Russia\u2019s energy infrastructure has taken a hammering after a string of explosions knocked out three major oil and gas pipelines within a 24-hour period. Ukrainian military intelligence sources confirmed that the Kuibyshev-Lysychansk pipeline in Saratov Oblast\u2014capable of moving 82 million tons of oil annually\u2014was crippled in the early hours of September 8.<\/p>\n
The line had been supplying petroleum products directly to Russian military units.<\/p>\n
The Saratov strike followed blasts in Penza Oblast just hours earlier, where at least four explosions ripped through the Zheleznodorozhny district. Those attacks disabled two main gas pipeline tubes with a combined capacity of 2 million bpd, along with two regional lines, according to HUR, Ukraine\u2019s intelligence directorate. Both sets of pipelines were reportedly tied to Russian military operations.<\/p>\n
Moscow has downplayed the disruption, with state media describing the incidents as \u201cplanned exercises\u201d by Transneft Druzhba in coordination with emergency services. Locals were urged to stay calm.<\/p>\n
This marks the third time in a single day that Russia\u2019s oil and gas arteries have come under fire\u2014an escalation in Ukraine\u2019s campaign to disrupt Moscow\u2019s war machine by targeting energy flows. The strikes are part of a broader pattern since the full-scale invasion began, with Kyiv increasingly relying on long-range drones and sabotage to squeeze Russia\u2019s fuel supply lines.<\/p>\n
While the full extent of the damage remains unclear, the hits land at a sensitive moment for Russia. Domestic fuel markets are already tight, and the loss of major infrastructure could push Moscow closer to the crisis line.<\/p>\n
Beyond the pipeline attacks, Ukraine has also stepped up drone strikes<\/a> on Russia\u2019s refining backbone. Rosneft\u2019s Ryazan refinery\u2014one of the country\u2019s largest with 260,000 bpd of capacity, or 5% of national throughput\u2014was hit again this month, alongside earlier strikes on Rosneft\u2019s Saratov plant (140,000 bpd) and Lukoil\u2019s Volgograd refinery, a key fuel supplier in southern Russia. The Ust-Luga port complex on the Baltic has also sustained heavy damage, with repairs at one unit expected to take six months. With at least half a dozen refineries disrupted in recent weeks, Russia is facing mounting pressure to boost crude exports instead of processing at home\u2014just as the EU and U.S. weigh fresh coordinated sanctions<\/a> to further choke Moscow\u2019s oil revenues.<\/p>\n By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com<\/p>\n More Top Reads From Oilprice.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s energy infrastructure has taken a hammering after a string of explosions knocked out three major oil and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2595,12,15857,332,2663,657,753,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-411854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-drones","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pipelines","11":"tag-russia","12":"tag-sanctions","13":"tag-ukraine","14":"tag-ukraine-war","15":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115177335266022538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}