Unable to match Putin’s military might, Ukraine is engaging in ‘smart warfare’ to attack the enemy’s oil and gas supply lines

Over the past three weeks, Ukraine has wreaked havoc with Russia’s energy infrastructure. Soon after the new year, someone attached explosives to train carriages in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. A blast took place next to facilities owned by Gazprom Neft, the country’s third biggest oil producer. Next, a kamikaze drone crashed into an oil depot in the Oryol region.

On 18 January, another oil terminal, in St Petersburg – Vladimir Putin’s home city – came under attack. It was the first time since the invasion in February 2022 that unmanned aerial vehicles had reached the Leningrad region.

There was more to come. A large-scale fire broke out at an oil depot in the town of Klintsy, not far from Belarus and Ukraine.

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    26·
    10 months ago

    It’s almost like wars are huge lose-lose clusterfucks that no half-sensible leader would ever start… Moreso now than ever before.

    • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      124·
      10 months ago

      Ignore the half of Ukraine that’s just gone now…

      USA propaganda that Ukraine is winning is honestly wild sometimes

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        10 months ago

        They are “winning” in many ways. That doesn’t mean war is magically glamourous…

          • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            10 months ago

            So, successfully stopping a massive assault isn’t a win? Making invaders grind to a halt and lose MULTIPLE TIMES more soldiers isn’t a win? Destroying a significant part of a “world power”'s navy when they don’t have one isn’t a win?

            Not saying there’s no propaganda, but you are simply beyond stupid if you think there are no wins to point at…