Turkey buys more oil from russian rivals - Reuters

Turkey's largest oil refineries are increasingly refusing to buy oil from the aggressor country of russia and are reorienting themselves towards supplies from its rivals. This was reported by Reuters on Sunday, November 2, citing informed sources.

According to the publication, Turkish refineries are buying more oil due to Western sanctions against russia. Turkey is one of the largest buyers of russian oil along with China and India.

"Turkish refiners are now taking steps similar to those in India, which is a sign of the impact of efforts by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom to limit the sale of russian oil, which is used to finance the war in Ukraine," the material says.

According to sources, one of the largest Turkish refineries, SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR), owned by the Azerbaijani company SOCAR, recently received four cargoes of oil from Iraq, Kazakhstan and other non-russian producers. In addition, another large Turkish refinery - Tupras - is increasing purchases of non-russian grades similar in quality to russian Ural, in particular from Iran.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the losses of the aggressor state of russia alone from the restrictions that were recently applied will amount to at least USD 50 billion per year.

On the night of October 29, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck two oil refineries involved in supplying the aggressor country's army - Novospassky and Mariysky.

On October 17, the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck an oil depot in Hvardiyske and the FDKU of the Hvardiyskyi plant in temporarily occupied Crimea with strike drones.