The Ukrainian Navy has added two new boats, 'Irpin' and 'Reni', to its fleet. They were previously donated by Estonia.
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Ukrainian strategy targets vulnerable oil refineries as key weakness
All these ideas about which targets to hit have been already tried in this war. What’s new in the Ukrainian strategy is that they have found a vulnerability : oil refineries. They are immobile, you can’t hide them, they are easily flammable, and there are large areas you can hit/
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Ukraine can hit logistics but Russia had limited success
Then, there is logistics. Ukraine can hit logistical infrastructure, terminals, railroad etc. but it’s hard. Again, Russia has tried to do it in Ukraine with very limited success. 22/
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Estonian MP cycles from Tallinn to Kyiv to raise funds for Ukraine
Estonian MP, member of the Riigikogu's State Defense Committee and the Ukraine-Estonia parliamentary group, Kristo Enn Vaga, arrived in #Kyiv on Thursday by bicycle from #Tallinn to raise funds for the Ukrainian military.
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Russia cannot retaliate because Ukraine has no oil refineries
Interestingly, Russia can’t reciprocate because Ukraine doesn’t have oil refineries (any more). 20/
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Ukraine targets oil refineries with small drones, lacking missiles
In addition, as we all have learned, drones can do limited damage to power plants and grids, we need missiles. But Ukraine doesn’t have them! So what’s then Ukraine to do? It found a vulnerability where a small drone can do major damage – oil refineries. 19/
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Russia’s thousands of missiles fail to cripple Ukraine power grid
In the beginning, it looked easy for Russia. Let’s hit some power plants and transformators in Ukraine said Russia. But several thousand ballistic and cruise missiles later, Ukraine electricity grid stands. 17/
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Ukraine’s difficulty in damaging Russian electricity facilities with limited resources
Target Option 1. Electricity transmission or generating facilities. The problem is that it is very difficult to create serious damage with the resources Ukraine has. The case in point is the three winter Russian campaign to black out Ukraine 16/
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Ukrainian strategy works but raises questions on other targets
So, this Ukrainian strategy is working. But what about other targets? The criticism I listed above states that Ukraine is better off hitting electricity grid, command centers, or munition warehouses 15/
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Ukrainian drone strikes accelerate Western sanctions impact
Politico: “Ukraine’s ‘physical sanctions’ can accelerate the actual ones,” Maria Shagina said “Kyiv has found Moscow’s technological vulnerability and Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries speed up the impact of Western sanctions” 14/