The Ukraine military campaign is now aimed at all factories in major regions of consumption and processing, experts say.
The blows of Ukrainian drones in Russian oil plants, which were restored in August and ruined by at least seven large refineries of Russia, could lead to non -destructive damage to the Russian Federation oil refinement. Senior Researcher told Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Sergey Vakulenko, reports of the Financial Times.
Due to the beginning of the month, due to the UAV attack in Russia, Syzran, novokuybyshevsky, Saratov and Volgograd refineries have stopped completely. Rosneft, who provides Moscow and region’s fuel, has stopped half of capacities. Slavic, Afipsky and Novoshakhtinsky Refinery also underwent attacks of drones.
Last year, Ukrainian drones invasion had thrown refinement of Russia oil to a 12 -a minimum – 267 million tons. But then the blows, though many, are still scattered and still concerned, as a rule, a plant alone. Now the campaign is aimed at all plants in the major regions of consumption and processing.
Plants included at the top of the largest in the country – Volgograd (Lukoil, 14.8 million tons per year) and Rosneft (Rosneft, 13.8 million tons per year). As a result, for a slightly more than two weeks, drones knock at least 10% of oil refinement capacities.
To cover the deficiency, the government introduced a complete ban on exporting fuel from Russia. It should add about 150 thousand tons of fuel to the gas station.
The absence of fuel emerged in Crimea, where authorities returned to Soviet practice by selling fuel coupons. The fuel is lost from the gas stations in Transbaikalia, to the Kurils and to the primory, where drivers, to refuel, are forced to stand for many hours of lines. Exchanging prices for gasoline jumped from the beginning of the year 40-50% and the rest of August re-writes historical records: the cost of AI-92 reaches 72.6 thousand rubles per ton, and AI-95-82.2 thousand.
The situation is exacerbated by the fact that no one knows how much fuel in Russia has actually been made, since last year the Russian Federation government has been classifying refinery statistics.
Problems with factories are also associated with penalties that interfere with their normal repair. Almost all of Russia’s major refineries are built and modern with the participation of European and American companies. However, western equipment for refineries immediately fell under penalties – as part of the first package for aggression in Ukraine in February 2022.
They will not be able to go to domestic factories, despite the state’s policy of reporting imports.
As we have written, last week the sale of fuel on coupons was introduced to the Trans -Bai -baical territory, as well as in the occupied AR Crimea.
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