Ukraine Cripples 42.74% of Russian Refining Capacity With Omsk Strike as Fuel Queues Spread
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 9
Ukraine Cripples 42.74% of Russian Refining Capacity With Omsk Strike as Fuel Queues Spread
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 9
Summary
Gazprom's Omsk refinery — Russia's largest — halted production after Ukrainian drones hit critical refining units on July 6, days after Lukoil's Nizhny Novgorod plant was knocked offline again.
42.74% of Russian refining capacity was disabled as of July 4, according to Ukraine's General Staff, while the IEA put more than 20% offline and called the disruption unprecedented in the war.
Daylong fuel queues, regional rationing and suspended gasoline and jet-fuel exports have turned the refinery campaign into a nationwide supply crisis that is also constraining Russian military logistics.
Moscow is trying to plug shortages with fuel imports from India, Belarus, Kazakhstan and China, and is considering lower-grade Euro-2 fuel as repairs to complex refinery equipment could take years.
The strikes are bringing the war home to Russians, adding to economic pessimism and war fatigue as even Putin and Sberbank CEO Herman Gref publicly acknowledge mounting strain.