{"id":47535,"date":"2024-05-10T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T07:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/ukraine-strikes-more-russian-oil-facilities-in-a-bid-to-disrupt-military-logistics\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T07:33:18","slug":"ukraine-strikes-more-russian-oil-facilities-in-a-bid-to-disrupt-military-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/ukraine-strikes-more-russian-oil-facilities-in-a-bid-to-disrupt-military-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Strikes More Russian Oil Facilities in a Bid to Disrupt Military Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/09\/multimedia\/09ukraine-strikes-1-bjlw\/09ukraine-strikes-1-bjlw-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ukraine Strikes More Russian Oil Facilities in a Bid to Disrupt Military Logistics\" title=\"Ukraine Strikes More Russian Oil Facilities in a Bid to Disrupt Military Logistics\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian drones struck two oil depots and a refinery across Russia in a 24-hour period, including one deep in Russian territory, officials on both sides said Thursday, as Kyiv presses a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/14\/world\/europe\/ukraine-drone-strike-russia-oil.html\" title=\"\">campaign<\/a> aimed at hampering the country\u2019s military operations and putting strain on its most important industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Radiy Khabirov, the head of Russia\u2019s Bashkiria region, near Kazakhstan, said a drone hit the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/salavat-neftekhim.gazprom.com\/about\/working\/oil\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery<\/a>, one of the country\u2019s largest, around midday on Thursday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky. The facility is more than 700 miles from the Ukrainian border, in a sign that Ukraine is increasingly capable of striking further into Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An official from Ukraine\u2019s special services, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters, said Ukraine was behind the assault. The official said Ukraine was also responsible for two other drone strikes overnight that hit oil depots in Russia\u2019s Krasnodar region, southeast of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The strikes follow some 20 similar attacks since the beginning of the year. Military analysts say they are an attempt by Ukraine to disrupt the Russian military\u2019s logistical routes and combat operations by targeting the facilities that supply fuel for its tanks, ships and planes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Kyiv\u2019s rationale for these attacks appears to be that by disrupting Russian military logistics, it could buy time for Ukrainian troops on the battlefield, who are outnumbered, undergunned and steadily losing ground to Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In recent months, Ukraine has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/31\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-train-sabotage.html\" title=\"\">increasingly been relying on asymmetrical tactics<\/a> to disrupt Russian operations, including sabotage activities against railway infrastructure and ammunition depots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that a big army like Russia, with a lot of equipment, consumes a lot of fuel,\u201d said Serhii Kuzan, the chairman of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, an independent research group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSo the strategy here is very simple: create fuel shortages,\u201d he said, both in the long term by attacking refineries and in the short term by targeting oil depots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two oil depots that were hit on Thursday in the Krasnodar region are near Novorossiysk, a major Russian port that is home to part of the Black Sea Fleet. They are also close to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, where the Russian military has stockpiled fuel and ammunition that it funnels to the battlefields in southern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/opershtab23\/8062\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russian local authorities<\/a> confirmed that several drones had fallen on the oil depots, starting a fire and damaging several tanks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian state-run news agency <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/proisshestviya\/20752961\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TASS<\/a> on Thursday blamed Ukraine for the recent attacks on oil facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia has targeted Ukraine\u2019s logistical lines and energy system on a much larger scale, with relentless assaults on power facilities and transportation infrastructure. On Wednesday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine-power-plants-attack.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">Russian missiles and drones damaged<\/a> several power plants across Ukraine, officials said, part of a concerted effort to degrade Ukraine\u2019s energy grid and deepen the hardship for civilians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian state railway operator, has reported several attacks against its railways in recent weeks, including as recently as Wednesday against the Kherson railway station in the south.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Ukrenergo, Ukraine\u2019s national electricity company, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Ukrenergo\/2821\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that electricity consumption would be limited for industrial companies in the evening, for the second day in a row, as a result of the damage caused by the recent attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Ukrainian strikes against Russian oil refineries appear to have more than an immediate military objective. They are also seemingly aimed at putting pressure on the Russian economy, experts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Damien Ernst, an energy expert and professor at the University of Liege in Belgium, said the strikes have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-restoring-oil-refining-capacity-knocked-out-by-drones-2024-04-15\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">taken more than 10 percent of Russia\u2019s oil-refining capacity off line,<\/a> temporarily reducing the country\u2019s ability to turn its crude oil into usable products like gasoline, diesel and petrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are shortages of diesel and petrol in some regions and prices are rising,\u201d said Mr. Ernst. But he added that Russia\u2019s prewar oil refining capacity covered about twice the amount consumed domestically, meaning that gasoline shortages at Russian pumps are a long way off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, Russia increased gasoline imports from neighboring Belarus in March, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/russia-increases-gasoline-imports-belarus-domestic-supplies-shrink-2024-03-27\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to Reuters<\/a>, and imposed a six-month ban on gasoline exports in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Ernst added that the strikes have had no major effect on international crude oil prices \u2014 as the U.S. government feared \u2014 because Russia now exports more of its crude oil, including large amounts to India, to compensate for the loss in refining capacity, and because there is currently a surplus of crude oil on international markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Writing in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/ukraine\/why-ukraine-should-keep-striking-russian-oil-refineries\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Affairs<\/a>, three energy and military analysts said on Wednesday that the strikes \u201ccan still inflict pain inside Russia\u201d without affecting the economies of Kyiv\u2019s Western partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Maria Varenikova<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/09\/world\/europe\/ukraine-strikes-russia-oil-refineries.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian drones struck two oil depots and a refinery across Russia in a 24-hour period, including one deep in Russian territory, officials on both sides said Thursday, as Kyiv presses a campaign aimed at hampering the country\u2019s military operations and putting strain on its most important industry. Radiy Khabirov, the head of Russia\u2019s Bashkiria region, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/09\/multimedia\/09ukraine-strikes-1-bjlw\/09ukraine-strikes-1-bjlw-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8192,6898,26594,13903,2198,1134,1461,199,1130],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47537,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47535\/revisions\/47537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}