Citing three sources, the Financial Times wrote According to the United States, “drone strikes threaten to raise global oil prices.” The Financial Times indicates that raw material prices rose by about 15% in 2024 to $85 per barrel, which led to an increase in fuel prices at a time when US President Joe Biden begins his re-election campaign.
According to the daily White House 'becoming increasingly frustrated' Daring Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, terminals and oil depots in western Russia.
FT reported that Washington issued “several warnings” Senior representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Military Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR). Both services have expanded their drone strike programs against Russian targets on land, sea and air since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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From 2022 There have been at least 12 attacks on larger refineries, including nine this year — A representative of military intelligence in Kiev told FT. There were also several attacks on oil stations and depots. The Financial Times notes that the intensification of attacks coincides with “growing dissatisfaction in Kiev due to the West’s contradictory approach – in its opinion – in limiting Russia’s income from the sale of energy resources.”
Former White House energy adviser Bob McNally told the Financial Times “Nothing scares a sitting American president more than rising retail fuel prices in an election year.”
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A representative of the US National Security Council, whose name was not revealed by the newspaper, stated that the United States “does not encourage or enable attacks on Russia.” The CIA declined to comment on this matter, as did representatives of the SBU and the Human Rights Council.
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