Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia is importing petrol, calling it the rightful result of the work of the Security Service, the Armed Forces, intelligence and Ukrainian weapons manufacturers.

Quote: "Today, there were also reports on our entirely justified strikes against Russian targets – against their logistics and fuel infrastructure. I am grateful to our warriors for their precision. Russia chooses war, Russia destroys our people’s lives, and must be held accountable – our long-range capabilities will increase.

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      4 hours ago

      Russia has a moderately high cost of production and transportation for oil, so yeah, they’re not making easy money selling crude.

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      7 hours ago

      They’re exporting crude on the cheap (due to sanctions) and buying back market rate refined fuels. They’re losing twice on it.