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Ukraine's Campaign Against Russian Oil Refineries
Ukraine announced it will escalate strikes on Russian oil refineries in response to an alleged new Russian doctrine of airstrikes on civilian targets, as documented by Ukrainian intelligence and described by President Zelensky.
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Ukraine will intensify its campaign of strikes on Russian oil refineries in response to what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as a Russian 'new doctrine' of airstrikes aimed at forcing residents to abandon Kyiv and other cities ahead of winter (Arab News, October 3). Ukrainian intelligence reportedly obtained documents showing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had ordered this expanded targeting of civilian infrastructure, according to Zelensky, who said Ukraine would not target civilians in its own response (Arab News, October 3). This represents an escalation in the war's energy-infrastructure dimension, likely to affect global oil markets and Russian refining capacity heading into winter.