Ukraine attacks Novorossiysk oil terminal amid global oil crisis
- —Ukrainian drones hit Novorossiysk in November 2025 and again in April 2026, damaging six of seven oil-loading stands and key pipeline infrastructure
- —The attacks arrested roughly 2.2 million bpd of exports; the US State Department formally warned Ukraine against such strikes via a demarche to the Ukrainian ambassador
- —Germany signed a new drone-production defense pact with Ukraine days after the latest attacks — all but guaranteeing future strikes on Russian oil capacity
Iran's Hormuz closure combined with Black Sea infrastructure attacks is compressing global oil supply; every non-Hormuz barrel has surged in strategic value #催化劑 Attacks on Novorossiysk remove millions of bpd from the market at the worst possible time for oil supply #風險
Europe is underwriting Ukrainian drone production that targets the same Black Sea oil infrastructure Europe depends on — Doomberg frames this as Europe cutting off its nose to spite its face US formally warned Ukraine against Black Sea oil attacks but the warnings were ignored; European leaders remain indifferent to second- and third-order consequences