Russia promised Trump diesel. Five of its tankers turned for Brazil, Africa, and the Mediterranean instead
Part of the fuel announced as relief for US prices before the vote is now looking for buyers far from American ports.
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40,000 tons of Russian diesel are bound for New York—due four days after Americans vote
The tanker loaded at a Baltic port Ukrainian drones struck in March. Trump wants cheaper diesel before the midterms.
A month’s worth of Russia’s oil exports is stuck at sea—135 million barrels loaded but not delivered
Bloomberg's vessel-tracking and price data put the four-week value of Russia's seaborne crude exports back near $1.7 billion, down from a weekly spike near $2.5 billion on the chart earlier this year.
Ukraine’s special forces sabotaged an oil pumping station in Russia with help from a local partisan group, SOF reports
The Special Operations Forces reported an operation a station in Yaroslavl Oblast, part of the pipeline carrying Siberian crude to Russia's Baltic.
Ukraine hits the Kirov junction that routes Siberian crude to the Baltic, plus refinery and oil depot elsewhere in Russia
The Lazarevo station pumps oil toward the export port of Primorsk and on to Belarus, far inside Russian territory.
Eight Kalibrs that won’t reach Ukraine: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck Russian missile corvette at Primorsk
President Zelenskyy and Special Operations Forces reported that Ukraine hit the Karakurt-class corvette overnight on 3 May, along with a patrol boat, a shadow fleet tanker, and the Primorsk oil terminal.
Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal
Monitoring channels reported Liutyi-looking drones over Leningrad Oblast overnight on 2-3 May, with Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg shut down and local authorities claiming 59 drones downed.
Russia is trying to block Ukraine’s defense deals with Gulf, and just added 8,000 troops to Africa
Despite these facts, Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine will continue operations targeting Russia's export capacity.
Ukraine cut Russia’s oil exports by 880,000 barrels in one day — that’s $100 million every 24 hours
Russia tried to reroute oil from Sheskharis to Tuapse.
Russia’s governor said a pipeline was hit in Primorsk. Two hours later he said it wasn’t. NASA showed a fire at the tank farm
Leningrad Oblast governor Drozdenko revised his account of the 5 April drone strike on Primorsk — scrapping the pipeline damage claim and saying shrapnel had hit a fuel tank — while satellite data pointed to fire at the oil depot, not a pipeline at all.
Fico joins Orbán in demanding the EU lift Russian energy sanctions — a week before Hungary’s election that could end Orbán’s 16-year rule
After a call with Orbán on 4 April, Slovakia's PM claimed Brussels must immediately reopen dialogue with Russia and restore Druzhba pipeline flows — revenues that directly fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.
Reuters: 40% of Russia’s oil exports offline, mostly due to Ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption in Russian history
Russia earns roughly a quarter of its state budget from oil and gas. This week's attacks halted oil loadings at both Russian Baltic Sea terminals.
Russia’s Baltic coast took three hits in one night: gas hub, oil terminal, military icebreaker — all confirmed by Ukraine (updated)
Russia's governor described the Ust-Luga fire as minor while black smoke rose over the port by morning. The SBU called the strike a "symbolic gift on SBU Day" and confirmed the Primorsk terminal — hit two nights earlier — was still burning.
Ukraine hits Primorsk – the Baltic port keeping Russia’s shadow fleet in business
A hit on a fuel storage tank at Primorsk forced evacuations and shut down air traffic at Pulkovo Airport.
Ukrainian drones shutdown of Russia’s key Baltic oil terminal for first time
Ukrainian Security Service drones struck Russia's Primorsk oil port on 12 Sept, damaging two shadow fleet tankers and forcing the first-ever suspension of operations at the Baltic Sea terminal that exports $100 million worth of oil products daily.
Ukraine’s long arm: 1000 km deep, a drone ignites Russia’s Baltic Sea oil terminal near Finland
A ship caught fire and airports shut down as explosions echoed from Smolensk to Leningrad Oblast.
Reuters: Ukraine’s drone strikes force Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port to halve operations in September
Pipeline damage limits the terminal to 350,000 barrels per day, according to two Reuters sources.