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!😂

[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!

[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]

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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.

[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.