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#Russia: The Ukrainian drones attack the Russian refineries & What is to be done? Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

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#Russia: The Ukrainian drones attack the Russian refineries & What is to be done? Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-15/russia-s-drone-attacked-oil-refineries-what-you-need-to-know?sref=5g4GmFHo

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Bachelor. A new front in the Ukraine war.

0:28.6

Bloomberg headline, Russia's drone attacked oil refineries.

0:33.2

What you need to know.

0:34.2

Ukraine has been targeting Russia's fuel processing plants,

0:37.4

goes to subhead.

0:38.8

And what's important here is the wave of strikes increasing over these last days started in January and they are

0:46.6

intended to hamper the supply of oil to the country's troops and cut funding for

0:50.2

the war. However, they've now hit some of the largest plants in the land. They're

0:55.0

undefended, including Rosnaffes PJS C's at Riazen. And Bloomberg is estimating that at some point 11%, perhaps 12% of Russian oil refinery capacity has been offline.

1:09.0

I welcome Michael Bernstom of the Hoover Institution who's followed the Russian

1:13.9

sanction story for some time. There's nothing like a sanction that goes bang.

1:18.2

Michael, a very good evening to you, not only has Ukraine hit refineriesineries they've given a picture of these what I'd

1:25.2

have to say hand-built crude-looking drones very large that are leading these

1:31.9

attacks the best the Russians have been able to come very large that are leading these attacks.

1:33.3

The best the Russians have been able to come up with

1:35.3

the protect their ships and the Black Sea is chain guns

1:39.6

along the edges of the ship to open up with these crude drones coming in. But I don't see large

1:45.8

refineries across a 1200 mile arc in Siberia putting chain machine guns out

1:52.3

to guard themselves.

1:54.0

They're extremely vulnerable.

1:55.0

What is it done to the Russian economy?

1:58.0

What will it do to the world's economy?

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