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Ukraine Strikes Cripple Russian Oil; Imports and Tensions Rise

10/4/2025

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Ukraine Disrupts Russia's Oil

Ukraine's strikes disrupted about 40% of Russia's oil refining capacity, causing fuel shortages.
Moscow will import gasoline from Asia to stabilize the market.
The United States weighs giving Ukraine intelligence and long-range Tomahawks to strike energy sites.
Putin warns such shipments would escalate tensions and NATO opposition.
Despite higher September exports, Russia anticipates possible output cuts from drone attacks.

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Drone Strikes Devastate Families

A Russian drone strike in Chernechchyna killed Alyona Lesnichenko, 26, her husband Oleksandr, and their two sons.
Neighbors expressed shock; Alyona was pregnant with twins.
French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed by a drone in Ukraine's Donbas region; Ukrainian journalist Heorgiy Ivanchenko was injured.
Lallican's death marks the first journalist drone killing in Ukraine; Macron extended condolences to Lallican's family.

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Ukraine Disrupts Russia's Oil

Ukraine's strikes disrupted about 40% of Russia's oil refining capacity, causing fuel shortages.
Moscow will import gasoline from Asia to stabilize the market.
The United States weighs giving Ukraine intelligence and long-range Tomahawks to strike energy sites.
Putin warns such shipments would escalate tensions and NATO opposition.
Despite higher September exports, Russia anticipates possible output cuts from drone attacks.

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