Ukraine claims its recent long-range strikes have disabled more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity, affecting refineries across several Russian cities and potentially hampering Moscow’s ability to supply forces during the ongoing conflict. According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry, these attacks have put 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity out of action. President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that such strikes had caused economic damage but did not provide specific figures on refinery damage or capacity loss.
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Ukraine announced that its long-range strikes have neutralized over half of Russia's oil refining capacity, impacting 51% of it according to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. The attacks targeted refineries in cities like Moscow, Yaroslavl, and Perm, among others. Both sides have intensified their aerial assaults as territorial gains along the 750-mile front line have slowed down significantly. Ukrainian forces' repeated strikes on Russian oil infrastructure earlier this year led to a widespread fuel crisis that forced Russia to restrict gasoline sales. Despite these developments, Russian officials have not released any official data regarding damage to their oil facilities. President Vladimir Putin admitted in a rare statement that the strikes had caused substantial losses but did not provide specific details.
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Ukraine says attacks knocked out over half of Russia's oil refining capacity
Ukraine says its long-range strikes have neutralized over half of Russia's oil refining capacity
KYIV, Ukraine --
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Ukraine said that its long-range strikes have neutralized more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity, hampering Moscow's ability to supply its forces during its 4 1/2-year-old invasion.
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The Defense Ministry said Sunday that recent strikes on refineries in cities including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ust-Luga, Perm, Saratov and Syzran had put 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity out of action.
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The claim could not be independently verified.
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Both Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their aerial assaults as progress along the 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) front line has largely ground to a halt.
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Ukrainian forces have repeatedly attacked refineries from Moscow to Siberia, sparking a widespread fuel crisis in Russia earlier this year that forced authorities to restrict gasoline sales.
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Russian officials have not publicly revealed any data on damage caused to the country's oil infrastructure.
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However, President Vladimir Putin said in a rare admission Thursday that the strikes had caused Russia to lose roughly 1% of its gross domestic product.
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“They started attacking oil refineries and openly declared the goal of damaging our economy.
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Did they achieve their goal?
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Partially,” Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Club forum of international foreign policy experts.
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said that analysts from Ukraine’s intelligence services, the General Staff, and the Defense Ministry itself had assessed the effects of the strikes.
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“Fifty-one percent of struck refining capacity is a significant blow to the enemy’s economy, to its ability to carry out aggression and supply its troop groupings.
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Our deep strikes continue to bring the war to Russian territory,” he said.
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A Russian drone attack killed one person and injured six more in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said late Sunday.
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Vehicles and an administrative building were set alight and apartment buildings were damaged, he said.
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Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday that it had struck an electrical substation in the Kharkiv region, in addition to energy and port infrastructure and maritime vessels used by Ukraine's military.
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Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 205 drones overnight into Monday, of which 172 were shot down or suppressed.
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Ukraine has struggled in recent weeks to fend off Russia’s intensified aerial attacks on cities that include ballistic missiles and high-flying jet-powered drones.
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Kyiv has suffered under repeated air raid alerts, punctuated by loud explosions from drone and missile strikes.
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The onslaught aims to terrorize civilians, officials and analysts say, and break their will to resist Russia’s full-scale invasion since 2022.
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Presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said on social media that 12 automated turrets had been installed in Kyiv to counter jet-powered Shahed drones, with more planned.
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He described the turrets as machine guns controlled by artificial intelligence to shoot down Shaheds.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces downed 199 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, as well as the illegally annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.
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