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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (9 October 2023)
▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled 3 attacks by AFU near Kurdyumovka and Vodyanoye (DPR).
▫️ In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka (DPR).
▫️ The enemy lost up to 140 servicemen killed or wounded, 3 AFVs, and 2 motor vehicles.
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery neutralised manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye).
▫️ Also, during the day, actions of a sabotage and reconnaissance group were foiled close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye).
▫️ Up to 15 servicemen, 2 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles, and a D-30 howitzer were wiped out.
▫️ In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces units supported by aviation and artillery repelled 5 enemy attacks of the AFU 32th, 115th mechanised brigades, and 4th Tank Brigade near Sinkovka, Orlyanskoye (Kharkov) and Makeyevka (LPR).
▫️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 170 servicemen, 4 pick-up trucks, and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system during the day.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopter strikes, and artillery fire repelled 2 attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades near Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).
▫️ In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Torskoye, Grigorovka (DPR) and Kuzmino (LPR).
▫️ Up to 45 servicemen, 2 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles were neutralised.
▫️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers, were destroyed.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled an attack of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye) and delivered strikes at Ukrainian units near Staromayorskoye (DPR).
▫️ Total losses of the enemy in the past 24 hours in this direction have amounted to over 200 servicemen killed and wounded, 1IFV, 2 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles, and a D-20 howitzer.
▫️ In Kherson direction, up to 60 servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, and a D-30 howitzer have been neutralised by fire.
▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, UAVs, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 105 areas during the day.
▫️ An AFU depot of missile and artillery weapory has been destroyed near Priluki (Chernigov).
▫️ Russian air defence units have intercepted one HIMARS MLRS projectile during the day.
▫️ 14 UAVs have been destroyed close to Kremenets, Kurdyumovka (DPR), Proletarka, Kazachi, Genichensk (Zaporozhye), and Olshana, Berestovoye (Kherson).
Russian Defence Ministry
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🇨🇳🛢 How much strategic oil does the world actually have in reserve?
Global strategic crude oil inventories stood at ~2.5 BILLION barrels as of December 2025, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
China holds by far the largest stockpile at 1,397 million barrels, more than 3 times the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve of 413 million barrels, which itself sits at only 58% of its full storage capacity of 714 million barrels.
China added an average of 1.1 million barrels per day to its strategic inventories throughout 2025, with preliminary data suggesting it continued building stockpiles in early 2026 ahead of the Iran War.
Japan holds the 3rd-largest reserve at 263 million barrels, followed by OECD European countries at 179 million barrels.
Meanwhile, the US is releasing 172 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to suppress oil prices, part of a broader 400 million barrel coordinated release agreed by 32 IEA member nations in March.
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🛢 JP Morgan Warns Oil Market Out of Balance, Prices Must Rise
🔸The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil flows, has removed 13.7 million barrels per day from global supply in April alone. A JP Morgan research note warns the market has no good way to replace it.
🔸Normally, spare production capacity in Saudi Arabia and the UAE acts as the market’s shock absorber. But that buffer has effectively been removed, eliminating the system’s first line of defense.
🔸With spare capacity unavailable, markets turned to inventories
➤ Global stockpiles are now being drained at ~7.1 mbd in April, an extraordinary pace, according to the note.
🔸Meanwhile, demand is collapsing because supply simply isn’t reaching users — “forced demand destruction.”The hardest hit sectors include:
▪️ Petrochemical plants across Asia are shutting down or slashing output as LPG, ethane, and naphtha flows from the Gulf collapse
▪️ Airline jet fuel ...
🛢⛽️ Global oil inventories are heading toward RECORD LOWS:
Global visible oil inventories have fallen -255 million barrels since the start of the conflict on February 27, to 7,864 million barrels.
Total estimated oil draws, including non-OECD refined products storage, have accelerated to 10.9 million barrels per day in April, the largest monthly draws on record since 2017.
Cumulative estimated draws since the start of the war now stand at 474 million barrels, with Hormuz flows holding at ~10% of normal, or 2.0 million barrels per day.
Meanwhile, even in an optimistic scenario where Strait of Hormuz flows begin recovering by late April, it is unlikely to prevent global visible inventories from reaching all-time lows, according to Goldman Sachs.
As inventories keep falling, physical oil markets are likely to require sharply higher prices for immediate delivery, since buyers cannot wait months for cheaper futures delivery when stocks are running critically low.
Goldman also warns...
