Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone Site, Refineries — SkimNews
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- Ukrainian forces struck a drone launch site in the Donetsk region and military targets in Russia's Belgorod region, per Ukrinform.
- President Zelensky said in a Reuters exclusive that Ukraine will hit Russian oil refineries in retaliation for what he termed Moscow's 'new doctrine' of airstrikes.
- Ukraine is persisting with strikes on Russian oil refineries in continued defiance of Moscow.
Why it matters: Zelensky's explicit framing of refinery strikes as retaliation for a Russian 'new doctrine' of airstrikes codifies a policy of targeting Russia's energy infrastructure, directly tying Ukraine's military campaign to Moscow's airstrike pattern and raising the economic stakes for the Kremlin.
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