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applegrove

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Mon Jul 13, 2026, 03:12 PM 6 hrs ago

How Ukraine Is Taking Out Russia's Refineries

How Ukraine Is Taking Out Russia’s Refineries

July 13, 2026 at 2:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/13/how-ukraine-is-taking-out-russias-refineries/


“Ukraine is targeting Russian energy infrastructure with its growing fleet of long-range drones and missiles, causing fuel shortages in one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers and embarrassing President Vladimir Putin,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“In dozens of strikes since this spring, Ukraine has pounded oil refineries across its larger neighbor, hitting all of Russia’s 10 biggest plants, based on capacity figures from S&P Global Energy. More than one-quarter of Russian refining capacity has been knocked offline, analysts estimate.”
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How Ukraine Is Taking Out Russia's Refineries (Original Post) applegrove 6 hrs ago OP
Why isn't the price of crude $125/barrel? gab13by13 5 hrs ago #1
Because big oil doesn't want Trump to lose the Senate? applegrove 4 hrs ago #2

applegrove

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2. Because big oil doesn't want Trump to lose the Senate?
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 04:25 PM
4 hrs ago

Because Trump kiboshed wind energy for them?

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