Ukraine intensified its campaign against Russian energy infrastructure on Tuesday, striking a petroleum refinery in Moscow itself. El País reported flames and smoke rising from the facility following a drone attack, marking another escalation in Kyiv’s strategy of targeting the economic lifelines that fund Russia’s war machine.
The attack on a facility within the Russian capital represents a significant symbolic and strategic escalation, bringing the war’s economic consequences directly to Moscow’s doorstep.
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