Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>I'm just an armchair general and I'm not saying anything original</p><p>But</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> can really screw up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and move the needle on the frozen conflict:</p><p>Pound, pound, pound the refineries</p><p>Hard to repair, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> AA can't cover them all, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> long range strike capabilities are surging with Ukraine's new Flamingo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruiseMissile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruiseMissile</span></a> and a big increase in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> production</p><p>"Frustrated Russians grapple with fuel crisis as Ukraine attacks oil refineries"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/frustrated-russians-grapple-with-fuel-crisis-as-ukraine-attacks-oil-refineries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/27/frustrated-russians-grapple-with-fuel-crisis-as-ukraine-attacks-oil-refineries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>