Such attacks are intended to reduce Russia’s oil revenue, says intelligence source
’s third-largest oil refinery on Tuesday about 1,300km from the front lines, hitting a unit that processes about 155,000 barrels of crude per day, though an industry source said strike caused no critical damage.
A fire was extinguished within 20 minutes, the state news agency RIA said, adding that output had not been disrupted. “Equally important is that the Russian terrorists are receiving responses to their strikes,” he said in his nightly video address. “Each time, longer-range responses.” According to Reuters calculations, around 14 per cent of Russia’s refining capacity has been shut down by drone attacks. There is more demand for refined oil products than for Russian crude.
Since president Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Ukraine in 2022, drones have played a big part in the war – either as “kamikaze” attackers or as eyes in the sky that guide other weaponry to kill soldiers or destroy equipment.
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