Russia and Ukraine target each other’s energy infrastructure as war persists
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🗓️ 27 August 2025
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| 0:00.0 | More than 100,000 people in Ukraine are without power today after Russia launched a massive |
| 0:05.9 | attack on that country's energy infrastructure. |
| 0:08.2 | Ukraine has also been targeting Russia's oil and gas facilities, spiking fuel costs, |
| 0:13.2 | and requiring the country to ration gas. |
| 0:16.0 | As Nick Schiffren reports, it's just the latest sign that the war continues to rage despite U.S. attempts |
| 0:21.6 | to end it. |
| 0:22.6 | In the far east of a country home to some of the world's largest oil reserves, lines of cars |
| 0:28.6 | wait to buy gas. |
| 0:30.6 | In Russian-occupied Crimea, the pumps for high-octane run empty. |
| 0:35.6 | And online, Russian drivers post videos complaining about a gas shortage, produced in part |
| 0:41.7 | by annual maintenance, but also by Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries. |
| 0:50.9 | Experts say the attacks have disrupted anywhere from 13 to 20 percent of Russia's refinery |
| 0:56.3 | capacity. |
| 0:57.3 | And on social media, Russians are not happy. |
| 1:00.2 | I drove to the gas station to fill up gas. |
| 1:03.0 | They tell me the gas has finished. |
| 1:04.5 | Now we are giving them out in exchange for tickets. |
| 1:07.0 | Are we back in the Soviet Union? |
| 1:09.1 | This month alone, Ukraine struck nearly a dozen refineries, from the northwest to the south. |
| 1:14.6 | Refineries near Ukraine's border have also been regularly attacked. |
| 1:18.6 | Now drones are more numerous, heavier, carry more payload, and thus they can inflict more damage. |
| 1:31.3 | Sergei Vakulenko is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia-Eurasia Center and the former head of |
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