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Current as of 0928 EDT (UTC-04), Sunday 19 July 2026

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10 stories from 44 sources across 36 organizations

KEY JUDGMENTS

The US-Iran conflict will likely extend civilian infrastructure strikes to additional Gulf states within the next two weeks, a qualitative shift from prior cycles' dual-use targeting. Khamenei's suspension of the memorandum of understanding closes the sole diplomatic channel, while CENTCOM's incomplete bridge-cutting campaign ensures continued nightly operations. Moderate confidence rests on converging primary reporting of Iran's geographic expansion across Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. An International Energy Agency (IEA) coordinated release remains very unlikely within six weeks absent actual chokepoint closure.

The Franco-German announcement of joint nuclear exercises establishes a bilateral deterrence track outside NATO's Nuclear Planning Group, though expansion to additional member states remains unlikely before mid-September. The Pentagon's force-posture review will likely produce no new eastern-flank troop commitment before October, confirming deliberate risk reduction across Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia during concurrent Middle East operations.

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 frontier release will likely anchor formal US tech-industry opposition to Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s new student visa duration limits within 60 days, linking Chinese AI competitiveness to STEM talent retention in a single policy contest.

Middle East

US and Iranian Forces Target Civilian Infrastructure as War Expands to Bridges Kuwait and Syrian Desalination Plants

BLUF: Reciprocal infrastructure strikes will very likely expand within the next week, with the Kuwait desalination hit raising the probability that water and power targeting forces both sides back toward ceasefire talks.

US airstrikes early Friday hit at least five to six highway and railway bridges in Iran's Hormozgan province and collapsed a surveillance tower at Chabahar port, part of a seventh consecutive night of CENTCOM strikes aimed at cutting Bandar Abbas off from routes to Tehran 123. Iranian officials reported at least 38 people killed and more than 400 wounded since the strikes resumed, and said Friday's attacks also struck power infrastructure, a claim Iran's Energy Ministry acknowledged publicly for the first time 234. Iran's Revolutionary Guard retaliated with strikes on US-linked sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, a radar station in Oman, and for the first time a base in al-Tanf, Syria, though Washington and Damascus said US forces had already withdrawn from that site 24. Iranian strikes also damaged a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant supplying roughly 90 percent of the country's drinking water, sparking a fire that Kuwaiti authorities said they extinguished, while Kuwait's Foreign Ministry called the attack a "grave breach of international law" 234.

Analyst Note: Reciprocal strikes on transport, energy, and water infrastructure very likely continue within the next week: CENTCOM has cut only some of the routes linking Bandar Abbas to Tehran, leaving its stated objective of severing the port incomplete, and Iran has shown it will spread retaliation across multiple host nations rather than concentrate it against a single flashpoint. The Kuwait desalination strike carries particular weight, since the same target type preceded the war's only prior ceasefire, raising the odds that continued attacks on water and power infrastructure push Washington back toward negotiations even as CENTCOM's campaign continues. We have high confidence in this judgment, reflecting converging primary reporting on both the bridge-cutting objective and the scope of Iran's retaliation.

Sources:

1: U.S. hits bridges and energy targets, Iran says, as strikes widen - The Washington Post

2: U.S. strikes bridges around key port in Iran, expanding campaign in battle over Hormuz - NBC News

3: As U.S. strikes bridges in Iran, it targets a water desalination plant in Kuwait - PBS NewsHour

4: U.S., Iranian Forces Target Civilian Infrastructure - Foreign Policy

Prior Reporting - [Iran war: What is happening on day 35 of US-Israeli attacks?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-35-of-us-israeli-attacks) (2026-04-03) - [US Fighter Shot Down Over Iran as Trump Threatens to Hit More Infrastructure](https://english.aawsat.com/node/5258457) (2026-04-03)

Strait of Hormuz Transits Plummet as Ships Reject US Military-Guided Transit Program After Iranian Attacks

BLUF: Iran very likely will strike again near Hormuz within the next week, accelerating a divergence between Washington's open-strait narrative and operators' revealed preference to bypass US-guided convoys entirely.

Seven maritime security and shipping sources told Reuters that shipping companies are avoiding the US military-guided Strait of Hormuz transit scheme after a wave of Iranian attacks on commercial vessels 1234. Since July 7, five vessels, three crude oil supertankers, one LNG tanker and one container ship, have been attacked in Omani waters, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility Tuesday for strikes on two Emirati tankers 123. Iranian mining of the strait's traditional mid-channel shipping lanes since the war began February 28 has forced vessels onto two makeshift routes hugging the Iranian or Omani coast, and around nine Greek-operated LNG tankers that entered the Gulf via Hormuz in the past week were stuck inside the strait as Greek security firms Diaplous and MARISKS advised pausing voyages, citing no assurance of safe transit 12. A US defense official said more than 100 vessels coordinated directly with the US military to cross the strait over the past week, with roughly 300 more transiting the wider region 123. The White House and Trump maintain the strait is open to all traffic except Iran, while the Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center raised its threat rating to "severe" last week 123.

Analyst Note: Iran very likely will strike at least one additional commercial vessel near the strait within the next week, sustaining the safety calculus that is pulling shipowners off the US-guided corridor and toward independent risk management. Moderate confidence rests on consistent multi-source attack reporting but limited visibility into which vessels remain inside the US scheme versus routing around it entirely. Continued strikes widen the gap between Washington's insistence the strait is open and operators' own risk assessments, pressuring the US military to backstop the corridor with harder guarantees or cede transit control to unilateral national deals. Tehran's parallel threat to extend Houthi reach into Bab el-Mandeb signals readiness to open a second chokepoint to the same pressure.

Sources:

1: Ships Reject US Military-Guided Strait Of Hormuz Transits After Iranian Attacks Raise Security Concerns - Marine Insight

2: Some Ships Refusing US-Military Guided Hormuz Transits After Attacks, Sources Say - U.S. News & World Report (Reuters)

3: Some ships refusing US-military guided Hormuz transits after attacks, sources say - Business Recorder (Reuters)

4: Some ships refusing U.S.-military guided Hormuz transits after attacks, sources say - The Japan Times (Reuters)

Prior Reporting - [Iran war: French and Japanese-owned ships make first Strait of Hormuz crossings](https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3349004/iran-war-french-and-japanese-owned-ships-make-first-strait-hormuz-crossings) (2026-04-03) - [Western, Japanese Ships Begin Passing Through Strait of Hormuz](https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/04/03/western-ships-begin-transiting-hormuz-as-french-japanese) (2026-04-03)

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei Accuses Trump of Violating Deal and Vows Forceful Response as Eighth Night of Strikes Continues

BLUF: Khamenei's formal suspension of the memorandum and revival of revolutionary rhetoric eliminates the diplomatic track, leaving proxy escalation across multiple theaters as the default trajectory absent a new framework.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written statement read out on state television Saturday, accused the United States of repeatedly violating last month's memorandum of understanding and said Trump's signature was "utterly worthless and invalid" 12345. He said "bullying, hegemonism and savagery are inseparable components" of US policy and warned that Iran and its regional "Axis of Resistance" allies hold "unforgettable lessons" in store for the US if the fighting continues 12. Axios noted the "Great Satan" phrase in the statement marked Khamenei's first use of the term since taking office 1. Iran's deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, told state TV that Tehran was suspending its commitments under the memorandum as US strikes on Iran reached an eighth consecutive night 3.

Analyst Note: Suspending the memorandum through his deputy foreign minister closes the diplomatic channel Qatari and Pakistani mediators built last month, leaving military escalation as the sole active track between Washington and Tehran. Reviving "Great Satan" rhetoric unused since taking office signals a deliberate return to revolutionary framing aimed at consolidating domestic and Axis of Resistance backing rather than preserving room for talks, and the warning of "unforgettable lessons" extends the retaliation threat to proxy forces in Kuwait, Jordan, and Red Sea shipping lanes. Sourcing rests on a single Tehran Times account of the statement, with other outlets converging on identical wording rather than independent confirmation. The statement may instead function primarily as domestic signaling to shore up cohesion after weeks of strikes rather than a genuine strategic threshold shift; either way, any de-escalation now requires a new negotiating framework rather than revival of the lapsed memorandum.

Sources:

1: Iran supreme leader accuses Trump of violating deal, vows forceful response - Axios

2: Iran supreme leader warns of 'unforgettable lessons' if US attacks continue - Al Jazeera

3: Iran's supreme leader in a new statement warns of 'unforgettable lessons' if U.S. continues attacks - PBS NewsHour

4: Iran's Supreme Leader says US breaches show Trump's signature is 'worthless' - Al-Monitor

5: US president's signature is worthless and invalid - Tehran Times

Indo-Pacific

Chinese Startup Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3 as Worlds Largest Open-Source AI Model Rivaling US Frontier Systems

BLUF: Kimi K3's open-weight release at sub-frontier pricing erodes the commercial moat US labs built on capability exclusivity, shifting competitive pressure from model quality to ecosystem lock-in.

Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released Kimi K3 on Friday, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model the company says is the world's largest open-source AI system 123. Moonshot said K3 trails Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on overall performance but outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on benchmarks including coding and general-agent tasks 14. The South China Morning Post reported K3 also beat Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on specific evaluations including Program Bench and SWE Marathon, per Moonshot's self-reported results 2. VentureBeat reported the model carries a 1-million-token context window and is priced at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output, with full weights due for release on July 27 3. Shares of Chinese competitors Zhipu (Z.ai) and MiniMax fell 28 percent and roughly 16 percent respectively in Hong Kong trading after the announcement 14.

Analyst Note: Moonshot's self-reported benchmarks, resting solely on the company's own blog post and derivative secondary coverage rather than independent verification, nonetheless collapse the assumption that open-weight models trail frontier proprietary systems by a meaningful margin, pressuring Anthropic and OpenAI to defend premium pricing on narrowing performance grounds. The Zhipu and MiniMax selloff signals capital in China's AI sector consolidating toward fewer national champions, though it more plausibly reflects speculative repositioning around unverified claims than a confirmed hierarchy shift, echoing the market overreaction to DeepSeek's January 2025 release. K3's OpenAI-SDK compatibility and sub-frontier pricing lower switching costs for developers on Western toolchains, accelerating enterprise experimentation with Chinese base models as Washington debates restricting their adoption. Full weight release on July 27 will show whether independent testing confirms the benchmarks or exposes gaps invisible in company-controlled evaluations.

Sources:

1: Chinas Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K3 that rivals OpenAI, Anthropic - CNBC

2: Moonshot AI unveils world's largest open-source AI model as China narrows gap with US rivals - South China Morning Post

3: China's Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, the largest open-source model ever, rivaling top U.S. systems - VentureBeat

4: Chinese AI Startup Moonshot Unveils Kimi K3 Model—Will It Challenge OpenAI And Anthropic? - Forbes

Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence - Moonshot AI (Kimi)

Moonshot Unveils Kimi K3 AI Model, Narrowing Gap With US Rivals - Bloomberg

38 North Analysis Finds North Korea Pursuing Uneven Nuclear Triad With Road-Mobile ICBMs and Embryonic SLBM and Air-Delivered Capabilities

BLUF: Pyongyang's sea and air legs remain organizational theater, leaving alliance planners to focus counter-force and missile defense resources on the road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fleet as the sole credible intercontinental threat.

North Korea has augmented its road-mobile land-based nuclear missile force, the bulk of its arsenal of roughly 60 weapons, with a nascent sea leg and a newly designated air role, according to 38 North analysis of open-source and North Korean state reporting 1. Pyongyang began fielding shipborne nuclear cruise missiles in 2023 and has since equipped Amnok- and Tumen-class corvettes and its new Choe Hyun-class destroyers with dual-capable land-attack cruise missiles, while a Romeo-class conversion submarine unveiled in 2023 has yet to begin sea trials and a claimed SSBN under construction was last photographed in December 2025 1. Kim Jong Un announced in November 2025 that the Air Force would be assigned a nuclear deterrent role, currently limited to ground-launched cruise missiles subordinated from the Strategic Forces 1. North Korea's only reported multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) test failed in June 2024, and no submarine nuclear reactor has been observed in open-source reporting 1.

Analyst Note: North Korea's nuclear posture stays overwhelmingly land-based for the foreseeable future, with the sea and air additions functioning as organizational and technical placeholders rather than operational capability: the Air Force's new deterrent role so far comprises subordinated ground-launched cruise missile units rather than aircraft, and the sea leg lacks a functioning submarine reactor, a flight-tested ICBM-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), or a proven MIRV payload. Absent those enablers, Pyongyang cannot yet threaten Guam, Hawaii, or the continental United States from the sea, leaving road-mobile ICBMs and IRBMs the only credible intercontinental force alliance planners must weigh. The apparent triad buildup may reflect prestige signaling to domestic and allied audiences more than genuine second-strike strategy, given how far the sea and air legs trail fielded capability, and the assessment rests solely on 38 North's synthesis of state media and commercial imagery, uncorroborated by independent government or press reporting.

Sources:

1: Is North Korea Pursuing a Juche-Oriented Nuclear Triad? - 38 North

European Security

US Quietly Withdraws Most Troops From Estonia With No Military Presence Planned Beyond 2027

BLUF: Washington's unreplaced Baltic drawdowns signal a deliberate dismantling of Article 5 tripwire logic, and a confirmed new US rotation in Estonia by late September 2026 remains unlikely.

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) that U.S. troop levels in Estonia have fallen from 500-700 to fewer than 100, with no confirmed presence planned beyond 2026 123. He said NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the commander of U.S. Army Europe told him a new rotation should arrive this summer and remain through year's end, though its size depends on the Pentagon's ongoing six-month force-posture review 123. Reuters reported the drawdown followed the Trump administration's cancellation last month of a planned 5,000-troop rotation to Poland, which also left about 1,000 U.S. troops departing Lithuania in June unreplaced 45. Pevkur added no announcement is expected at the NATO summit in Ankara, leaving Estonia reliant on the UK-led NATO battlegroup stationed there since 2017 123.

Analyst Note: The drawdown erodes the tripwire logic anchoring NATO's eastern-flank deterrence since 2014, leaving Estonia's posture hostage to an undisclosed Pentagon force-posture review; a US rotation reaching Estonia and being confirmed by September 22, 2026, is unlikely. That review has already cancelled the Poland troop movement and left Lithuania's withdrawal unreplaced, pointing to deliberate risk-reduction rather than a scheduling gap. The pullback may instead reflect a targeted reduction of forces in areas most exposed to Russian strikes rather than a retreat from the flank commitment itself. High confidence in the erosion judgment rests on convergent reporting that confirms the sub-100 troop count and on commanders' own refusal to specify follow-on unit size, even as that corroboration runs through only two truly independent reporting lines. Absent a NATO summit announcement, Tallinn and other Baltic capitals will move to accelerate indigenous procurement and battlegroup reinforcement rather than wait on confirmed US follow-through.

Sources:

1: US troops have left Estonia for an unknown period of time - ERR

2: U.S. troop presence in Estonia shrinks sharply as minister explains the situation - Baltic News Network

3: U.S. Pulls Most Troops Out of Estonia, No Military Presence Planned Beyond 2027 - Militarnyi

4: Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries - Reuters

5: Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries - Al-Monitor

Germany to Participate in French Nuclear Exercise for First Time as Europe Tests Deterrence Without US

BLUF: Berlin's pivot toward a parallel French nuclear track provides a working template for other European capitals to bypass NATO's centralized consultation monopoly.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday near Cologne that German conventional forces will join a French-led nuclear exercise before the end of this year, the first such German participation 12. Merz said the step complements Germany's existing NATO nuclear-sharing commitments rather than replacing them 13. Macron said Germany would take a "vanguard role," with cooperation involving shared operational practices, joint exercises and trust-building among personnel, without German financing 13. The announcement followed a joint in-flight refueling exercise Thursday between French Rafale and German Eurofighter jets, which both outlets reported as a symbolic launch of the cooperation 13. The step follows an earlier Franco-German declaration this year that established a bilateral nuclear steering group for doctrinal dialogue and strategic coordination 2.

Analyst Note: Berlin's move toward a parallel bilateral nuclear channel with Paris signals hedging against a less predictable American security guarantee rather than abandonment of NATO's nuclear-sharing custody arrangements, trading conventional participation and doctrinal exchange for proximity to French deterrent planning that earlier German governments explicitly declined. Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and the Nordic states, already interested in France's initiative, gain a working template for similar bilateral tracks, fragmenting nuclear consultation NATO has historically centralized. Confidence is moderate, resting on record statements from both leaders but lacking official detail on how the bilateral track interfaces with NATO's Nuclear Planning Group; the Associated Press supplies the sole primary account of the press conference, with other outlets building secondary analysis atop it rather than independent sourcing. The announcement may equally serve as diplomatic repair after the collapsed Franco-German fighter jet program, giving both leaders a deliverable rather than reflecting a matured joint nuclear doctrine.

Sources:

1: Germany and France initiate nuclear cooperation as Europe seeks greater security independence - Associated Press

2: Germany Steps Into France Nuclear Exercise as Europe Tests Deterrence Without US Certainty - Defence Matters

3: Germany's Merz hails nuclear deterrence cooperation with France - Al Jazeera

US Domestic

Space Force Triples National Security Space Launch Contract Ceiling to 17 Billion Dollars Amid Rising Demand

BLUF: By pre-authorizing $17 billion across seven launch providers, Space Systems Command is building contractual infrastructure to eliminate sole-source dependency on any single rocket family for national security missions.

Space Systems Command raised the ceiling on National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 contracts by $11.4 billion, bringing the cumulative face value to $17 billion from $5.6 billion 12. The Department of War's July 17 contract announcement lists seven awardees receiving modifications: United Launch Services, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Stoke Space Technologies, Rocket Lab, Impulse Space and Relativity Federal 13. No funds are being obligated at time of award, and the location and period of performance for resulting task orders will be determined individually 1. The increase expands what the service can spend on Lane 1 task orders competed among the seven vendors through fiscal 2029; Lane 1 covers less-demanding missions open to a wider pool of providers than the more restrictive Lane 2 1. Space Systems Command said the additional funding will go toward future task orders for rockets from these providers, with United Launch Alliance (ULA) structured as a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture 2.

Analyst Note: The ceiling increase decouples contract authority from actual spending, letting Space Systems Command issue task orders to any of the seven providers without renegotiating the vehicle's overall value, and formalizes competition beyond the original ULA-SpaceX duopoly by giving Blue Origin, Stoke Space, Rocket Lab, Impulse Space and Relativity Federal standing to bid as their vehicles mature. With no funds obligated at award and performance periods set order by order, the $17 billion figure represents authorized capacity rather than a committed launch manifest, and the increase may reflect administrative pre-positioning of contract capacity rather than an imminent expansion of the manifest. Sourcing rests on a single primary record, the Department of War's July 17 announcement, with SpaceNews, ClearanceJobs and Defense Daily offering secondary amplification rather than independent reporting. Competitive dynamics among the seven providers become visible only once individual task orders are announced.

Sources:

1: Contracts for July 17, 2026 - U.S. Department of War

2: Space Force Boosts Ceiling For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 By $11.4 Billion - Defense Daily

3: Air Force Boosts Space Launch Program to $17 Billion, Expanding Awards for SpaceX, Blue Origin and Five Others - ClearanceJobs

Space Force triples launch contract ceiling amid rising demand - SpaceNews

Trump Administration Limits Student Visas to Four Years and Foreign Journalist Visas to 240 Days

BLUF: Absent an injunction or congressional resolution of disapproval, the rule will likely take effect by mid-September 2026, routing hundreds of thousands of new extension filings into an already backlogged US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) system.

The Department of Homeland Security published a final rule on Thursday eliminating "duration of status" for F, J, and I visa holders, capping international student and exchange-visitor stays at four years and setting foreign journalist admissions at 240 days, or 90 days for Chinese nationals 12. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the change ends a system in place since 1978 that let "forever students" remain indefinitely by repeatedly enrolling in courses, and DHS cited roughly 2,100 people who entered as students between 2000 and 2010 and still held student status this April 13. Visa holders needing more time must file for an extension through US Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the rule cuts the post-graduation departure or transfer window from 60 to 30 days while restricting school and program transfers, particularly for graduate students 123. The rule takes effect 60 days after Federal Register publication, pending congressional review, and DHS reported more than 1.8 million student visa admissions, over 500,000 exchange visitors, and about 37,300 foreign journalists in fiscal year 2024 14.

Analyst Note: The rule forces a structural shift from institutional to federal oversight of nonimmigrant status, pushing hundreds of thousands of extension filings annually into a USCIS adjudication system already running median processing times near three months. Congressional review and potential litigation are the only mechanisms that could derail implementation, and neither has produced a formal challenge. The rule likely will take effect on schedule by mid-September 2026, absent an injunction or a congressional resolution of disapproval. We have high confidence in this judgment, given DHS's specific final-rule text, fixed effective-date mechanics, and the absence of any reported legal challenge to date.

Sources:

1: Trump Administration Issues Final Rule to End Foreign Student Visa Abuse - Department of Homeland Security

2: Trump Administration Limits the Duration of Student and Journalist Visas - Time

3: Trump Administration Places Limits on Visas for Foreign Students, Journalists - NOTUS

4: Trump limits length of visas for students, exchange visitors, journalists - Al Jazeera

US to Tighten Visa Regulations for Foreign Students, Journalists - U.S. News & World Report

Trump administration's new rule will limit foreign students to four-year stays - Washington Post

Russia-Ukraine

Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Energy Infrastructure Threaten Moscow Federal Budget as Hydrocarbon Revenue Share Falls

BLUF: Moscow's structural pivot from hydrocarbon to consumption-tax revenue leaves no fiscal buffer against the refinery attrition Ukraine will likely extend deeper into Siberian capacity through mid-September.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on July 1 that the fuel and energy sector's share of the economy fell from about 18-20% to 13%, with its share of federal budget revenue dropping from 42% to 22% 1. Kommersant reported oil and gas revenues fell nearly 25% in the first half of the year 2, while The Insider cited Russian macroeconomic analysts reporting a 38% year-on-year decline in oil and gas revenue for January-April 1. Bloomberg reported Russian refinery throughput plunged to its lowest level in more than two decades 3, and The Insider noted Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery on July 6, previously considered beyond Kyiv's strike range 1.

Analyst Note: Russia's federal revenue base has shifted from oil-driven to consumption-tax-driven, reflecting a war economy squeezing non-energy sectors rather than diversifying, with shrinking fiscal headroom to absorb further refinery losses. Pipeline, port, and sanctions-driven export constraints mean any additional refining capacity knocked offline by strikes cuts extraction tax receipts directly rather than shifting into diverted crude sales. Independent primary reporting from Bloomberg on throughput and Kommersant on revenue, converging with The Insider's synthesis rather than a shared wire, gives broad corroboration across financial and trade press. The Omsk strike pushes Ukrainian reach into previously sheltered Siberian refining capacity with no comparable reserve beyond it, though a stronger ruble and depressed global oil prices may explain more of the revenue decline than physical strike damage.

Sources:

1: Oil is not well: Ukrainian strikes on Russia energy infrastructure threaten Moscow federal budget - The Insider

2: Нефтегазовые доходы России в первом полугодии снизились почти на четверть - Kommersant

3: Russian Refinery Runs Plunge to Lowest in More Than Two Decades - Bloomberg

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