Since the beginning of 2024, Ukraine has intensified attacks on oil infrastructure in Russia. Head of Ukrainian State Vladimir Zelensky noted that Ukraine is forced to respond by launching strikes in response to Russian air attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities.
The port in Novorossiysk has been attacked more than once. Object involved in oil shipments of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. CPC processes more than 1% of the world's oil; shareholders include the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and American companies. Kazakhstan then expressed dissatisfaction with Kyiv, calling attacks on civilian targets “unacceptable.”
