Ukraine Strikes Major Russian Oil Refinery
Ukraine Strikes Major Russian Oil Refinery Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of experience covering the global oil and gas sector.
Her… It took Ukraine just hours to turn President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “we’re done” into a refinery fire.
Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Ryazan refinery on Thursday, ending Kyiv’s brief pause in attacks on Russian energy infrastructure after Zelenskyy said Moscow had ignored the ceasefire promoted by U.S.
The Rosneft-owned refinery sits about 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow and accounts for nearly 5% of Russia’s refinery throughput.
Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov confirmed a fire at the facility following what he described as a major Ukrainian drone attack.
The extent of the damage is still being assessed.
Ukraine had suspended refinery attacks for three days following Trump’s Sunday announcement that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop hitting energy infrastructure.
But more than 500 Russian drones were launched overnight into Thursday, according to Ukrainian authorities.
State-owned Naftogaz said a gas production facility in the Poltava region was damaged and operations there were suspended.
Zelenskyy told the Financial Times Thursday that the restriction on refinery attacks was finished.
For the diesel market, the end to the ceasefire is painful.
Trump has pressured Kyiv to stop attacking Russian refineries as global diesel supplies tighten and U.S.
| Product | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Crude | $102.14/bbl | +0.34% |
| WTI Crude | $96.90/bbl | +0.21% |
| EN590 Diesel | $846/MT | +0.18% |
| Jet Fuel A-1 | $1090/MT | +0.55% |
| Mazut M100 | $450/MT | -0.15% |
| Bitumen 60/70 | $470/MT | +0.08% |
| Sulphur Gran 99.5% | $470/MT | -0.44% |
| Urea 46% Gran | $650/MT | +1.12% |
| NPK 16-16-16 | $460/MT | -0.28% |
| Nat Gas TTF | $15.42/MMBtu | +0.92% |
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