Moscow warns of global oil price hikes should Ukraine keeps up attacks on Russian oil infrastructure
發佈日期: 2026-05-04 21:09
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Ukraine on Sunday fired a barrage of drones toward targets across Russia, striking the key port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea and a number of vessels that it said were part of the shadow oil fleet. Moscow has warned more strikes from Kyiv on its oil infrastructure would risk higher global oil prices.
A night-time drone strike set ablaze the Primorsk commercial seaport which is operated by Russia's state oil firm Transneft.
In a post on Telegram, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed their troops had caused "significant damage" to oil terminal infrastructure of the port.
He said Ukrainian forces have hit a Karakurt-class missile ship, a patrol boat and a tanker belonging to Russia's so-called shadow oil fleet used to evade western sanctions and price caps in the Baltic Sea, adding "each such result further limits Russia's war potential."
Primorsk, one of Russia's largest export gateways, was targeted several times in March as US-brokered talks to end the Ukraine war have stalled.
Regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said the fire was quickly put out and there had been no oil spill afterwards, and further noted over 60 Ukrainian drones were shot down in Leningrad during a large-scale attack targeting key infrastructure.
Earlier on Sunday, the Ukrainian leader said their troops have pounded two more "shadow-fleet" tankers near the entrance to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
He published footage purporting to be an unmanned sea drone approaching the hull of a large vessel.
"These tankers had been actively used to transport oil - not anymore," Zelenskyy stated. "Ukraine's long-range capabilities will continue to be developed comprehensively - at sea, in the air, and on land."
Speaking in an interview, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said if Ukraine continues to hit Russian oil infrastructure, a reduction in the country's oil supply will trigger an even sharper rise in oil prices from current levels, which are already above 120 US dollars a barrel.
Peskov pointed out even with lower oil volumes shipped for export, Russian companies would earn more money, resulting in more revenue for the state. He emphasised the main thing is to insure themselves against "further risks of such terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime."
Meanwhile, Ukraine's army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said they are repelling Russian forces' persistent attempt to gain a foothold in the outskirts of Kostiantynivka in eastern Donetsk region using infiltration tactics. The official said "counter-sabotage measures are going on in the city."
This as the northern part of Donetsk forms a well fortified area known as Ukraine's "fortress belt" that stretches for about 50 kilometres.
Elsewhere, authorities reported the death of two people in Ukraine's southern Odesa region following Russian drones strikes overnight into Sunday.
Ukraine's Emergency Service said three residential buildings have been damaged and port infrastructure was also hit, causing a fire that was later extinguished by emergency teams.
In a rare breach of the Russian capital's defences, a Ukrainian drone slammed into a luxury high-rise residential complex in southwest Moscow, less than 10 kilometres from the Kremlin.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday that another two drones were downed by air defenses.
