kyiv’s airstrikes knocked out 15 of Russia’s 38 major oil refineries, causing more than $23.2 billion in economic damage, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) said on Thursday.
Only 12 refineries are operating at reduced capacity following the precision strikes, which wiped out almost all of Moscow’s oil sector revenues from 2025, HUR estimates.
The agency specifically cited five facilities that were hit in September, including the massive Ryazan Oil Refining Company, with these refineries accounting for 33% of Russia’s total volumes.
The strikes effectively reduced processing volumes in Russia by 55.4% compared to the beginning of the year, kyiv added.
The attacks pose a headache for Moscow, which depends on its oil to finance its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Attacks on refineries have also led to gas shortages in various Russian regions, including annexed Crimea, and more citizens are feeling the pain in their wallets from the ongoing war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that he would be open to stopping repeated strikes on Russian oil refineries if the Kremlin stopped its attacks on kyiv’s energy infrastructure.
Moscow has refused to comply, with Zelensky telling world leaders on Thursday that Russian suicide drones continued to strike his country’s critical infrastructure.
“The Russians are using drones and Shahed missiles to strike even the energy equipment on which our nuclear power plants depend,” Zelensky said in his speech at the Ibero-American summit. “All power plants in Ukraine have been damaged in one way or another by Russian attacks.”
Ukraine and Russia continue to exchange attacks, with Moscow bombing a postal logistics center of Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest private delivery company, according to the Kremlin.
The Russians also hit an electricity substation in Dnipropetrovsk and a cargo ship in the Black Sea, the Kremlin said.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone strikes sparked fires in an industrial zone in the city of Ryazan, about 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
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