Reuters, citing two industry sources and relayed by Ukrinform, reported that Ukrainian attacks over the past week disrupted nine of Russia’s 35 largest refineries. The refineries attacked since late October have combined nominal crude-processing capacity of about 300,000 tonnes a day, or roughly 30% of Russia’s total primary refining capacity, the sources said.
That figure describes the scale of the plants affected, not a measured loss of refining output. Reuters’ sources estimated that actual refining cuts could reach 200,000 tonnes a day. That remains an industry-source estimate rather than a published production audit.
The spread across multiple facilities is the significant development. As an assessment of the reported scale, disruption at several plants can place broader pressure on a refining network than an incident at one site. But the report does not provide plant-by-plant information on damage, outage duration or recovery.
Reuters also reported that the strikes make it harder for Moscow to address domestic fuel shortages. The report says Rosneft restored fuel-sale limits at filling stations after a series of drone strikes on refineries, but it does not quantify effects on exports, retail fuel prices or military logistics.
The 30% estimate therefore signals a wider disruption in Russian refining since late October, not a demonstrated loss of one-third of actual output. Its lasting significance will depend on evidence of daily throughput, repairs and restarts at the nine refineries.
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- Укрінформ · Source date: 2026-11-10
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