Russia oil refinery attack

Moscow oil refinery damaged during large-scale overnight attack

Drones launched a large-scale attack on Moscow and the surrounding region overnight into Sept. 20, with a major fire breaking out at the Moscow oil refinery in the capital’s Kapotnya district.

20 September, 10:22 AM

Kremlin welcomes Trump’s call on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries

Moscow welcomes any calls for Ukraine to stop striking Russia’s economic infrastructure, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sept. 14, commenting on remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the Russian state-aligned news agency Interfax.

14 September, 05:10 PM

Key AVT-6 unit reportedly hit at Bashneft refinery in Ufa

A Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Bashneft-UNPZ refinery in Ufa on Aug. 19, reportedly damaged its key AVT-6 primary processing unit, according to defense outlet Militarnyi.

19 August, 05:40 PM

Fire breaks out at Ufa refinery after drone attack damages unit under repair

A fire broke out at a refinery in Ufa, Russia, after a drone attack damaged a unit undergoing repairs, The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 19, citing local authorities.

19 August, 12:42 PM

Indian gasoline fails to ease Russia's fuel shortage

Gasoline imported by Russia from India to help cover a fuel shortage caused by Ukrainian strikes on refineries has not reached either retail gas station networks or the wholesale market, The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 16.

17 August, 01:13 PM

Ukraine warns Russia will reap consequences of renewed winter energy strikes

Ukraine’s Armed Forces answered a Russian threat to freeze the country this winter by pointing to fires at Russian oil refineries.

14 August, 04:24 PM

Russia’s oil refining could hit new multi-year low in August as recovery slips further away

Russia’s oil refining industry continues to absorb damage from Ukrainian drone strikes and could hit another multi-year low in August, with no return to previously normal output levels expected even by 2026, according to Russian reporting and market estimates cited by the Russian newspaper Kommersant on Aug. 13.

13 August, 06:34 PM

Ukraine confirms attack on major refinery in Bashkortostan

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refining and petrochemical complex in the Russian city of Salavat, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, overnight into Aug. 13, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed on Telegram.

13 August, 03:40 PM

Russia's oil output falls 1 million barrels short of quota

Russia produced an average of 8.89 million barrels of oil per day in July — nearly 1 million barrels below the country's OPEC+ quota, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 12, citing the organization's monthly report.

13 August, 11:50 AM

Ukraine's SBU strikes major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl

Ukraine's SBU Security Service, in coordination with other components of Ukraine's Defense Forces, struck the Yaroslavl oil refinery on Russian territory and Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard vessels in occupied Kerch, the SBU press service reported on Aug. 6.

6 August, 07:25 PM

Russia's refinery crisis costs budget $15 billion since April

For a fourth consecutive month, Russia's government has paid out hundreds of billions of rubles in subsidies to oil companies as their refineries are repeatedly struck by drones and forced offline, according to data published by Russia's Finance Ministry on Aug. 5.

6 August, 02:15 PM

Russia's seaborne fuel exports drop a third after drone strikes

Russia's seaborne exports of refined oil products dropped by a third in July compared with June, falling to 3.9 million tons, Reuters reported on Aug. 4, reflecting a decline in fuel production following Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries and Russian export restrictions.

4 August, 05:35 PM

Russia using budget to ease oil firms' losses from Ukrainian strikes

Russian authorities are attempting to ease the financial difficulties of Russian oil companies by compensating them from the federal budget for losses stemming from Ukrainian strikes on refining facilities, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its July 21 report.

22 July, 11:18 AM

Ukrainian drones strike Russia's last untouched major gasoline refinery

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck several significant military and economic targets overnight into July 14, including the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery complex in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed.

14 July, 02:42 PM

Kremlin threatens to 'expand buffer zone' against Ukraine after fuel infrastructure collapse

Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure will force Moscow to continue fighting longer and to "expand the area of the buffer zone," Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on July 9, according to The Moscow Times.

9 July, 06:30 PM

Strikes on Russian logistics, refineries shouldn't raise hopes war will end soon – Zaluzhnyi

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom and former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, described Ukrainian strikes on Russian logistics routes and oil refineries as only a "temporary success," adding that the war remains one of attrition, in which every success or setback "inevitably carries a price" in a column published by Interfax-Ukraine on July 8.

8 July, 01:37 PM

Crimea legitimate target for Ukrainian drones as Russian launchpad for southern Ukraine invasion, DM Fedorov says

Russian-occupied Crimea has long served as a military base used by Moscow to further occupy southern mainland Ukraine, making the peninsula a key target for Ukraine's Defense Forces, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on July 1.

1 July, 06:07 PM

Kremlin admits Russia is holding talks on fuel imports amid shortages

Russia is in talks with other countries about the possible import of petroleum products, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 30, according to Russian state-aligned media.

30 June, 06:06 PM

Kazakhstan cuts output at giant oil field after Ukrainian strike on Russian processing plant

Production of oil and gas condensate at Kazakhstan’s giant Karachaganak field has been limited after last week’s Ukrainian drone attack on Gazprom’s gas processing plant in Orenburg, Russia, Reuters reported on June 30.

30 June, 03:29 PM

Ukraine hit Tyumen refinery nearly 2,000 kilometers from border, adviser confirms

Serhii Sternenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, confirmed an attack on the Tyumen oil refinery nearly 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.

20 June, 04:34 PM

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