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riversedge

(78,059 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:54 PM 10 hrs ago

Putin's Folly Shuts Down 40% Of Russian Oil Refinery Capacity

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Source: crooksandliars.com

Ukrainian drone strikes have been the leading cause, say Russian sources.

By Ed Scarce — October 2, 2025

It's historically unprecedented for Russia to lose this much oil refining capacity, and to do so in such a short time (in early August, just 13% of capacity was offline due to the Ukrainians). Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil refineries farther and farther into Russia in recent weeks, and the results have been stunning. What's also unusual is that the Russians aren't denying it anymore; the figures cited are from them. I suppose it's much easier to lay the blame on Ukraine for the severe gas shortages that way.

And Ukraine has mostly done so through drone strikes, not with the more powerful and greater range Flamingo cruise missiles, which have so far been used sparingly. When those get used to maximum force and with a claimed range of 3000km.

John McCain's famous quip that “Russia is a gas station run by a mafia masquerading as a country." Well, if that is true, that gas station is running out of gas.

Ukrainian drone strikes, which have hit more than two dozen major oil refineries in Russia since early August, have plunged the Russian fuel market into a crisis the likes of which it has never seen.

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Putin's Folly Shuts Down 40% Of Russian Oil Refinery Capacity (Original Post) riversedge 10 hrs ago OP

Russia to Import Gasoline from Asia as Drone Hits Cripple Refineries OnlinePoker 10 hrs ago #1

South Korea and Singapore are still selling to putin? PSPS 10 hrs ago #2

Russian gasoline production buckles under Ukrainian drone strikes LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #3

Put Putin in a bind and be rid of his narrow behind. oasis 8 hrs ago #4

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OnlinePoker

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1. Russia to Import Gasoline from Asia as Drone Hits Cripple Refineries

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Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:08 PM

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Russia’s government plans to boost fuel imports from Belarus and import gasoline from China, Singapore, and South Korea to address falling domestic output and gasoline shortages in several regions, Russian daily Kommersant reports, citing measures being discussed by the cabinet.

To make imports from Asia easier, the Russian government is waiving a 5% duty on fuel imports from China, South Korea, and Singapore, the Russian daily reported.

Russia’s gasoline and diesel supply has been crippled in recent weeks by intensified attacks on refineries with Ukrainian drones, which at one point curtailed 40% of Russia’s refining capacity.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Russia-to-Import-Gasoline-from-Asia-as-Drone-Hits-Cripple-Refineries.html

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2. South Korea and Singapore are still selling to putin?

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LetMyPeopleVote

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3. Russian gasoline production buckles under Ukrainian drone strikes

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Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:54 PM

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In annexed Crimea, drivers are limited to five gallons of gas at the pump, and all Russians face higher taxes and less social spending as the war drags on.

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Citing data from Seala, a Russian energy markets analysis agency, the Russian business daily RBC reported that nearly 40 percent of the country’s refining capacity remains idle, mainly due to repairs after attacks.

“Attacks by Ukrainian drones are the main cause and account for up to 70 percent of the shutdowns,” Seala’s Vladimir Nikitin said, noting that scheduled maintenance on some facilities has been pushed back in a scramble to keep refineries running.....

Russia’s fuel market is facing a shortfall equal to about 20 percent of monthly gasoline demand — roughly 400,000 tons out of the 2 million consumed — the Kommersant business daily reported, and consumers are starting to feel it. Roughly 1 in 50 gas stations have stopped selling gasoline as nationwide production has dropped by about 10 percent......

The government has extended its ban on gasoline and diesel exports until year’s end as supply disruptions have affected at least 10 regions.AI Icon Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has been hit the hardest, forcing the Russia-installed governor to limit gasoline sales to eight gallons per person in late September and then again to five gallons on Wednesday.
“This can lead to an uncontrollable growth of social tension — you can lull people into a state of clam by saying that we will beat everyone in the war on TV or that the shops are full of products,” Russian economist Vyacheslav Shiryaev said. “But it’s different with gasoline when your car just stops after five stations don’t have fuel.”.....

“It’s important to consider these two situations together, because gasoline is the blood of the economy,” he said of the fuel crisis against the backdrop of an increased budget gap.

“I wouldn’t go as far as saying Putin has no money to fight, but he doesn’t have the money to fight the same way he had in 2024 and the beginning of 2025,” Shiryaev said, adding that if Russia moves to buy more expensive gasoline from China or Singapore, it will have to subsidize domestic sales, dampening the efforts to balance the budget.

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4. Put Putin in a bind and be rid of his narrow behind.

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5. LOCKING for source

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