Putin's reality: "Yes, they [Ukrainians] are currently causing us... certain problems with petroleum products. I think the situation will gradually improve." Real reality: Russia's average oil refining rate has decreased to 3.91 million barrels per day this month. This is the lowest level since March 2005 - Bloomberg. That’s more than 1.4 million barrels a day below the average. Russia has banned exports of diesel, gas and jet fuel and is now negotiating fuel imports.show more

Meanwhile, in Russia, a number of key facilities came... under attack — the Afipsky and Kuibyshev oil refineries are on fire. — The Afipsky Oil Refinery, whose main products are gasoline and diesel fuel and which is involved in supplying the occupiers’ army, has an annual processing capacity of 6.25 million tons of crude oil. A large-scale fire has been recorded on the site. — The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery, which produces gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, solvents — more than 30 types of petroleum products in total — has a processing capacity of 7 million tons of crude oil per year. Explosions and a fire have been reported at the facility.show more

🇷🇺 Russia’s oil production has been declining for the... sixth consecutive month In May, average daily production stood at 9.009 million barrels per day, the lowest level in more than a year. This figure is approximately 370,000 barrels lower than the November peak (9.38 million barrels per day) and falls 690,000 barrels short of Russia’s quota under the OPEC+ agreement. According to analysts, the decline coincides with an increase in attacks on Russian oil infrastructure. This sustained drop in oil production reflects the cumulative impact of Ukrainian strikes on refineries and related infrastructure. The gap from OPEC+ quotas and year-on-year lows further strains Russia’s economy and budget, highlighting the strategic effectiveness of Ukraine’s long-range campaign against Russia’s energy sector. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

Russian Telegram channels report a fire after a drone... attack on an oil refinery in Leningrad region of Russia. This refinery is in the top 5 in Russia. Its refining capacity is over 10 million tons of oil per year. It produces a wide range of petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and others.show more

🔥 Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on key Russian... facilities ▪️ Ukrainian drones hit the Ust-Luga seaport terminal in the Leningrad region. ▪️ The Syzran oil refinery was also targeted. This is a serious blow for Russia: the plant processes up to 8.5 million tons of oil per year — over 3% of the country’s total refining capacity. It produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other petroleum products supplied to the occupying army. Looks like someone will soon run out of fuel again. Happy holiday! 🇺🇦show more

Gasoline shortage intensifies in Russia Supply disruptions are now... reported in 10 regions, and half of the gas stations in annexed Crimea are out of service. Russian media report that gasoline production has dropped by about 10% over the past two months. Even residents of Moscow and the Moscow region are noticing shortages at fuel stations. In Crimea and Sevastopol, half of the gas stations have stopped selling fuel. The decline in refinery output is partly due to Ukrainian drone attacks. In August, the strikes disabled roughly 17% of oil processing capacity (1.2 million barrels per day).show more

🔥🇺🇦 Ukraine has struck at least 16 of 🇷🇺Russia’s... 38 oil refineries — some repeatedly — disrupting >1M barrels/day of refining capacity and likely taking ‼up to 20%‼ of Russia’s fuel output offline, Christopher Miller reports for Financial Times. US intel has helped Kyiv with route-planning, altitude, timing and target vulnerability analysis, letting long-range drones evade defences and hit deep targets. Washington publicly stresses caution, but officials say US support has intensified since midsummer and at times shaped target priorities. The campaign has raised domestic fuel prices in Russia, forced Moscow to curtail diesel exports, and pushed it to import fuel from Belarus and China. #MakeRussiaPay #RussiaEconomyshow more

🇮🇷🇺🇸The Iran war gave America something no policy ever... could, total energy dominance. U.S. crude exports hit a record 5.2 million barrels a day, and Europe is now getting over a third of its jet fuel from American refineries. Asia is signing long-term LNG deals with US suppliers because they have nowhere else to go, though some are nervous about swapping one dependency for another. Jack Prandellishow more

🇷🇺📉 Russia’s oil product output has decreased by nearly... 10% following Ukrainian strikes on its oil refineries. According to data from Rosstat, in April, the production of coke and petroleum products fell by 12.3% compared to March, and by 9.2% compared to April of the previous year. This significant decline clearly demonstrates the growing impact of Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russia’s key economic sector. Sustained pressure on the oil refining industry not only reduces Russia’s revenue from oil exports but also creates serious problems with fuel supply for both military and civilian needs. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

‼️🇺🇦💥🇷🇺News : Ukraine has carried out strikes on at... least 16 of Russia’s 38 oil refineries, hitting some of them multiple times. These attacks have disrupted over 1 million barrels per day of refining capacity and likely taken about one-fifth of Russia’s fuel production offline, according to journalist Christopher Miller for the Financial Times. US intelligence played a key role in planning the operations, assisting Ukraine with route selection, altitude, timing, and analyzing target vulnerabilities, allowing drones to evade defenses and reach deep targets. While Washington publicly emphasizes caution, officials say US support has increased since midsummer and at times influenced which targets were prioritized. These strikes have driven up fuel prices within Russia, forced Moscow to limit diesel exports, and prompted the import of fuel from Belarus and China. See the latest updates with us:The threat of missiles and dronesshow more

Ukraine continues to gut the flaming carcass of Putin's... fledgling USSR 2.0, with more strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, which among today's early morning hits included the Slavyansk ECO refinery, in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, in southern Krasnodar Krai. One of the larger refineries in southern Russia, it supplies around 20% of total oil products there, processing 5.2 million tons of oil/year or 100,000 barrels/day. The owner of this refinery, Robert Paranyants is a regional deputy that has been involved with supplying North Korea with sanctioned oil products.show more

Ukrainian attack on Cherkasy Cherkasy oil pumping station in... Russian Bashkortostan, about 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The Cherkasy station is one of the key facilities of the Transneft-Urals system. It receives, accumulates, stores and pumps fuel from the Ufa oil refining complex to main pipelines. Through it, Russia exports almost 2 million tons of oil products every year, and in total, 27 tanks with a total volume of over 385 thousand cubic meters are stored there. The attack will complicate the delivery of fuel to the central and eastern regions of Russia.show more

On the night of July 8, Ukraine's Special Operations... Forces struck two Russian oil refineries in Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan. The targets of the SOF were the TANECO oil refining complex and the TAIF-NK oil refinery. ◾️ TANECO is one of Russia's largest and most advanced refineries with a refining depth of up to 99%, meaning it produces more gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel from each ton of crude oil than many older Russian refineries. ◾️ The TAIF-NK refinery has an annual processing capacity of up to 8.5 million tons of crude oil. The facility includes one of Russia's most sophisticated complexes for processing heavy oil residues. Glory!show more

Ukrainian suicide drones struck the oil refinery in Kirishi... in the Leningrad region of Russia this morning. It’s one of Russia’s largest oil refineries and has a capacity to refine more than 6 million tons of oil per year. The refinery is now on fire.show more

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. Navy just boarded a crude oil... tanker in the Indian Ocean. The tanker was carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil loaded at Iran's Kharg Island earlier in the month. This is the second ship the U.S. has seized today, just a day before the second round of negotiations is set to start between American and Iranian delegates in Islamabad. Source: MarineTrafficshow more

🇮🇷 BREAKING | Iran plans to classify countries into... hostile, neutral, and friendly categories. Hostile countries will be banned from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, while neutral countries will have to pay a fee for transit, - Al Jazeera. Since the start of the war, 400 million barrels of oil have been removed from the international market. Before the war, nearly 20% of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through the Strait of Hormuz, but this figure has now dropped to only about 5% of the norm. See the latest updates with us: Visionershow more

Don't worry...oil prices will go down. The US has... a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that we refilled... Remember, Trump said, “right up to the top again.” Except, we didn't....we don't have the oil... The reserve currently holds 415 million barrels—barely half its 714 million-barrel capacity—after the Biden administration drew it down heavily in 2022 to contain prices following 🇷🇺Russia’s invasion of 🇺🇦Ukraine. Trump had cheap oil and a full year to replenish it. But Congress allocated less than $171 million of the $20 billion the energy secretary requested, and the administration made only token purchases. Anyone know any good escorts? For oil tankers, I mean. Is there anyone competent in the US leadership?show more

🇷🇺⛽️❌🏭 The Russians are already realizing that the fuel... shortage in the country is not artificially created, but is due to the fact that Ukrainians are precisely and effectively bombing Russian oil refineries, oil depots, and pumping stations 📌 "This is not an artificial fuel shortage in the country — things are going very badly for us. Restoring the oil refineries will take a very long time." 📌 A Russian man decided to check whether a gasoline crisis had truly hit Russia — and discovered that, in reality, everything is indeed very, very bad. Deepening Energy Crisis:Comprehensive assessments confirm that a campaign of systematic strikes by Ukrainian Defense Forces has knocked out over 40% of Russia's total designed oil refining capacity, forcing dozens of regions to implement unprecedented fuel rationing. The Sanctions Chokehold: Industry experts note that because major refineries heavily rely on specialized Western technology and imported components, tight sanction regimes are indefinitely stalling major repairs, rendering immediate recovery impossible. Video is generated by Grok AIshow more

🚢 Three Oil Supertankers Cross Hormuz 🔹Bloomberg reported Friday... that two Chinese supertankers and one Greek vessel crossed the Strait of Hormuz with 6 million barrels of oil in total— the biggest day of oil exits through Hormuz since the war caused traffic to all but halt six weeks ago.  🔹The two Chinese vessels — the Cospearl Lake and the He Rong Hai — loaded their crude in Saudi Arabia and Iraq respectively, while the Greek tanker Serifos loaded in Saudi Arabia and was signaling Malacca, Malaysia as its destination.  🔹None carry Iranian oil or have direct links to Iran, per Bloomberg. More than 800 freighters remain stuck inside the Persian Gulf, and daily total crossings including cargo and tankers remain in single digits against a prewar average of 135 daily crossings.show more

🇺🇦🚀 Ukraine’s systematic kamikaze drone strikes on logistics and... oil facilities in the occupied southern regions are producing significant results in creating fuel shortages, which is causing loud complaints from the Russian population in the occupied areas. ⛽️ In Crimea, fuel sales restrictions are being significantly tightened starting today. Fuel coupons will be temporarily removed from free sale in the coming days. With already purchased coupons, a maximum of 20 liters per person will be issued. 🗣️ Local residents are emotionally complaining about fuel supply disruptions: 🤡 “I just went to the gas station and the guy told me: no, you can only buy fuel with fuel cards. I thought: oh, my friends have fuel cards. I ran to my friends: lend me a card. In short, I come back to the gas station with the card and — damn, this card doesn’t work. Turns out they now need some other, damn, fuel cards.” The growing fuel crisis in occupied Crimea is a direct consequence of Ukraine’s successful long-range strikes on Russian refineries and logistics. The introduction of stricter rationing and the chaos with fuel cards show that the pressure on Russian supply lines is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. This creates both military and social problems for the occupiers. Video is generated by grok AIshow more