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Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt the impact
- Ukrainian drones struck major Russian energy infrastructure this week, hitting the Perm refinery, the Orsk facility, and the Black Sea port of Tuapse, demonstrating Kyiv's expanding military capabilities to target sites more than 1,500 kilometers away.
- Kyiv's Defense Ministry aims to slash Moscow's oil export revenues funding the invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that oil sector attacks have cost Russia at least $7 billion since the year began.
- The Lukoil-owned refinery in Perm processes nearly 13 million metric tonnes annually and sits roughly 450 kilometers from front lines. Repeated strikes on the Tuapse terminal forced local evacuations and sparked fires visible from space.
- Rising global energy prices, bolstered by Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, helped Russian export revenues double to $19 billion in March. Chris Weafer, CEO of Macro-Advisory Ltd. Consultancy, noted the damage remains less significant than explosions suggest.
- Separately, Ukrainian Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered mandatory two-month rotation limits for front-line troops following logistical failures. Syrskyi stated drone dominance has "significantly transformed" combat operations along the 1,200-kilometer front line.
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Ukrainian drones are entering Russian territory to attack oil facilities, causing plumes of smoke visible from space and toxic rain in Black Sea tourist destinations.
During the night from Sunday to Monday, Ukraine attacked a Russian Transneft oil pumping station near Perm, some 1,500 kilometers deep inside Russia, and the strategic Orsknefteorgsintez refinery near Orsk using long-range drones. According to local sources, this caused ‘almost all oil storage tanks in Perm to catch fire’ and employees had to be evacuated.
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Ukrainian drones are entering Russian territory to attack oil facilities, causing plumes of smoke visible from space and toxic rain in Black Sea tourist destinations.
·Lancaster, United States
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