Ukraine’s military has significantly disrupted Russia’s economy
by targeting oil refineries deep inside Russian territory,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said, resulting in the loss of more
than 20% of the country’s refining capacity and up to 27% of fuel
production, Azernews reports.
Speaking to journalists, Zelensky explained that the strikes
have caused bottlenecks at several refineries, forcing Russia to
redistribute fuel volumes among its remaining facilities.
“When repairs began and queues formed at transportation points,
the occupiers had to allocate volumes across other refineries,”
Zelensky said. “This makes our mission very clear: we will continue
targeting other refineries as they try to ramp up production.”
The Ukrainian President emphasized that while Ukraine is
currently using a limited number of long-range domestically
produced weapons and Western systems such as the UK’s Storm Shadow
and France’s SCALP, 90-95% of strikes deep inside Russia are
carried out using Ukrainian systems.
Zelensky added that Ukraine will continue producing long-range
weapons, securing funding for these efforts, and daily targeting
the economic infrastructure that fuels Russia’s war effort.
“This is the money they earn from oil refining for their war.
That is why we are working in this direction,” he said.
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