Reuters: Ukraine attacked a third of Russian oil refining capacity.
About 30% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been shut down after renewed Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. The Reuters news agency writes about this and cites two sources in the industry. There is no official confirmation of this, as well as data from other sources.
In October, Ukraine refrained from attacks on Russian refineries for two weeks amid pressure from US President Donald Trump, who claimed that fuel prices had spiked due to attacks by Ukrainian armed forces on factories in Russia.
Since the resumption of attacks on October 30, at least nine of Russia's 35 largest refineries have been hit, Reuters writes. Among them are factories in Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Saratov and Kirishi, which in total process about 300 thousand tons of oil per day (or 2.2 million barrels). All Russian refineries together have a capacity of 930 thousand tons daily.
However, in fact, at the end of October, Russian refineries processed 700 thousand tons or 5 million barrels of crude oil per day, sources in the news agency noted. The real reduction due to the effects may be up to 200 thousand per day, writes the agency.