Russia has rapidly reduced diesel supply to Africa due to Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries – the Independent Moscow Times portal said on Thursday, citing statistical data.
In February, diesel oil exports to African countries fell almost twice – from 1.27 million tons in January to 684 thousand. tons in the next month. By nearly 41 percent The export of this fuel to Brazil.
“The decrease in export volume is associated with an increase in the number of incidents in refineries,” analysts from the CCI Economic Statistics Center noted in the report.
Russian refineries under fire
According to Reuters in February Russia limited the export of oil products by 7.5 percent. compared to January. Export of diesel oil has decreased by 6 percent, Moscow Times said.
In recent months from various regions of Russia, sometimes distant from Ukraine Even by over 1000 km, reports of drone attacks on refineries, fuel warehouses and oil transmission networks are regularly flowing.
On Thursday, the head of the Kiev government center of counteracting disinformation Andrij Kaluenko informed about hitting the refinery in Saratów. On the night of Monday to Tuesday, the goal of the attack became, among others Moscow oil refinery.
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