NATO tells how much Russian oil refining was destroyed by Ukraine
10 July 2024 09:33
According to a senior NATO official, Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory have had a significant impact on Russia’s economy. One of the Alliance’s officials said this on the sidelines of the Washington summit, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports, citing Yevropeiska Pravda.
“We do see that Ukraine’s strikes on Russian territory have an impact on the Russian economy, on oil refining, on Russian energy exports,” the official said,
– the official said.
The Ukrainian military has been using various types of weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. This has led to Russia being forced to impose internal restrictions on fuel exports and other similar measures.
“The volume of Russian oil refining has decreased by about 17%. I think we will continue to see this as Ukraine uses different types of weapons, and this will have a further impact on the Russian economy,”
– said the NATO official.
Western weapons and permits for their use
As is well known, the United States(and Germany after them) allow the use of weapons provided by them only for strikes on the border territories of Russia. This permission was granted by US President Joe Biden only at the end of May, and before that, strikes on Russian territory with US weapons were generally prohibited.
However, towards the end of June, unofficial statements were heard from the US side that the restrictions “do not apply to geography or a certain radius”. This means that Ukraine is allegedly able to strike at those facilities and territories from which attacks on Ukraine are directly directed, even if they are deeper than the border areas.
Experts say that border strikes will not change the situation at the front, so Zelenskyy is asking his partners for permission to use their weapons on Russian territory. Some Western countries have already given such permission.
A classic military strategy involves trying to move the fighting to the enemy’s territory as quickly as possible.
