kyiv’s airstrikes have knocked out 15 of Russia’s 38 major oil refineries, causing more than $23.2 billion in economic damage, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence agency (HUR) said on Thursday. Only 12 refineries are operating at reduced capacity following the precision attacks, which wiped out almost all revenue from Moscow’s oil sector from 2025, the HUR estimated. The agency specifically cited five facilities that were affected in September, including the massive Ryazan Oil Refining Company, and those refineries account for 33% of Russia’s total volume. Plumes of smoke rise from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow in September. REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to face pressure as Ukraine destroys 15 of Russia’s 38 major oil refineries. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The strikes have effectively reduced Russia’s processing volumes by 55.4% compared to the start of the year, kyiv added. The attacks have been a major headache for Moscow, which relies on its oil to finance its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Attacks on refineries have also caused gas shortages in several Russian regions, including annexed Crimea, and more and more citizens are feeling the pain in their wallets from the ongoing war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated that he would be willing to stop repeated attacks on Russian oil refineries if the Kremlin stops its attacks on kyiv’s energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia continues to bomb his country’s critical energy infrastructure. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images Moscow has refused to comply, and Zelensky told world leaders on Thursday that Russian suicide drones continue to attack his country’s critical infrastructure. “The Russians are using drones and Shahed missiles to attack even the energy equipment on which our nuclear power plants depend,” Zelensky said in his speech at the Ibero-American Summit. “All power plants in Ukraine have been damaged in one way or another by Russian attacks.” Ukraine and Russia continue to carry out trade attacks, and Moscow bombed a postal logistics center of Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest private delivery company, according to the Kremlin. Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of the Russian attack on a civilian warehouse in kyiv on Thursday. SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA/Shutterstock The Russians also attacked an electrical substation in Dnipropetrovsk and a cargo ship in the Black Sea, the Kremlin said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone strikes sparked fires in an industrial area in the city of Ryazan, about 125 miles southeast of Moscow.
