Die Langstreckenangriffe der Ukraine hätten Russlands Ölraffineriekapazität um 20 % reduziert, sagt Selenskyj

News snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s long-range strikes on refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, citing intelligence from Western governments.

Over 90% of those deep strikes on Russian soil were carried out by Ukrainian-made long-range weapons, according to Zelenskyy. He said Ukraine needs additional foreign financial help to produce more of them.

“We just need to work on this every day,” he said in comments to the media on Monday that were embargoed until Tuesday.

Oil exports play a key role in funding Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. While Ukrainian weapons take aim at the refineries, new sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union are aiming to cut into Moscow’s oil and gas export earnings.

Despite renewed U.S.-led peace efforts, the war shows no sign of ending after nearly four years. With the Kremlin showing no willingness to compromise, U.S. President Donald Trump raised the stakes by announcing sanctions last week against Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.

Ukraine’s new weapons that can hit deep inside Russia are changing the war and give Ukraine hope they will eventually win. If they inflict enough pain on Russia (by taking away the revenue from oil and gas exports) then Putin might actually have to call it quits sometime in the foreseeable future. That is Zelenskyy’s plan anyway. Let’s hope it works out.