Zelenskyy received intelligence data on Russia's war losses - oil refining alone has collapsed by at least 10%
Kyiv • UNN
The Foreign Intelligence Service received data on the closure of 400 oil wells and the liquidation of 11 banks in the RF. The Russian budget deficit has already reached 80 billion dollars.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that he received new data from foreign intelligence regarding Russia's losses from the war—specifically, a reduction of at least 10% in oil refining alone, as well as a decrease in oil wells, the closure of banks in the Russian Federation, and a federal budget deficit of nearly 80 billion dollars by the fifth month of the year, UNN reports.
"Our Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has obtained new Russian documents assessing the aggressor country's losses from the war. It is important that this is specifically a Russian internal assessment, which they are trying to hide from both the world and the internal Russian audience,"
According to him, "the first significant indicator is the reduction of active oil wells." "Just one Russian oil company—and not the largest one—has already been forced to close about 400 wells. Given the specifics of Russian oil production, these are tangible losses, as restarting wells in Russia is significantly more difficult than in other oil-producing countries," the President pointed out.
"The second indicator is a reduction in oil refining by at least 10% in just a few months of this year. We see that our Ukrainian long-range sanctions are indeed working, and we will increase this direction of our active operations," Zelenskyy noted.
According to him, "the data regarding the banking crisis in Russia also looks quite convincing: specifically, 11 financial institutions are preparing for full liquidation due to problems that cannot be solved otherwise, and another eight banking institutions have accumulated critical problems that cannot be covered without involving external resources."
"The federal budget deficit figures for this year are also optimistic for us, namely almost 80 billion dollars by the fifth month of the year, and this is against the backdrop of the bankruptcy of a significant portion of Russian regional budgets," Zelenskyy indicated.