Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy creates ‘long-range impact’ command to strike Russian energy sector

New initiative to focus ‘100%’ on damaging Moscow’s ability to wage war, as Ukraine continues to attack Russian oil infrastructure. What we know on day 1,599 Continue reading...

By Guardian staff and agencies

Ukraine creates ‘long-range’ command to step up strikes on Russia

Kyiv's campaign against Russian energy and logistics has forced Moscow to ban diesel exports and restrict shipping near the Sea of Azov.

How severe is Russia’s gasoline crisis? Meduza sized it up using exchange trading data.

Russia is in the grip of a gasoline crisis that developed in just a month, and there is no telling when it will end. Ukraine has continued to batter Russian infrastructure with drones, above all the country’s oil refineries. Officials are withholding information about how badly Russia’s refineries have been hit. Under such conditions, the fuel shortage can be gauged only indirectly — through commodity exchange trading, for example. Meduza analyzed the available public data to determine the sc...