"said last week that Ukraine has carried out more than 160 successful attacks on Russian refineries and other energy targets this year; an Open Source Centre investigation identified more than 90 strikes between Aug. 2 and Oct. 14. In the last week alone, Ukraine has struck an oil terminal and tanker in Russia's Black Sea port of ; energy facilities in Russia's Oryol, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl regions;"
"Stretching the conventional notion of front lines is clearly part of the Ukrainian strategy; the strikes have forced the Kremlin to worry about drone and missile attacks across a broad swath of Russian territory. But the main aim is to hurt the Russian oil sector - the country's richest revenue source, and a key reason why the Kremlin has been able to maintain the funding of its war machine."
Ukraine has carried out hundreds of long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, with more than 160 successful attacks reported this year and over 90 between Aug. 2 and Oct. 14. Recent strikes hit an oil terminal and tanker in a Black Sea port, facilities in Oryol, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl, and a pipeline linking major refineries. Attacks have targeted large refineries near St. Petersburg and reached as far as Tyumen in Siberia. The campaign aims to weaken Russia's oil sector, curtail revenue that finances the military, and force Russia to defend critical infrastructure across vast territory.
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