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UAE pipeline bypassing Hormuz Strait now nearly half complete

A new oil pipeline being built by the United Arab Emirates to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is nearly 50% complete, Reuters reported.

21 May, 03:18 PM

Iran strikes Saudi oil pipeline used to bypass Strait of Hormuz

Shortly after a ceasefire was supposed to have ended hostilities in the Persian Gulf, Iranian forces attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, Reuters reported on April 8.

9 April, 03:41 AM

U.S. complained after Ukraine struck Russian Black Sea port in 2025

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna received a demarche from the U.S. State Department in November 2025, after a Ukrainian drone strike targeted Russia’s Novorossiysk Black Sea port, Stefanishyna said on Feb. 24.

24 February, 11:28 PM

Ukraine’s military intelligence strikes Russian pipeline feeding army operations near Moscow

Ukraine’s military intelligence service blew up the Koltsevoy oil pipeline in Russia’s Moscow Oblast on Oct. 31, disrupting a key fuel supply route for the Russian army, the agency said on Nov. 1.

1 November 2025, 11:02 AM

Ukrainian drones target two Russian oil refineries in one day

Ukrainian drones struck two oil refineries in the Russian city of Ufa on Sept. 13, sparking fires and causing damage, the Astra news outlet reported on Sept. 15, citing sources in Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry.

15 September 2025, 05:18 PM

Explosion disables major Kuibyshev–Lysychansk oil pipeline in Russia’s Saratov Oblast

A main oil pipeline, the Kuibyshev–Lysychansk line, was disabled in Russia’s Saratov Oblast after an explosion, sources in Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate told NV on Sept. 9.

9 September 2025, 05:47 PM

Explosions in Penza knock out key Russian oil pipelines — NV sources

A series of explosions in the Russian city of Penza disabled the country’s main trunk oil pipeline system, NV sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) reported on Sept. 9.

9 September 2025, 01:05 PM

Ukraine targets Russian fuel pumping station in Bryansk Oblast - video

Ukraine’s Defense Forces targeted a linear production station in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast that pumps diesel fuel through main pipelines in the early hours of Aug. 29, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Telegram.

29 August 2025, 04:59 PM

Ryazan–Moscow pipeline explodes; fuel flow to capital halted

A powerful explosion rocked the Ryazan–Moscow trunk oil pipeline on Aug. 26 - one of the main supply routes of petroleum products to Moscow, NV sources in Military Intelligence (HUR) reported on Aug. 27.

27 August 2025, 02:43 PM

Drones strike Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, fire breaks out at oil refinery

Drones attacked the city of Kropotkin in Krasnodar Krai, causing multiple explosions and a fire at a local oil refinery, Russian Telegram channels wrote early on March 19, citing eyewitness reports.

19 March 2025, 08:32 AM

Drones attack Bryansk Oblast, Russian media report fire near Druzhba oil pipeline

Drones attacked Russia's Bryansk Oblast - a distribution station of the Druzhba oil pipeline near the city of Novozybkov may have been a target, Shot Telegram channel wrote early on Jan. 30.

30 January 2025, 07:45 AM

SBU, SOF behind drone strike on oil pumping station in Russia’s Tver — NV source

Ukraine’s SBU security service and Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a drone strike on the Andreapol oil pumping station and a missile arsenal in Russia's Tver Oblast, national security sources told NV on Jan. 29.

29 January 2025, 08:08 PM

Czech government moves to prevent fuel price surge amid Russian pipeline disruption

Czechia approved the release of up to 330,000 tons of oil from its state reserves to supply the Litvínov refinery, (Orlen Unipetrol), due to Russian Druzhba pipeline halt, Pavel Švagr from Czech state reserves said, Interfax-Ukraine wrote on Dec. 4.

5 December 2024, 12:31 PM

Two killed, three injured as fire breaks out at oil pipeline in Russia's Orenburg Oblast

A fire erupted at an oil pipeline in Russia's Orenburg Oblast, resulting in at least two fatalities and three injuries, Russian Telegram channel Baza reported late on Sept. 9.

10 September 2024, 08:56 AM

Slovak PM threatens to block diesel supplies to Ukraine amid Ukrainian sanctions on Russian Lukoil

Slovakia will not supply Ukraine with diesel fuel unless Kyiv resumes the transit of Russian oil from Lukoil, the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Facebook on July 29.

30 July 2024, 12:46 PM

Ukraine's ex-MP Medvedchuk charged in illegal pipeline scheme

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have charged Viktor Medvedchuk, a former MP from the banned Opposition Platform—For Life party, in connection with the illegal privatization of the Samara-Western pipeline, the SBU said on Telegram on July 24.

24 July 2024, 12:59 PM

Hungary accuses Ukraine of violating EU Association Agreement

Ukraine's decision to block the transit of Lukoil's Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia "is a clear violation of the Association Agreement with the EU," Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Brussels on July 22.

23 July 2024, 11:27 AM

ATESH guerrillas claim responsibility for Ukrainian strike, destroying Russian oil pipeline in occupied Feodosia

Agents from the occupation “authorities” said that there was an “attack” on the oil pipeline in the temporarily occupied Feodosia, which led to its destruction, the ATESH guerrilla movement reported on Telegram on March 3.

3 March 2024, 03:50 PM

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