Russia's Novoshakhtinsk Refinery Halts Operations After Drone Strike
🏭 ROSTOV — Russia's refineries bleeding while it underwrites Tehran's blockade. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Novoshakhtinsk processes Urals crude for domestic use and export — a suspension tightens Russian refined product margins already squeezed by war-rerouting costs. Moscow's capacity to absorb Iran sanctions relief costs and fund proxy support shrinks with each refinery hit. European diesel markets, already Hormuz-stressed, now face a secondary Russian supply signal. Two energy chokepoints compressing simultaneously.
