Kremlin says Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil sites worsen global shortages, RIA reports

Kremlin says Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil sites worsen global shortages, RIA reports
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​The Kremlin ​said on ‌Tuesday that Ukrainian ​strikes on Russian oil ‌depots were further increasing oil shortages on global markets and provoking additional destabilisation, ‌Russian state-run RIA news ‌agency reported. A Ukrainian drone attack caused a major fire at a ⁠Russian oil ​refinery ⁠in the city of Tuapse on ⁠Tuesday, officials said, in the third ​attack on the Black Sea ⁠port in less than two weeks.

Russian ⁠President ​Vladimir Putin ordered the emergencies minister to fly to ⁠Tuapse and take charge of ⁠firefighting efforts ⁠there, TASS reported.

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