From @theeconomist earlier this week, this post for its article about the impact of the damage Ukrainian drone attacks are causing to oil refineries and other parts of Russia’s fuel-distribution system. 🇺🇦🛢️🔥💙💛👏🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @theeconomist with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine continues to inflict deadly damage on Russia’s energy infrastructure, and the tempo is accelerating.

The concerted Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and other parts of Russia’s fuel-distribution system began in August, and the number of strikes is rising.

Some unconfirmed reports suggest that as much as 40% of Russia’s oil-refining capacity has been affected.

This unrelenting focus on refineries is helping to change the narrative about the war. Tap the link in our bio to learn how it is even appearing to sway Donald Trump’s mind about Ukraine’s prospects.

Photo: Reuters

A post from earlier this week about the impact of Ukraine’s sustained campaign of strikes on oil refineries in Russia. 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Over the past week, Ukraine’s Armed Forces carried out new strikes on Russian oil refineries, forcing Russian authorities to extend a ban on gasoline exports and announce the introduction of a partial ban on diesel exports.

Ukraine’s sustained campaign of strikes on refineries is now causing mild havoc at gas stations in Russia and occupied Crimea, with prices skyrocketing and short-term shortages widely reported.

While, for now, these strikes are unlikely to cause massive disruptions to global supply chains, market experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent say Russia’s highly profitable diesel and gasoline exports are still taking an unprecedented hit.

A domestic energy crisis is also at play.

Read the full article at the link in bio.

Photo: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

“Ukraine’s military estimates that long-range strikes have cost Russia around $74.1 billion, or 4.11% of its projected gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 alone.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukrainian strikes on 10 Russian oil refineries have disrupted at least 17% of the country’s refining capacity, equivalent to 1.1 million barrels per day, Reuters reported on Aug. 25, citing its own calculations.

Kyiv has targeted dozens of refineries, oil depots, and military-industrial sites since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 to disrupt Moscow’s war effort. Winter drone attacks forced at least four Russian refineries to temporarily shut down.

The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.

Kyiv has increased the attacks recently ahead of potential peace talks following U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15 and with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on Aug. 18.

Most recently, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast and a gas terminal in Leningrad Oblast.

Lukoil's refinery in Volgograd Oblast and a Rosneft facility in Ryazan have also come under attack in recent weeks.

A massive fire also broke out at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov Oblast after another drone strike on Aug. 21. It took five days to extinguish the fire.

Ukraine’s military estimates that long-range strikes have cost Russia around $74.1 billion, or 4.11% of its projected gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 alone.

Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP via Getty Images