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Russian drone strikes on refineries over the past two weeks may have halted petrol production at facilities making about 55 percent of Russia's petrol, the Moscow Times reported, citing an analyst. Sergei Vakulenko, a senior research fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre in Berlin, said the attacks began in late October and hit five of Russia's largest refineries, including Omsk, Kinef in Leningrad Oblast, Ryazan, Slavneft-YANOS, and Lukoil's plant near Nizhny Novgorod, with further attacks on Volgograd, Novokuybyshevsk, Ufa and Afipsky. Vakulenko said reserves built up in the calmer month of October may cover roughly one week of consumption. Ukrainska Pravda reported that the wave threatens queues at petrol stations and limits on how much motorists can buy, and that Rosneft has already limited fuel sales at its petrol stations in all regions. Vakulenko suggested November may mark the point where these problems become serious. The estimate has not been independently confirmed, and Russian officials were not reported as commenting on it.