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Another big giant present with a bow on top from Trump to Putin.

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[-] iocase@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I guess this is countered by Ukraine repeatedly hitting their refineries

Here's an infographic dated May 8th. The oil barrel in the bottom left shows the theoretical maximum impact of strikes if they somehow took all refineries they hit offline completely.

Ukraine is pretty good at targeting the right units when they hit a refinery, but it's not perfect. Either way looking at economic output sources Russia made half as much money from oil last year as 2022, and the refinery strikes are picking up speed. Tuapse was a giant hit to them. Ukraine hit it 5 times in a row... Most of Russia's biggest oil refineries feeding Europe have been hit repeatedly by long range drones.

Edit: clarity and structure.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Tuapse was I believe the first time Ukraine went for the total destruction of the facilities. All the other hits have been at strategic targets that disabled key processes.

It's sign of a massive shift in air superiority in favor of Ukraine.

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

This infographic is glorious.

[-] iocase@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

The best part is it needs to be updated at least weekly

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