Ukraine's dual attacks on Russian refineries and Black Sea ports are disrupting
domestic fuel supplies and preventing Moscow from redirecting crude into
exports. Tanker shipping data show Russian seaborne crude exports averaged 3.46
mln barrels per day in the four weeks to Aug. 23. Exports had earlier risen
after Ukrainian strikes curtailed domestic refining, leaving more crude
available for export, but that increase is now fading as drone attacks on
tankers have cut Black Sea loadings.