Ukraina tekee sitä, mitä lännen sanktiot eivät pystyneet tekemään.
In all, Ukraine has launched at least 20 strikes on Russian refineries since October. Ukrainian security officials have indicated that the attacks’ objectives are to cut off fuel supplies to the Russian military and slash the export revenues that the Kremlin uses to fund its war effort. By the end of March, Ukraine had destroyed around 14 percent of Russia’s oil-refining capacity and forced the Russian government to introduce a six-month ban on gasoline exports. One of the world’s largest oil producers is now importing petrol.
Valkoinen talo… häpäisi itsensä.
But the Biden administration has criticized the attacks. In February, Vice President Kamala Harris urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to refrain from targeting Russian oil refineries out of concern that the strikes would drive up global oil prices.
Kuinka ollakaan. Vaikutus oli päinvastainen.
Washington’s criticism is misplaced: attacks on oil refineries will not have the effect on global energy markets that U.S. officials fear. These strikes reduce Russia’s ability to turn its oil into usable products; they do not affect the volume of oil it can extract or export. In fact, with less domestic refining capacity, Russia will be forced to export more of its crude oil, not less, pushing global prices down rather than up.
Ukraina ei iske summittaisesti. Sillä on tarkoitus.
Ukraine has so far concentrated its attacks on Russian oil refineries, not oil fields or crude oil export infrastructure. The distinction is important.
Miksi nimenomaan öljynjalostamot ovat kohteena?
Half these refined products were consumed domestically, with a substantial proportion diverted to fuel the Russian war machine. Russia also sells refined oil products abroad—the country was responsible for around ten percent of the world’s seaborne exports in 2023—but most Western countries have already stopped importing refined Russian fuel.
Koska öljyä ei voi käyttää kotimaassa, se pitää viedä ulkomaille.
When a refinery is destroyed or damaged, therefore, extracted crude oil cannot simply be stocked for later use. This leaves Russian producers with just two options: increasing exports of crude oil or shutting wells and reducing production.
Lopuksi. Katsokaa linkin takaa kahden minuutin video, mitä tapahtuu, jos Venäjän annetaan voittaa Ukraina.
https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1788283804664168467
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