A Ukrainian drone attack on a major oil pipeline in southern Russia could reduce export volumes by almost a third over the next two months, Russia's state pipeline operator said Tuesday. On Monday, explosive-packed drones hit a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium,

A vessel is seen next to a facility of the crude oil terminal Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka owned by Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) near the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia. File. | Photo Credit: Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC)/Handout via REUTERS

Kazakhstan is seeking discussions with Ukraine after an attack by its drones on Russian territory affected flows through its important crude export conduit.