Russia Lifts Crude Exports to 3.46 Million Bpd as Kyiv Drone Strikes Hobble Refineries
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
Russia Lifts Crude Exports to 3.46 Million Bpd as Kyiv Drone Strikes Hobble Refineries
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
3.46 million barrels a day of Russian crude have been shipped so far in 2026, the highest year-to-date export rate since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Kyiv's record drone attacks on Russian refineries have curtailed domestic processing, pushing more unrefined barrels onto the global market instead.
Those shipments are running about 120,000 barrels a day above 2025 levels and above each full-year average recorded since 2022.
The surge shows how Ukrainian strikes on refining infrastructure are reshaping Russian oil flows beyond the battlefield, with more crude redirected abroad.