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“What is the basis for Kyiv’s and its backers’ conviction that strikes on oil refineries and depots will lead to Russia’s strategic defeat before Ukraine is defeated? I don’t understand,”

Nikolay Mitrokhin · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15

Mitrokhin questioned the basis for believing strikes on oil refineries will lead to Russia's strategic defeat.

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