MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine has been systematically targeting Russian energy infrastructure to try to disrupt Russia’s economy and its ability to fund its military effort. Ukrainian officials say attacks have been carried out in retaliation for Russian strikes on the Ukrainian energy system. Following is a chronology of some of the main drone strikes on […]
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Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries may be proving the Biden Administration wrong, experts say
Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil refineries in recent months. The Biden Administration has criticized the strikes, warning of global energy price rises. However, some experts say Ukraine should continue the attacks. Here’s why. Ukraine has been ramping up attacks on Russian oil refineries in recent months as it seeks to hamper Russian export revenues […]
Russian Crude Flows Top 2023 Levels With Refineries Constrained
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s crude flows rebounded in the seven days to May 5, with additional vessels leaving the major ports of Kozmino on the Pacific coast and Murmansk on the Arctic. The four-week average also rose. Most Read from Bloomberg Buoyed by last week’s increase, crude shipments for the year so far are running ahead […]
Exclusive-U.S. sanctions hamper Russian efforts to repair refineries, sources say
By Robert Harvey MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – When engineers at Russian oil firm Lukoil discovered a turbine had broken at their largest refinery on January 4, they quickly realised the problem was far from trivial. There was only one company that knew how to repair the gasoline-producing unit at the NORSI refinery, located on the Volga […]
Ukraine says Russian oil refineries are legitimate targets
KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Friday Russian oil refineries were legitimate targets for its forces, after a media report said the United States, a close ally, had asked Kyiv to stop conducting drone strikes on refineries. Ukraine dramatically stepped up its attacks on Russian energy facilities this month, launching numerous […]
Ukrainian drones damage Russian oil refineries in second day of attacks
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine struck Russian oil refineries in a second day of heavy drone attacks on Wednesday, causing a fire at Rosneft’s biggest refinery in what President Vladimir Putin said was an attempt to disrupt his country’s presidential election this week. Russia and Ukraine have both used drones to […]
What continued drone strikes on Russian oil refineries could mean for war with Ukraine
Hostile drones have been winding their way across the Russian landscape this winter, striking refineries and related oil and gas infrastructure all the way from the Baltic Sea in the northwest to the Black Sea in the southwest. Drones attacked both the Ilsky and Afipsky refineries in Russia’s Krasnodar region, east of occupied Crimea, on Feb. 9, less than […]
SBU set two more Russian oil refineries on fire
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones struck two oil refineries in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation, sources reported to NV on Feb. 9. According to the source, the attack on the Ilya refinery resulted in a large fire, and the primary processing unit, costing $50 million with a capacity of 3.6 million tons […]