Russian refineries and terminal stations are burning as Ukraine affects Putin’s war economy

Ukraine has intensified attacks by unmanned aircraft on Russian oil refineries and export infrastructure, affecting the most important sector of President Vladimir Putin’s economy, showing that it can react as the United States is seeking to intervene. The attacks interrupted Moscow’s oil processing and exports, created gasoline shortages in some areas of Russia and came in response to Moscow’s advance to the front line and pounding of Ukraine’s natural gas and energy facilities. Kiev’s move is an attempt to increase the bar in possible peace talks and to question the idea that Ukraine has already lost the war after the US President Donald Trump and Putin’s meeting in Alaska this month, analysts say. Ukrainian attacks on 10 refineries reduced the potential of Russia’s refineries by at least 17%, or by 1.1 million barrels per day, according to its calculations […]
Source: News Beast

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