Ukraine Hits 40% of Russian Refining Capacity, Driving Fuel Shortages and Economic Strain
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Updated · Kyiv Post · Aug 4
Ukraine Hits 40% of Russian Refining Capacity, Driving Fuel Shortages and Economic Strain
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Aug 4
Summary
Around 40% of Russia’s oil refining capacity has been hit by Ukrainian deep-strike drones, triggering fuel shortages, rationing and higher prices across Russia.
Those attacks are expanding beyond energy to logistics and industry: Wildberries has seen two-thirds of its distribution centers catastrophically struck, disrupting consumer deliveries and business supply chains.
The damage is also squeezing Russia’s finances, forcing more low-priced crude exports and costlier refined-product imports while destroying stock worth tens of billions of dollars and raising bankruptcy and bad-loan risks.
At the same time, Russian battlefield losses are estimated above 35,000 a month, increasing pressure for possible mobilization that could hit politically sensitive cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The report argues the combined military and economic pressure could push Russia toward recession as Europe deepens financial and defense-industrial backing for Ukraine.