operations.

The annual production of 12 million tons in oil products has stopped working Russia's capital.

Source of pic: TG / Exilenova

— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) 2026-06-20T10:55:32.426Z

[h2ebits]

37. Wow!

[orangecrush]

13. Thanks these are priceless

[Pinback]

15. For those who eschew Xitter --

The same person posts on Bluesky:

The now famous explosion of the roof-tossing oil silo in Moscow, Russia, was probably caused by a Russian air defense missile.

Absolutely hilarious.

— (((Tendar))) (@tendar.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T20:19:25.114Z

[sop]

17. As kids we would throw cherry bombs into those old galvanized metal trashcans, replace the lid, then run like hell.

This video reminds me of watching the lids shoot up in the air and land in the neighbor's yard.

[niyad]

18. Love them all. Thank you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. A Ukrainian drone strike on a Moscow oil refinery produced a flood of internet memes.

Link to tweet

[Justice matters.]

24. It was a air-defense shot from the idiotic Russian army.

And the air-defense general fell off a window.

[Justice matters.]

23. RIP the potential dozens or a few workers there.

Blown up in fumes by their own moronic army.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. New lock screen image for Ukrainian phones just dropped.

New lock screen image for Ukrainian phones just dropped.

— Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T13:35:07.690Z

[FakeNoose]

29. Good boy!

[Hekate]

31. I have not laughed in awhile, so I wasn't expecting such a rofl when I dropped by. (Wipes tears from eyes) omg ...

omg what a great OP and thread, LMPV

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. A Ukrainian drone strike on a Moscow oil refinery produced a flood of internet memes.

Link to tweet

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

35. Wow

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. These made me smile

— Christof Brehmer #NAFO (@christofbrehmer.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T12:30:06.870Z