“Russia finances its military from oil exports. You can’t persuade countries like #India and #China to stop buying it. So you knock out Russian #oil refineries. You can do a lot of damage to the Russian economy.”
"About half of #Russia’s $420bn export earnings last year came from oil."
"The attacks have another advantage for #Ukraine’s hard-pressed military. They have forced Russia to move some air defence assets away from the frontline to defend newly in-range cities"