Aleksandr Shokhin, president of the russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), confirmed media reports that Ukraine’s strikes had disabled about one-third of the aggressor country russia’s oil refining capacity.

According to the online publication “Agentstvo,” Shokhin made these remarks in an interview with the propaganda outlet RBC.

According to him, Ukrainian attacks have led to the loss of a number of production facilities across several industrial sectors. This includes oil refining, fertilizer production, and the chemical industry.

“Of course, this means a decline in economic growth and export opportunities. As for oil refineries, the decline is significant—25–30%,” said the head of the RSPP.

According to him, after Ukraine’s first strikes on the warehouse complexes of the russian marketplace Wildberries, it became clear that the problem of drone attacks affects not only export-oriented industries, but also those focused on the domestic market.

Shokhin also believes that the situation will affect agriculture. He urged waiting until the harvest is complete, since agricultural machinery can run on diesel fuel, for which there are significantly fewer supply issues on the market than for gasoline.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in late July, the Financial Times wrote, citing data from S&P Global Energy, that Ukrainian strikes had knocked out more than 30% of actual oil refining capacity.

In early July, Reuters reported that gasoline production in russia had fallen to 65% of average seasonal consumption.

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