The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warning that the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices.

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* The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warning that the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices and provoking retaliation, according to three people familiar with the discussions* .

The repeated warnings from Washington were delivered to senior officials at Ukraine’s state security service, the SBU, and its military intelligence directorate, known as the GUR, the people told the Financial Times

Both intelligence units have steadily expanded their own drone programmes to strike Russian targets on land, sea and in the air since the start of the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

One person said that the White House had grown increasingly frustrated by brazen Ukrainian drone attacks that have struck oil refineries, terminals, depots and storage facilities across western Russia, hurting its oil production capacity.

Russia remains one of the world’s most important energy exporters despite western sanctions on its oil and gas sector. Oil prices have risen about 15 per cent this year, to $85 a barrel, pushing up fuel costs just as US President Joe Biden begins his campaign for re-election.

Washington is also concerned that if Ukraine keeps hitting Russian facilities, including many that are hundreds of miles from the border, Russia could retaliate by lashing out at energy infrastructure relied on by the west.

This includes the CPC pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan through Russia to the global market. Western companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron use the pipeline, which Moscow briefly shut in 2022.

“We do not encourage or enable attacks inside of Russia,” an NSC spokesperson said. The CIA declined to comment. In Kyiv, a spokesperson for the SBU declined to comment. Officials at GUR and Zelenskyy’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

After the Financial Times published news of the US warnings on Friday Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, was asked how Kyiv had responded to the Biden administration’s appeals to stop attacks on Russian refineries.

She said: “The Ukrainian side responded, I think, precisely by achieving its goals and by very successful operations conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation.”
 
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Marekani imeitaka Ukraine kusitisha mashambulizi dhidi ya miundombinu ya nishati ya Urusi, ikionya kwamba mashambulizi ya ndege zisizo na rubani zinaweza kuongeza bei ya mafuta duniani na kusababisha kulipiza kisasi, kulingana na watu watatu wanaofahamu mijadala huo.

Maonyo hayo ya mara kwa mara kutoka Washington yalitolewa kwa maafisa wakuu katika idara ya usalama ya serikali ya Ukraine, SBU, na kurugenzi yake ya ujasusi ya kijeshi, inayojulikana kama GUR, watu waliiambia Financial Times.

Vitengo vyote viwili vya kijasusi vimepanua kwa kasi programu zao za ndege zisizo na rubani kulenga shabaha za Urusi ardhini, baharini na angani tangu kuanza kwa uvamizi kamili wa Kremlin mnamo Februari 2022.

Mtu mmoja alisema kuwa Ikulu ya Marekani imezidi kufadhaishwa na mashambulizi ya dhulma ya ndege zisizo na rubani za Ukraine ambazo zimeshambulia vinu vya kusafisha mafuta, vituo, bohari na vifaa vya kuhifadhia katika eneo la magharibi mwa Urusi, na kuathiri uwezo wake wa uzalishaji mafuta.

Urusi inasalia kuwa moja ya wauzaji wa nishati muhimu zaidi ulimwenguni licha ya vikwazo vya magharibi kwenye sekta yake ya mafuta na gesi.

Bei ya mafuta imepanda kwa takriban asilimia 15 mwaka huu, hadi $85 kwa pipa, na hivyo kuongeza gharama ya mafuta wakati tu Rais wa Marekani Joe Biden anaanza kampeni yake ya kuchaguliwa tena.

Washington pia ina wasiwasi kwamba ikiwa Ukraine itaendelea kupiga vituo vya Urusi, vikiwemo vingi ambavyo viko mamia ya maili kutoka mpakani, Urusi inaweza kulipiza kisasi kwa kukamia miundombinu ya nishati inayotegemewa na nchi za magharibi.

Hii ni pamoja na bomba la CPC linalobeba mafuta kutoka Kazakhstan kupitia Urusi hadi soko la kimataifa.

Kampuni za Magharibi ikiwa ni pamoja na ExxonMobil na Chevron hutumia bomba hilo, ambalo Moscow ilifunga kwa muda mfupi mnamo 2022.

^Hatuhimizi au kuwezesha mashambulizi ndani ya Urusi,^ msemaji wa NSC alisema. CIA ilikataa kutoa maoni.

Mjini Kyiv, msemaji wa SBU alikataa kutoa maoni yake.

Viongozi katika ofisi ya GUR na Zelenskyy hawakujibu maombi ya kutoa maoni yao.

Baada ya gazeti la Financial Times kuchapisha habari za maonyo ya Marekani siku ya Ijumaa Olha Stefanishyna, naibu waziri mkuu wa Ukraine anayehusika na ushirikiano wa Ulaya na Euro-Atlantic, aliulizwa jinsi ambavyo Kyiv alijibu maombi ya utawala wa Biden ya kusitisha mashambulizi dhidi ya viwanda vya kusafisha mafuta vya Urusi.

Alisema: ^Upande wa Ukreni ulijibu, nadhani, haswa kwa kutimiza malengo yake na kwa shughuli zilizofanikiwa sana zilizofanywa katika eneo la Shirikisho la Urusi.^
 
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Marekani imeitaka Ukraine kusitisha mashambulizi dhidi ya miundombinu ya nishati ya Urusi, ikionya kwamba mashambulizi ya ndege zisizo na rubani zinaweza kuongeza bei ya mafuta duniani na kusababisha kulipiza kisasi, kulingana na watu watatu wanaofahamu mijadala huo.

Maonyo hayo ya mara kwa mara kutoka Washington yalitolewa kwa maafisa wakuu katika idara ya usalama ya serikali ya Ukraine, SBU, na kurugenzi yake ya ujasusi ya kijeshi, inayojulikana kama GUR, watu waliiambia Financial Times.

Vitengo vyote viwili vya kijasusi vimepanua kwa kasi programu zao za ndege zisizo na rubani kulenga shabaha za Urusi ardhini, baharini na angani tangu kuanza kwa uvamizi kamili wa Kremlin mnamo Februari 2022.

Mtu mmoja alisema kuwa Ikulu ya Marekani imezidi kufadhaishwa na mashambulizi ya dhulma ya ndege zisizo na rubani za Ukraine ambazo zimeshambulia vinu vya kusafisha mafuta, vituo, bohari na vifaa vya kuhifadhia katika eneo la magharibi mwa Urusi, na kuathiri uwezo wake wa uzalishaji mafuta.

Urusi inasalia kuwa moja ya wauzaji wa nishati muhimu zaidi ulimwenguni licha ya vikwazo vya magharibi kwenye sekta yake ya mafuta na gesi.

Bei ya mafuta imepanda kwa takriban asilimia 15 mwaka huu, hadi $85 kwa pipa, na hivyo kuongeza gharama ya mafuta wakati tu Rais wa Marekani Joe Biden anaanza kampeni yake ya kuchaguliwa tena.

Washington pia ina wasiwasi kwamba ikiwa Ukraine itaendelea kupiga vituo vya Urusi, vikiwemo vingi ambavyo viko mamia ya maili kutoka mpakani, Urusi inaweza kulipiza kisasi kwa kukamia miundombinu ya nishati inayotegemewa na nchi za magharibi.

Hii ni pamoja na bomba la CPC linalobeba mafuta kutoka Kazakhstan kupitia Urusi hadi soko la kimataifa.

Kampuni za Magharibi ikiwa ni pamoja na ExxonMobil na Chevron hutumia bomba hilo, ambalo Moscow ilifunga kwa muda mfupi mnamo 2022.

^Hatuhimizi au kuwezesha mashambulizi ndani ya Urusi,^ msemaji wa NSC alisema. CIA ilikataa kutoa maoni.

Mjini Kyiv, msemaji wa SBU alikataa kutoa maoni yake.

Viongozi katika ofisi ya GUR na Zelenskyy hawakujibu maombi ya kutoa maoni yao.

Baada ya gazeti la Financial Times kuchapisha habari za maonyo ya Marekani siku ya Ijumaa Olha Stefanishyna, naibu waziri mkuu wa Ukraine anayehusika na ushirikiano wa Ulaya na Euro-Atlantic, aliulizwa jinsi ambavyo Kyiv alijibu maombi ya utawala wa Biden ya kusitisha mashambulizi dhidi ya viwanda vya kusafisha mafuta vya Urusi.

Alisema: ^Upande wa Ukreni ulijibu, nadhani, haswa kwa kutimiza malengo yake na kwa shughuli zilizofanikiwa sana zilizofanywa katika eneo la Shirikisho la Urusi.^
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August said:
* The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warning that the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices and provoking retaliation, according to three people familiar with the discussions* .

The repeated warnings from Washington were delivered to senior officials at Ukraine’s state security service, the SBU, and its military intelligence directorate, known as the GUR, the people told the Financial Times

Both intelligence units have steadily expanded their own drone programmes to strike Russian targets on land, sea and in the air since the start of the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

One person said that the White House had grown increasingly frustrated by brazen Ukrainian drone attacks that have struck oil refineries, terminals, depots and storage facilities across western Russia, hurting its oil production capacity.

Russia remains one of the world’s most important energy exporters despite western sanctions on its oil and gas sector. Oil prices have risen about 15 per cent this year, to $85 a barrel, pushing up fuel costs just as US President Joe Biden begins his campaign for re-election.

Washington is also concerned that if Ukraine keeps hitting Russian facilities, including many that are hundreds of miles from the border, Russia could retaliate by lashing out at energy infrastructure relied on by the west.

This includes the CPC pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan through Russia to the global market. Western companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron use the pipeline, which Moscow briefly shut in 2022.

“We do not encourage or enable attacks inside of Russia,” an NSC spokesperson said. The CIA declined to comment. In Kyiv, a spokesperson for the SBU declined to comment. Officials at GUR and Zelenskyy’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

After the Financial Times published news of the US warnings on Friday Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, was asked how Kyiv had responded to the Biden administration’s appeals to stop attacks on Russian refineries.

She said: “The Ukrainian side responded, I think, precisely by achieving its goals and by very successful operations conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation.”
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International Energy Agency backs US stance on Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries​

 
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