Ukraine sustains a campaign against Russian refineries and supply lines over the next 3-6 months, pressuring Moscow's oil revenue while Russia retaliates against Ukraine's grid.
strengthening · confidence 87 · -1 7d · 0 30d · Medium term (3-9 months) · tracking since May 30, 2026 · updated October 10, 2026
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Now 87 · +5 since Oct 9 · ranged 82 to 87
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Within hours of the US-Russia diesel announcement, Ukraine hit a fuel terminal at Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery. Kyiv is targeting the very export capacity Washington is trying to unlock, so the strike campaign now directly limits how much the sanctions pause can deliver.
Ukraine struck the fuel terminal at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery while Russia hit three bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv in a week. Both halves of the thesis played out together: Ukraine kept up pressure on Russian refining, and Russia retaliated against Ukrainian infrastructure.
The US partial-ceasefire proposal in Miami would protect energy infrastructure on both sides, which would halt the refinery-and-grid campaign. Moscow's continued resistance leaves the energy war going for now.
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Supporting · October 10, 2026
Trump Says Putin Will Ship Millions of Tonnes of Diesel to US and World Markets as Treasury Pauses Sanctions
Within hours of the US-Russia diesel announcement, Ukraine hit a fuel terminal at Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery. Kyiv is targeting the very export capacity Washington is trying to unlock, so the strike campaign now directly limits how much the sanctions pause can deliver.
MercoPressSupporting · October 10, 2026
Ukraine Hits Fuel Terminal at Russia's Novoshakhtinsk Refinery Hours After the Diesel Deal as Russia Targets Bridges in Kyiv
Ukraine struck the fuel terminal at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery while Russia hit three bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv in a week. Both halves of the thesis played out together: Ukraine kept up pressure on Russian refining, and Russia retaliated against Ukrainian infrastructure.
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