According to published reports, Ukrainian attacks disrupted the operations of nine of Russia’s 35 largest refineries in a week, reducing the country’s refinery production by about a third.
These attacks are part of Ukraine’s pressure on Russia’s fuel infrastructure; an action that, in addition to causing damage to oil sales facilities, fuel transportation and distribution of petroleum products, has also challenged the process of rebuilding production capacity.
Analysis shows that the continuation of such attacks could also affect the fuel supply of Russian military forces and increase the costs of compensation for Moscow.
