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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Ukraine is taking out oil refineries inside Russia, cratering Moscow’s supplies and sending local prices soaring.

A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries deep inside Russia has left the Kremlin racing to defend its own territory while still waging war on its neighbor. But the attacks have also achieved the unthinkable — leaving the world’s largest petrostate running low on petrol.

Diesel prices for Russian consumers have skyrocketed, rising almost 10 percent in the past week alone, according to the government’s figures. Petrol costs have also hit a six-month high, up more than 20 percent from the start of the year as supply tightens and more and more facilities are forced to suspend production.

Last Wednesday, two fuel storage facilities owned by Russian energy giant Rosneft, around 500 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, were severely damaged by drones as fuel went up in smoke. More than a dozen refineries across nine Russian regions have been similarly hit this year, with officials in Kyiv saying the industry is a legitimate war target.

It’s like a mosquito — when you can’t find it, can’t kill it and it keeps coming back night after night, you’re going to be exhausted," Philip Ingram, a former British military intelligence officer and NATO planner, said. “It’s a very good way of taking the pressure off from the front lines."

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[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 48 points 6 months ago

This is no problem at all for Russia since the Russian economy is booming and all Russians are millionaires!

[-] halva@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've been hearing this exact thing for the past 2 years and frankly I can't say anything's fundamentally changed here, with the exception of a food prices increase that's more in line with the rest of the world than anything.

Y'all are on copium. Maybe of a lower grade than whatever Sergei "Another sanctions package will surely break Russia's economy, fr this time" Guriev and his army of pocket statesmen use, but still some hard hitting stuff.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

The sanctions are not working! 😡

(also, please stop the sanctions 🥺)

[-] halva@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Have I said the latter? I don't think I have. I just said they're doing jack shit.

But sure, do continue wasting resources counseling with people like Guriev to figure out which Turkish front company to sanction next, it's almost as entertaining to watch as the yes-men here talking about how financing another shitty film will surely make Russians care about the government's agenda xd

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Hmmm. Well, if the sanctions aren't working, maybe it's time to escalate to something that does work.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Of course the sanctions are not working, look at all the armored divisions of Armatas pushing the front!

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