Baghdad, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced: ‘The strikes launched by Ukrainian forces on Russian oil refineries negatively affect the global fuel and energy complex.’

‘Of course, these attacks could lead to a domino effect on the global energy situation,’ Austin said.

The Financial Times reported earlier, citing informed sources, that the United States demanded that Ukraine stop attacks on energy infrastructure facilities and sites in Russia.

The newspaper confirmed that Washington fears that Russia will respond by launching retaliatory strikes on the opponent’s infrastructure sites, which Western countries also depend on. They include, for example, the Caspian Sea Pipeline Consortium’s oil pipeline, which is used by Western companies, including US oil companies ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov confirmed that all faults in oil refineries damaged by the drone attacks are being repaired, and Russia has sufficient capabilitie
s for that.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency