Russian refining output fell 9.2% in April as Ukrainian drone strikes hit fuel plants
Moscow stopped publishing fuel output. Rosstat’s own index registered the drop regardless.
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Why is Russia preparing to ration jet fuel? Refining just hit a 16-year low
The diesel decision is still split among officials. Refiners told to curb foreign sales.
Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister on the 2026 sowing, the labor crisis, and a sector holding steady under fire
Taras Vysotskyi on the 2026 sowing season, the war’s drag on labor, and a sector that has refused to contract.
From Caspian Sea to Baltic coast: Ukraine’s April strike campaign reached every corner of Russia’s oil empire
Since the beginning of the year, Russia has lost at least $7 billion due to Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure.
Ukraine’s April strikes pushed Russia’s refinery output to its lowest level since December 2009
Moscow has compensated by increasing seaborne crude exports in April, but this may prove temporary if Ukraine resumes port strikes.
Weaponized energy: Russia may cut off Kazakh oil to Germany on 1 May, risking Berlin-Brandenburg fuel shock
Russia may plan to remove 17% of Germany's PCK refinery feedstock.
Druzhba pipeline restart this week after Russian attack could unlock €90 billion in EU aid for Ukraine
Hungary's precondition is being met, funding should follow.
While West watches Middle East, Russia quietly secured foothold in world’s second-largest graphite producer
Russia got cobalt, graphite, rare earths, and access to a key Indian Ocean shipping route.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1499: Ukraine struck ten Russian oil refineries, twelve air defense systems in March
Hungary's block on €90 billion in EU funds for Ukraine is exposing a structural fracture in the bloc, with 26 member states increasingly moving ahead without Budapest.
700,000 barrels of Russian oil arrived in Cuba: Kremlin keeps island’s lights, as its mercenaries bolster war ranks
A Russian tanker on a US sanctions list docked at Cuba's largest fuel terminal on 31 March with 700,000 barrels of oil—the first major delivery since Washington imposed an energy blockade on the island early in 2026.
Russia’s oil revenues hit four-year high amid Iran’s war. And Ukraine is paying price
Russia earns $270 million a day from exports.
Czech Republic steps in—Prague offers to send oil to Slovakia via reverse Druzhba flow, but not Russian
Emergency plan ready, and $47 million investment could supply tens of thousands of tons monthly.
No to Putin’s rubles: Europe pledges never to be held hostage by Russian pipelines again
Every drop of Russian fuel will be blocked from entering Europe.
Russia’s oil sanctions will return “as soon as” the Middle East crisis ends, Trump says. But there’s no end in sight.
The US president told NBC News the temporary easing was about keeping oil flowing, not rewarding Moscow.
Russia wants Europe hooked on its oil. It’s bombing Ukraine’s southern routes that offer alternative for two days in row
Russia targets Ukrainian oil and gas facilities to block non-Russian energy flows to Europe.
Did the US just fund Russia’s war by bombing its drone supplier?
Urals crude hits budget target for first time in months as Gulf chaos drives global prices up.
Russian oil discounts hit new high as Trump’s India deal creates uncertainty — China gets all benefits
Trump announces India deal. Modi says nothing.
Iran regime collapse would crash oil prices, weaken Russia’s war funding — analyst explains double blow to Moscow
Meanwhile, Russia's alliance network and war economy both shrinking.
US sanctions ignite $22B Lukoil asset fire sale
Exxon and Chevron circle Iraq and Kazakhstan assets as markets worry about oversupply.
Russia resumes oil exports at Novorossiysk after two-day shutdown caused by Ukrainian air assault
Crude shipments restart at the Black Sea port as tankers Arlan and Rodos load cargo despite recent damage, Reuters sources said.