Ukraine’s Deep Strikes Take 51% of Russia’s Oil Refining Capacity Offline

Ukrainian long-range strikes have put more than half of Russia’s oil refining capacity out of operation, Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said on October 4.

According to Khmara, recent Ukrainian strikes have hit several Russian oil refineries and related facilities, including KINEF, Ust-Luga, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Perm, Ilsky, Saratov, and Syzran.

The Defense Ministry said the impact of such operations is not always immediately visible, but their cumulative effect is increasingly affecting Russia’s ability to sustain its war effort.

Khmara said that strikes affecting 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity represented a significant blow to the country’s economy, its ability to sustain the war, and its capacity to supply its forces. He added that Ukraine’s deep-strike operations continued to bring the war onto Russian territory.

“This is the result of carefully planned, consistent, and systematic actions aimed at draining the Russian war machine and destroying its military and economic potential. Fifty-one percent of oil refining capacity hit is a significant blow to the enemy’s economy, its ability to wage aggression, and supply its troop formations. Our deep strikes continue to bring the war to Russian territory,” the minister added.

Against this backdrop, long-range attack drones capable of striking targets deep inside Russia remain one of the Defense Ministry’s priorities.

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“This year, we have tripled production and procurement. This is not the limit. We will continue to scale up our deep-strike capabilities. We are systematically depriving the enemy of resources to wage war,” the ministry added.

The statement follows another recent Ukrainian strike on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Overnight on October 2, Ukraine’s Defense Forces targeted a facility in the Samara region, where explosions were followed by a fire at a site identified by open-source analysts as the Samara oil pumping and dispatch complex.

Russian outlet ASTRA, after examining eyewitness footage and images, reported that the fire likely broke out at the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station.

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