The International Energy Agency (IEA), following the United States, has stated that attacks by Ukrainian drones on Russian oil refineries risk destabilising global oil markets. Source: Bloomberg Details: Ukrainian drones have intensified attacks on Russia's oil industry since the beginning of the year, aiming to disrupt fuel supplies to the military and limit the Kremlin's revenue.
Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, has claimed that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have reduced Russian exports of oil products by a third. Source: Maliuk during a panel discussion within the Ukraine.
As Western sanctions designed to cripple Russian energy exports barely slow them down, the Kremlin continues to make enough money to keep its war against Ukraine going indefinitely, just by selling oil to China and India. Oil money pays for weapons, ammunition, and high enlistment bonuses that keep the army topped up with 25,000 men per month to replace the 20,000 it loses on average in its war against Ukraine, according to Viktor Kevliuk, a military expert with the Center for Defense Strategies. With steady oil production and much of the Russian economy retooled for total war, this pattern is set to continue, likely resulting in the attrition of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and the country requiring even more weapons from allies over time.
Ukraine has raised the issue of imposing a ban on selling Russian agricultural products in the European Union's territory. Source: Vsevolod Chentsov, the Ukrainian ambassador to the European Union, during a conversation with the Ukrainian media in Brussels; European Pravda with reference to Radio Liberty Quote from Chentsov: "In the context of recent events, we have raised this issue even more sharply, that it is unacceptable when Polish farmers are fighting with Ukrainian products at a time whe