oil embargo

Ukrainian Intelligence drones strike largest hub of russian oil pipeline “Druzhba” in Russia’s Bryansk Region. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) kamikaze drones have struck a major oil pumping station of the “Transneft Druzhba” pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk region. According to sources in Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, the target was the oil pumping station in the city of Unecha – the […]

A tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil, which had previously docked at Russian ports, exploded near Libya, according to media reports. The tanker Vilamoura, carrying 1 million barrels of oil, exploded off the coast of Libya. The vessel had recently docked at Russian ports. The Vilamoura is currently being towed to Greece, where the damage will be assessed upon […]

Ukraine will initiate relevant sanctions against the countries that purchase the most Russian oil, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha announced. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine, Speaking at the Fair Play conference dedicated to the imposition of additional sanctions against the Russian Federation, Sybiha emphasized that Ukraine is closely monitoring the increase in trade turnover between certain countries – particularly […]

In early August, the Monitoring Group of the “Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies” and BlackSeaNews reported unusual errors by leading global analytical centers and economic publications regarding the volumes of Russian crude oil exports, specifically in terms of underestimating the figures.  They (unlike us) somehow “failed to notice” 23 tankers carrying 3 million tons of Russian crude oil that […]

This was stated by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhii Tykhyi, during a briefing. He noted that Ukraine values its cooperation with all its European neighbors and is grateful for their contribution to sanction pressure on Russia and maintaining regional stability. “We confirm our readiness to join consultations within the framework of the early warning […]

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó criticized Ukraine’s decision to block the transit of oil from the Russian company Lukoil through its territory. He expressed his opinion on July 22 at a press conference in Brussels, where he attended the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, as quoted by Magyar Nemzet. Szijjártó noted that this route supplies crude oil not only to […]

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó criticized Ukraine’s decision to halt the transit of Russian “Lukoil” oil to his country. The statement was released by Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács on social media platform X. Szijjártó considers Kyiv’s decision “incomprehensible and unacceptable,” noting that although Hungary has stabilized oil supplies through temporary solutions, these are unsustainable in the long term and […]

Top “peacemakers”: Turkey – 2nd in sea imports of Russian bloody crude oil in May 2024 and absolute world champion in sea imports of Russian petroleum products. Andrii Klymenko investigates. In May 2024, Turkey imported – according to our own monitoring – 2.5 million tons of crude oil: from Russian ports of the Baltic Sea (2.1 million tons) and the […]

The most important peacekeeper: India is the absolute champion in maritime imports of Russian bloody crude oil, Andrii Klymenko found out. In May 2024, India imported – according to our own monitoring – 7.1 million tons of crude oil from Russian ports in the Baltic (5.7 million tons) and Black (1.4 million tons) Seas. This is 47.6% of the total […]

Strategic operation against the Russian oil industry – success of tactics, weapons and management. Within two months, from January 24 to March 25, 2024, the Ukrainian defense forces conducted their first large-scale operation against a strategic sector of the Russian economy – oil refineries. Russian air defense offered desperate resistance, but thanks to good planning, coordination and high-quality Ukrainian-made drones, […]

The export of Russian oil and Russian oil products is already making the big war longer even than the so-called “price ceiling”. Those who constantly follow Andrii Klymenko and BlackSeaNews could not fail to notice that for the past six months and even more, they have been dominated by the analysis of the sea exports of russian oil and oil products from […]