July attacks hit refineries, depots and maritime assets across Russia, cutting gasoline production to about 65% of seasonal demand and forcing supply restrictions.
Ukraine’s sustained long-range drone campaign in July damaged Russian oil infrastructure across several regions, leaving some refineries offline, others on fire and domestic gasoline supply below peak summer demand. The Saratov Oil Refinery stopped operating after a July 7 strike, while an attack two days later on the Ilsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai triggered fires and explosions. Lukoil facilities in Perm and Omsk were also hit, along with infrastructure in Ryazan, Tyumen and multiple fuel depots in Moscow Oblast. By early July, Russian gasoline production had fallen to about 65% of seasonal demand, creating a shortfall of 25 to 35 percentage points. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on July 10 that Ukrainian strikes had caused partial refinery shutdowns, and Moscow responded with fuel-sale restrictions and emergency supply support from Belarus. The strikes have direct military relevance because refineries supply diesel and aviation fuel used by Russian forces, but they have not triggered a global oil supply shock, in part because sanctions and price caps had already reduced Russia’s wartime export role.