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Defense Ministry said Sunday that recent strikes on refineries
in cities including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ust-Luga, Perm, Saratov
and Syzran had put 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity out of
action. The claim could not be independently verified.
Both Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their aerial assaults as
progress along the 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) front line has
largely ground to a halt.
Ukrainian forces have repeatedly attacked refineries from Moscow
to Siberia, sparking a widespread fuel crisis in Russia earlier
this year that forced authorities to restrict gasoline sales.
President Vladimir Putin said in a rare admission Thursday that
the strikes had caused Russia to lose roughly 1% of its gross
domestic product.
“They started attacking oil refineries and openly declared the
goal of damaging our economy. Did they achieve their goal?
Partially,” Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Club forum of
international foreign policy experts.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said that analysts
from Ukraine’s intelligence services, the General Staff, and the
Defense Ministry itself had assessed the effects of the strikes.
“Fifty-one percent of struck refining capacity is a significant
blow to the enemy’s economy, to its ability to carry out
aggression and supply its troop groupings. Our deep strikes
continue to bring the war to Russian territory,” he said.
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