Zelenskyy: Ukrainian intelligence received Russian documents on the reduction of oil production and refining in the RF

Zelenskyy: Ukrainian intelligence received Russian documents on the reduction of oil production and refining in the RF

Ukrainian intelligence has obtained Russian documents with new assessments of the aggressor country’s losses from the war. According to the latest data, Russia has recorded a reduction of approximately 400 active oil wells and a decrease in oil refining of at least 10%.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this following a meeting with First Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service Oleh Luhovskyi. He stressed that Ukraine’s long-range sanctions are producing results.

“Our Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has received new Russian documents assessing the aggressor country’s losses from the war. Importantly, this is an internal Russian assessment that they are trying to hide both from the world and from their domestic audience,” the head of state wrote.

The first significant indicator, according to Zelenskyy, is the reduction in the number of active oil wells in Russia. In particular, one Russian oil company that is not among the largest has already been forced to shut down operations at about 400 such facilities.

“Given the specifics of Russian oil production, these are tangible losses, as restarting wells in Russia is significantly more difficult than in other oil-producing countries,” the statement reads.

The second indicator, the Ukrainian leader added, is a reduction in oil refining of at least 10% in just the first few months of this year.

“We see that our Ukrainian long-range sanctions are indeed working, and we will continue to intensify this line of active measures,” he emphasized.

Also indicative are data on Russia’s banking sector, where signs of a deepening crisis are being recorded. In particular, 11 financial institutions are preparing for full liquidation due to problems that cannot be resolved otherwise, while another eight banks face critical financial difficulties that cannot be addressed without external support.

“Also optimistic for us are the indicators of the federal budget deficit this year — nearly $80 billion already in the fifth month of the year — against the backdrop of the bankruptcy of a significant number of Russian regional budgets,” the head of state reported.

Zelenskyy instructed Luhovskyi to disseminate the information obtained regarding Russia’s attempts to attract international companies to stabilize the financial crisis and circumvent sanctions.

In particular, the Ukrainian side has recorded attempts to organize the export of grain from the temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as other economic exploitation of the peninsula involving entities from the United States.

“We will inform our partners. We are also recording attempts to bring investments and technologies from democratic countries into Russia’s Arctic oil and gas projects. We know how to counter this. Thank you to everyone who is helping! Thank you to all our Ukrainian intelligence officers!” Zelenskyy wrote.