Ukrainian Drone Strikes Cut Russia's Oil Refining Capacity by 30%
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 10
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Cut Russia's Oil Refining Capacity by 30%
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 10
Summary
Russian crude processing has fallen by about 200,000 tons a day to roughly 700,000 tons after renewed Ukrainian drone attacks since late October, Reuters reported, citing two industry sources.
Nine of Russia's 35 major refineries were disrupted or forced into emergency responses over the past week, hitting plants with combined capacity of about 300,000 metric tons a day, including sites in Ryazan, Yaroslavl and the Volga region.
The latest wave included a Nov. 9 strike that set fire to the Kirishi refinery in Leningrad Oblast—Russia's second-largest refinery—while drone debris in Vsevolozhsk killed one woman, according to the regional governor.
The campaign extends October attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and adds pressure to domestic fuel supplies even as Russia continues diesel exports abroad.