Ukraine cut Russia’s oil exports by 880,000 barrels in one day — that’s $100 million every 24 hours

Yeah, I think it's fine to write "crazy coincidence". We all know he is a puppet.

Remember in 2017, when Trump told gas companies to go ahead and release methane? Methane is 30x worse than carbon dioxide! Trump went out of his way to make climate change worse! Why would he do that? Because Russia benefits vastly from climate change. Putin wants to be an oil and gas superpower. “As the Arctic melts, Russia inches closer to massive economic opportunities. The Arctic holds an estimated 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil reserves and 30% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas reserves. However, current conditions in the high Arctic make extraction extremely difficult. This has not stopped Russia though as Moscow plans to extract and export 100 million tons of Arctic oil by 2030. As temperatures rise, conditions ease, opening up more room for exploitation. This was even highlighted in Moscow’s 2023 climate doctrine. But this is just the beginning. In 2020, Russia approved a development project worth over $300 billion to scale resource extraction in preparation for warmer weather. Russia also partnered with China and Saudi Arabia on the Vostok Oil Project, which was coined the largest in the “modern-day global oil industry.” These projects aim to extract 8 billion barrels of oil from now until 2060. However, these ambitions are contingent on one factor, the continuation of global warming. Russia lacks an incentive to invest in reducing its carbon footprint because these projects are extremely lucrative. Better mining conditions are not the only factor global warming will bring; it will also melt the ice caps littered through the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Currently, the route is open only during the summer months, but once operational year-round, the NSR will cut shipping times between China and Europe by 30% to 40%. The route is in Russia’s Special Economic zone, and Moscow has already made significant investments to control the passage. Construction on two mega ports on both ends of the NSR (Murmansk and Vladivostok) are set to be complete by 2026. Two other ports along the NSR, in Sabetta and Tiksi, are also under construction. All of this to turn the NSR “into a new Suez.” As melting ice caps open the route, it is predicted that 270 million tons of cargo will pass through by 2035, a 10x increase from 2022. Again, the success of these ventures depends on climate change. For Russia, the economic gain and power projection these projects bring, far outweigh the negative impacts of global warming. Russia’s climate strategy is ultimately rooted in calculated contradictions. While the Kremlin claims climate awareness and carbon reduction, its actions tell a different story. Russia’s words are used to save face, and its actions are masked in misinformation to forward its agenda.“ https://yris.yira.org/column/climate-change-is-russias-biggest-strategic-weapon/

gotta keep his boss happy

Russia is a country that occupies 11% of Earth’s land mass and a shit ton of natural resources. It’s virtually impossible not to do trade with it.

I believe once Russia wants to they will wipe Ukraine of the face of the map similarly to how trump wants to do that with Iran. Putin is just waiting for the orange man to do the stupid thing first and then Ukraine is gone. Remember Hitler did not want to concur the world, but because Germany was pushed into such a position he had no choice but to go to extrenes to save his country.

Putin is still getting fucked, he could be fucked even harder and faster, but atleast Putin is getting fucked in the ass while Trump is refusing to take Putin’s c*** out of his mouth.

thx for the cheer

Yeah, like Iran they‘ll surrender any day now

That’s something we don’t hear a lot about. Hitting the tankers. Ships take a while to build and are not hard to damage. Take out enough of them and the oil just sits there.

His source is 100% - trust me bro. The economic lifeline russia got from March-April was largely negated by the Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure. I would guess the same will be the case for the suspension from April - May if things continue this way

Completely false. The sanctions were suspended for another month, ending May 16th. And it’s only extended to ship already loaded with oil prior to April 16th.

The US could be in a similar position in the future as Russia if they proceed on invading their neighbors like Cuba as Trump suggested he might. Using Cuba as an example, they are experts at making do without, not even factoring in any help Russia or China may have given them with secret shipments of Shahed drones on Havana bound flights or Russian oil tanker runs or anything like that. US refineries in the Gulf of Mexico would be just as exposed, and I am willing to bet the Cuban government has been taking notes on the actual effectiveness of the USN during the Iran war. Perhaps you could say the same as other Latin American countries.

Krasnov has 2 bosses; Bibi and Putin

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After world war II the strategic bombing survey interviewed refinery workers and engineers. The first set of bombings were patched quickly and the refineries got production started. The patches were leaky. The second set of bombings lit up a much more intense fire. Precision munitions can be more selective and knock out specific parts.

Russia no longer has the parts nor the expertise to repair major damage. This is a years long disruption.

It depends on what is hit and how extensive the damage is. Some equipment can be down for months even if the parts are available. Refinery restarts are not simple. But generally the time it takes can be anywhere from a few weeks to two years.

It's not. It's really not.

They are exporting more or less the same amoun, however... India and China were given great deals causing profit margins to drop drastically. The cost of shipping the oil has risen because of sanctions. Add the fact that others have mentioned here: Ukraine is hitting oil refineries on an almost daily basis so far this year, making it even more difficult and expensive for Russia to export oil.

CREA latest report shows that oil capacity has dropped YoY and especially MoM since March when the attack intensified. Nevertheless, Russia exported more in March YoY because of strong exports before the attacks landed, and they've made 2 year high profit recently because of MAGA/Nazisraeli idiocy in Iran. https://energyandcleanair.org/march-2026-monthly-analysis-of-russian-fossil-fuel-exports-and-sanctions/

It still affects them by virtue of massively reducing the profitability of it all. So while they still "make money" they don't nearly make as much as they could to the point that in effect with the war the country is still bleeding money. That way oil prices won't explode and Russia still suffers economically. This is why the EU silently accepts the existence of the shadow fleet, because they set up the sanctions to basically work that way.

If the attacks didn't make a change, USA would not forbid Ukraine from making the attacks. Ukraine has no support what so ever from the US these days, which is why they have started the large scale attacks on Russian oil infrastructure.

And your data is last year, the strikes on dock and storage facilities started in DECEMBER. You really aren't even good at this at all

You sound like one of the simpletons who brings their car in for repairs, insisting that it was PERFECT yesterday. Things change. Try to keep up.

The answer to that is different for each individual facility and their particular damages, but docks have been knocked out, that's months to fix under any circumstances. And Russia can't even afford to pay for the extensive flooding damage they've had this spring, so this hurts

I can't believe I had to come this far to see someone mentioning this. The reason oil costs are so high in Europe right now is because China is outbidding Europe for oil in the global market. This will only increase their need for oil and their bidding.  This means more expensive oil for Europe, and the world. What a f****** mess.

Thanks!

No Country fights your battle? you should learn Ukraine history before sympathizing Zel, not to mention, he is the one to blew it !! Think about it if Carney in Canada had gone full of war with US for pushing 51st state and Tarriff agenda by the help of Russia, its same scenario what Zelenshi has done.. Only diff is Carney is no Zelensky and thats why Canada is in a path of Prosperity while Ukraine is now rubble state exporting terrorism !!

Yeah all lifeforms i meant etc , most prolly plankton.

Fuel is waste but still needed for planes, military etc. Best to use oil for physical products, like consumer and road building asphalt, rubber, etc. Destroying is waste.