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(Bloomberg) — Ukraine said it hit two Russian refineries and over a dozen fuel tankers, the latest in a series of attacks on energy assets that are deepening a nationwide fuel crunch.
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Kyiv forces struck the independent Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region and Novatek PJSC’s Ust-Luga gas-processing complex on the Baltic coast, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a Telegram statement. Thirteen tankers, three dry cargo vessels, a ferry and an auxiliary ship — all used to ensure military logistics as well as transport fuel and military cargo – were also hit, it added.
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Bloomberg couldn’t independently verify the number of hit vessels.
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Earlier, local authorities of the Krasnodar region on the Black Sea coast said that falling drone debris caused a fire at the Ilsky refinery, which has been extinguished. The governor of the neighboring Rostov region said that about 35 drones were downed overnight over Taganrog, causing a fire in the seaport, the town of Azov and nearby districts.
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Ukraine has significantly ramped up its attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure in recent months, targeting refineries, fuel depots and oil-product tankers in a move to curb supplies and pressure the Kremlin into negotiations, with the war well into the fifth year. Intensified strikes have already pushed Russia’s refinery runs below 4 million barrels a day, the lowest in over 20 years, and forced authorities to ban exports of most gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
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The Ust-Luga facility, which was last targeted on Monday, processes stable gas condensate into a range of petroleum products including naphtha and jet fuel. It’s annual design processing capacity is about 7 million tons.
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Novatek didn’t immediately respond to Bloomberg request for a comment.
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The independent Ilsky refinery, which has a design capacity of about 6.6 million tons a year, was last targeted at the start of June.
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