On the night of March 15, Ukrainian drones attacked the First Plant enterprise in the Kaluga region of Russia, which is engaged in oil refining.
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This was reported by the interlocutor of several Ukrainian media in the Main Intelligence Directorate.
Separately, he emphasized that the Putin regime used this enterprise for military purposes.
In the morning, the governor of the Kaluga region announced that four drones were allegedly shot down in the region.
In fact, only one drone was shot down, and three hit the oil refining equipment of the First Plant petrochemical plant in the village of Polotnyany Zavod. There was a fire. The equipment was damaged. No one was injured, the source said.
What is known from the attacks on Russian refineries
Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s largest oil refineries, which account for more than 12% of the country’s fuel production, have led to a sharp jump in wholesale gasoline prices. As a result of constant attacks, Russia may lose 8-9% of production, Sergei Kondratyev, head of the sector of the economic department of the Institute of Energy and Finance (IEF), quotes Zerkalo Nedeli.
The cost of AI-95 on the St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange on Thursday, March 14, reached a six-month maximum – 60,299 rubles per ton. In two days, quotes rose by more than two thousand rubles, or almost 4%.
Winter diesel fuel has risen in price to a record since the beginning of the year: it now costs 68,946 rubles per ton. Back in mid-January, prices remained below 60 thousand rubles.
The price of AI-92 gasoline increased by 3.3% in two days and was at its highest since November – 49,578 rubles per ton according to the national index. Fuel prices are rising as Russian refineries fail one after another. In particular, on Tuesday a drone attack was carried out at the Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, owned by Lukoil. On Wednesday, Rosneft’s largest oil refinery in the Ryazan region, which accounts for almost 5% of all oil refining in Russia, stopped operations.
According to Kondratiev, due to the damage caused, Russia may lose 8-9% of gasoline production. According to the expert, the market situation could be tense if damaged installations cannot be quickly repaired. Earlier, Russian media, citing representatives of the affected refineries, reported that their resumption could take at least several months.
Source: Racurs
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