r/europe • u/Kingsalyer_09 • 2d ago

News BREAKING: India emerges as Ukraine’s top diesel supplier in July, accounting for 15.5% of its imports. (Report) 🇮🇳🇺🇦

https://swarajyamag.com/world/india-emerges-as-ukraines-top-diesel-supplier-in-july-claims-oil-analytics-firm
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u/Rare_Researcher7108 1d ago

Why don't they buy it directly from Russia and cut the middleman

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u/sidthetravler 1d ago

Crude oil needs to be refined into Petro products which needs to be processed in oil refineries based in India

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u/evonst 1d ago

Would be so ironic, Russia needs the money for the war effort, UA needs the oil for the war effort. Confused Spider-Man pointing at each other !

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u/Anxious-Brilliant-46 1d ago

Because crude has to be refined and different products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel from the refinery and India has the world's largest refinery.

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u/10Pints_to_Slytherin 22h ago

Needs to be refined. India is not a mere middleman, we have some of the largest refineries in the world in the Indian state of Gujarat. So we refine it and sell it to Ukraine/Europe and your leaders know full well of its Russian origins and continue to buy them.

We're (India) funding Kremlin but we're also keeping alive the Ukrainian/European war effort by providing you cheap oil products refined in India. It's rank hypocrisy of the Americans to slap 50% tariffs on India while you continue to buy Russian origin oil products VIA INDIA.

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u/tannatuva_0 1d ago

??Wait you want Ukraine to directly let Russia profit from crude oil and refining, If anything ukraine should want as many middle men profiting from russian oil to undercut Russia, as fully removing russian oil from the market is not realistic.

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u/Rare_Researcher7108 1d ago

They are neighbors and will be cheaper for the shipping

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u/tannatuva_0 1d ago

Point is not what's cheaper for ukraine, but whats hurting russia more without causing global spike in inflation, isn't that why the price cap was introduced?

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u/Rare_Researcher7108 1d ago

I guess someone else is paying for them