[90019] Aerial Escalation: Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Infrastructure While Moscow Plans Massive Attacks
[90019] Aerial Escalation: Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Infrastructure While Moscow Plans Massive Attacks
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying with reciprocal strikes on critical infrastructure, while Russia's economy faces the consequences of the blockade on refineries.
Aerial Escalation: Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Infrastructure While Moscow Plans Massive Attacks
The war between Russia and Ukraine is entering an intensive phase of aerial and energy warfare. According to reports from Всевидящее ОКО: Україна and 🇺🇦УКРАЇНА⚡️Новини ⚡️Політика, intelligence sources anticipate that Russia is preparing a combined and massive attack in the immediate future, involving the use of strategic bombers and ballistic missiles, against the backdrop of a daily wave of Russian drone attacks in various cities in Ukraine, as reported by ТСН новини / ТСН.ua.
At the same time, Ukraine is leading an offensive campaign against the depth of Russian energy. According to reports from Юлія Кирієнко, Ukraine has managed to paralyze about 20% of Russia's oil refining capacity through combined drone and missile attacks. Цензор.НЕТ notes that the attacks in Moscow and on energy facilities are causing "panic and fuel shortages" among the Russian population, a phenomenon that 24 Канал | Новини України also describes as a logistical collapse accompanied by long queues at gas stations.
Experts from the Ukrainian side, such as those quoted in Новини.LIVE, emphasize that Ukraine's technological capabilities in producing attack drones have equaled and even surpassed those of Russia. The Head of the KRAKEN UAV Command Post, Danylo Polozhukhno, claims that the strikes on the Russian logistical rear have led to a "loss of about 90% of the tactical initiative" of the Russian forces at the front. Conversely, sources in NATO qualify this optimism, noting that despite Russia's logistical difficulties, there is still no evidence of a near-term strategic breaking point.
The economic situation in Russia continues to deteriorate under the burden of the war. Бізнес Цензор reports that according to Bloomberg data, Russia's public debt is soaring due to military expenditures that exceeded the budget plan by 40%, which forces the Kremlin to rely on expensive and burdensome internal debt.