"A shortage even in Moscow": Poland doubts Russia's ability to export fuel

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has questioned Russia's ability to increase fuel exports after Ukrainian strikes on its oil refineries. According to him, a fuel shortage is being observed even in Moscow, which has priority in supply. Sikorski wrote about this on social network X.

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On October 4, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense reported that, as a result of Ukrainian strikes, 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity had been knocked out of operation.

What preceded this

Earlier, Democratic senators in the US criticized the decision of President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on the sale of Russian diesel fuel. They called it a "betrayal of Ukraine, European allies and US national security" and urged Trump to focus on ending the war with Iran, rather than helping finance Russia's war machine. This is stated in a joint statement by the senators.

At the same time, as Financial Times reports, Ukraine intends to continue long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities, despite Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin on resuming exports of Russian diesel fuel.