Ukraine is striking Russian oil refineries.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
As of 2026-09-15, the sources show Ukraine was conducting an ongoing campaign of drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, with an IEA analysis published 2026-09-11 reporting a refinery hit on average once every three days in the first eight months of 2026.
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What was said
… Just let us know. Stop with the cover ups, like the Epstein files. Just tell us what happened. Just tell us what happened. It is it is what i don't need to hear Trump go, Ukraine agreed to a deal, and they're gonna stop shooting the Russian refineries. And then Zelensky posts, No, we didn't agree to that. We didn't do that. It didn't happen. He said, Was if Russia stops attacking our infrastructure, we'll stop attacking their infrastructure. That's what happened. I did a deal. And then you have do we have the clip of NATO ambassador? He's out there saying, um, he's saying the reason that diesel is surging right now, the reason diesel it's the because Ukraine striking all of the refineries. That's what's happening right now. Let's play this clip of the NATO, um, U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Let's play it. Certainly taking capacity out of the global energy markets, like, is what happened as Ukrainians strike Russia. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The IEA analysis, published 2026-09-11, says Ukraine has intensified deep drone strikes on Russian refineries and that in the first eight months of 2026 a Russian refinery was hit on average once every three days.[3]
Supports. Reuters reports on 2026-10-08 that Ukraine's military said it struck Russia's largest refinery in Omsk, and notes Ukraine is waging a long-distance drone campaign against energy targets.[1]
Supports. Bloomberg, publishing 2026-10-26, states Kyiv's attacks pushed Russian oil-processing to multi-year lows and that Ukraine has been striking oil refineries.[2]
Context. Sources describe a pause in refinery strikes in mid-to-late October 2026 at US request, which postdates the claim's 2026-09-15 date and does not affect whether strikes were occurring then.[4][5]
Context. The claim is a paraphrase of the NATO ambassador's assertion quoted in the post; it is graded as a factual statement about Ukrainian strikes, which the sources support.
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Ukraine says it hit Russia's largest oil refineryreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Russia's War on Ukraine Is Straining Food and Fuel Supplybloomberg.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Russian refining sector struggles amid intensifying Ukrainian attacks – Analysis - IEAiea.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Ukraine war latest: Kyiv defies Trump with strike on Russian oil refineryindependent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Russian deputy PM confirms strikes on 3 refineries, gas- ...kyivindependent.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine would stop attacking Russian infrastructure if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian infrastructure.True