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Ukraine renews refinery strikes as Russia fuel crunch eases

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Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries, threatening a fragile recovery in fuel supplies after months of strikes helped trigger the country’s worst gasoline shortages in decades.

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  1. Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Refinery, Ending Pause and Defying Trump

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    Ukraine renews refinery strikes as Russia fuel crunch eases

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  1. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian oil refinery reportedly attacked amid renewed Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The Kyiv Independent's feed description

    The reported attack is being called a ‘resumption of strikes’ on various monitoring channels, being the first after an unofficial pause on Ukraine’s campaign against oil refineries that began in mid-October.

  2. Wall Street Journal

    Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Refinery, Ending Pause and Defying Trump (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The strike ends a two-week halt in refinery attacks that came amid pressure from the U.S. to halt such operations.

  3. Objectivist

    Russian Refinery Ablaze as Ukraine Shatters Strike Pause and Defies Trump [WATCH] (opens Objectivist)

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    Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil infrastructure by striking the Novokuibyshevsk refinery, ending a brief pause sought by the Trump administration as reports showed Russian crude processing had increased by 25% during the second half of October.

  4. The Kyiv Independent

    Ukraine never agreed to pause strikes on Russian refineries, sources confirm (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Ukraine's campaign targeting Russian oil refineries is ongoing, Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent, rejecting reports that Kyiv had agreed to suspend the strikes. The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct.

  5. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Ukraine has targeted the facility a number of times, including a confirmed strike on Aug. 26 that sparked a large fire. The NORSI suspended operations due to damaged sustained in that attack.

  6. The Kyiv Independent

    Ukraine war latest: Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Key developments on Oct. 31-Nov. 1: * Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike * Russian airstrike destroys Kramatorsk city council building that survived 2014 occupation * Russian attack hits Kyiv energy facility, leaving parts of the city without power and water …

  7. The Guardian

    Ukraine defies Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries (opens The Guardian)

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    Kremlin says Kyiv is ‘simply ignoring’ US wishes days before midterm elections after reported strikes on two oil sites Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries in defiance of pressure from Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, with a ceasefire in the occupied town of Olesh…

  8. Bloomberg

    Ukraine Renews Refinery Strikes After Russia’s Fuel Crisis Eased (opens Bloomberg)

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    Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries just as the country’s gasoline shortages have eased, with long queues at filling stations gone amid rising imports and a partial recovery in domestic refining.

  9. The Columbian

    Ukraine renews refinery strikes as Russia fuel crunch eases (opens The Columbian)

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    Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries, threatening a fragile recovery in fuel supplies after months of strikes helped trigger the country’s worst gasoline shortages in decades.