Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries highlight Kyiv's growing drone industry

France 24 Thursday 02 July 2026, 09:29 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries highlight Kyiv's growing drone industry Europe Issued on: Share Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that the country was suffering from "a certain shortage" of fuel after repeated Ukrainian strikes in their four-year war. Moscow is now looking to increase anti-air defence capacity and ensure fuel supplies - which could even imply importing fuel. FRANCE 24's Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi tells us more about the shortages, and what they reveal about Ukraine's growing drone industry. [Image text:] Russ TOPAOCT POCCHN! AHAPEN 5OPAA4EB CEPXKAHT

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