Ukraine’slong-range strikes cut Russia’s oil refining capacity by 20 percent, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine's long-range strikes onrefineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20 per cent, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, citing intelligence from Western governments.

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Over 90 per cent of those deep strikes on Russian soil were carried out by Ukrainian-made long-range weapons, according to Zelenskyy. Hesaid Ukraine needs additional foreign financial help to produce more of them.

“We just need to work on this every day,” he said in comments to the media on Monday that were embargoed until Tuesday.

Oilexports playa key rolein funding Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. While Ukrainian weapons take aim at the refineries, new sanctions fromthe US and the European Union are aiming to cut into Moscow’ oil and gas export earnings.