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Ukraine knocks out 15 Russian oil refineries, causing $23.2 billion in damage: officials
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Kyiv’s airstrikes have disabled 15 of Russia’s 38 major oil refineries, causing over $23.2 billion in economic damage and significantly reducing Moscow’s oil sector income from 2025, according to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR).
- The strikes have cut Russia’s oil processing capacity by 55.4% since the start of the year, leading to gas shortages in regions including annexed Crimea and impacting Russian citizens economically.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered to halt refinery strikes if Russia stops attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but Moscow has refused, continuing drone and missile attacks on critical Ukrainian facilities.
- Russia has retaliated with bombings on Ukrainian infrastructure, including a postal logistics hub, a power substation in Dnipropetrovsk, and a cargo ship in the Black Sea, while Ukrainian drone strikes caused fires in an industrial zone near Moscow.
