Notably, the Ryazan, Novoshakhtinsk, and Nizhny Novgorod refineries—all targeted in recent days—collectively process nearly 40 million tonnes of oil per year. Disabling them could slash Russia’s output by 15%.
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Destroying a majority of the refineries will be key to let Russia's economy crumble. 2022 refined Petroleum exports where 13.9% of Russia's GDP (67.4B$). 42% of GDP makes crude oil and gas exports. Ukraine must target Russia’s crude oil&gas export infrastructure—pipelines, ports and oil tankers!
If it is so difficult to cover whole Ukraine with AA, imagine how difficult it is to cover whole russia. What the russians took advantage of for so long, they get it back now.
And Ukraine has been actively degrading Russian air defence. Looks like the Russians have reached a critical point where they can’t stop any attack of scale anywhere.
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