The war in the middle east unleashed after the joint attack by the US and Israel on Iran a little over a month ago has caused a gran . This upward movement represented a economic respite for Russiathe second country that exports the most oil in the world (only surpassed by Saudi Arabia).
The Russian economy is in a very difficult situation for the large amount of economic resources allocated during these last four years to the financing of the .
He rising oil priceswith the price of a barrel of Brent oil above $100, it seemed that It was going to give Vladimir Putin more than necessary extraordinary income.
However, Ukrainein recent weeks, is focusing on carrying out Drone attacks in the Baltic Sea. They are reaching the most important Russian oil export facilities.
Ukrainian attacks on the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga
Specifically, Ukrainian forces, since the beginning of last week, have carried out five attacks against Primorsk and Ust-Lugathe two main Russian ports and oil terminals on the Baltic Sea.
Borys Dodonovdirector of energy and climate studies at the kyiv School of Economics, has assured, in statements to that the Ukrainian offensives against these facilities have caused Russia stopped earning about 970 million dollars (approximately 838 million euros, at current exchange rates) in a single week.
What is most worrying for Russian interests is the inability to return immediately to the normal oil export levels from both infrastructures.
Experts estimate that Repairs at ports hit by Ukrainian attacks could drag on for weeksso throughout that period Russia will lose an important part of these extraordinary income from the increase in the price of oil.
