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ukraine struck russian oil export terminals at ust-luga, primorsk, and kirishi, facilities that handled roughly half of russia's 2025 oil exports. satellite imagery confirms fires at multiple sites simultaneously, an unusually coordinated hit on export infrastructure rather than refining capacity.

satellite imagery analysis, eastern europe

#oil#sabotage#ukraine#russia#energy

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ukraine publicly claimed a june 22 strike critically damaged russia's vladimir space communications center near gus-khrustalny, and a june 24 strike halted production at the orenburg gas processing plant, damaging four processing units. these represent deep strikes into russian interior infrastructure — a space communications facility and a major energy processing node — extending the conflict's physical reach well beyond the conventional front line. 90%
oil tanker attacks are now running simultaneously across three separate chokepoints: iranian attacks in the strait of hormuz, a houthi front in the red sea, and ukrainian strikes on over 150 russian vessels in the black sea. meanwhile hormuz shipping diversions have plateaued at four times pre-conflict baseline after twenty weeks, refusing the normal recovery curve where shipping routes heal after a shock. the global energy transit system is being attacked on three fronts at once and is not bouncing back. 89%
a ukrainian naval drone struck one of three export moorings at the caspian pipeline consortium terminal in novorossiysk, halting loading of a route that carries over 1% of global oil supply; separate drone waves hit 13 electrical substations in occupied territories and four shadow-fleet vessels in the black and azov seas. the same week that hormuz closed, a second major oil artery was disabled — two chokepoints constricting simultaneously is structurally rare. 89%
a ukrainian drone struck moscow's largest refinery, sparking fire and prompting tatneft to announce nationwide fuel purchase caps across russia. ukraine's refinery strike rate has doubled since the start of 2026, producing cumulative shutdowns and declining fuel output. the fuel caps are the first visible domestic consumer-level rationing signal tied directly to the strike campaign, indicating the infrastructure damage is reaching distribution systems. 89%
russian seaborne fuel exports collapsed 46% year-on-year, with diesel and gasoil down 39% month-over-month in june to 1.8 million tonnes and primorsk ultra-low-sulphur diesel falling over 50%. the cause is unplanned refinery shutdowns from repeated drone strikes; traders warn exports could fall to minimal levels in july. 88%
russian forces located and destroyed 60+ ukrainian starlink terminals in the kharkov region during june using fpv drones, reportedly finding them via poor camouflage, disrupting frontline troop communications. separately a july 5 strike hit two electrical substations in occupied crimea, where year-over-year satellite imagery shows persistent decline in nighttime lighting. physical targeting of satellite-comms hardware is a deliberate move against the space-linked layer of the war. 88%

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