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Russia quickly recovers the refinery disabled

According to journalists, approximately 10% of oil refineries are now idle in Russia, which is 4% less than at the end of March. The Russian Federation was able to quickly repair some of the key oil refining plants (refineries), which were damaged by the impact of unmanned aerial vehicles. Reuters writes about it. According to the agency, approximately 10% of oil refineries are now idle in the Russian Federation, while at the end of the last month it was 14%.

According to journalists, the Russians quickly repair their refinery, despite the difficulties with access to Western technologies. It is reported that Russian primary oil processing capacities, which are idle due to UAV attacks, have decreased to 90,500 metric tons per day (660,000 barrels per day) with approximately 123,800 tons per day (907,000 barrels per day) earlier.

Journalists also noted that the Russian primary oil processing facilities, disconnected through various simple and preventive work, are estimated at 4. 4 million tons in April compared to 4. 1 million tons in March. The authors of the article also indicated that a break in the attacks of UAV on Russian refineries occurred after Washington was criticized by Kiev.

According to the agency, the US is the largest consumer in the world, where high fuel prices are on the agenda before the presidential election. Recall that according to the media of April 12, fuel and energy enterprises will protect the systems of HR, not air defense systems (air defense). Rostech representative directly stated that air defense is not always effective against air threats such as drones.