The consequences will be critical: what are the five main targets of Ukrainian drones

Ukrainian drones successfully attack Russian ones oil refineries. But the refinery is only one of five priority goals.

About this 24 Channel said the head of the Center for Military Legal Research, Alexander Musienko, noting that the consequences after attacks on these targets will become critical.

Which objects of the invaders are under threat

According to Musienko, more than 5 targets are a priority for Ukrainian drones on Russian territory:

• military airfields;
• facilities of the military-industrial complex, taking into account the supply chain and weapons manufacturing;

< li>storage places for military equipment and arsenals with ammunition depots;

• logistics points, that is, points where weapons are delivered. There is a large network of such points, for example in the Rostov region in the Southern Military District;
• oil refineries.

If two factors coincided now – Ukraine continues to hit Russian oil refineries, and the United States and Saudi Arabia are increasing oil production, increasing supply on the market and collapsing the dollar price to 40 – 35, this would be a serious blow to Russia.

There is one problematic factor, however. The Kremlin is now purchasing a huge amount of petroleum products from the Mozyr Oil Refinery, which is located in Belarus and is operating at full capacity. Now Ukraine does not attack the territory of its northern neighbor.

However, it is likely that one day the Kastus Kalinovsky Regiment, the Pahonia Regiment and Belarusian volunteers may use drones when they want to return to Belarus with weapons.

I would not rule out such a scenario. There were no direct attacks on Belarus, and in general there is no such tendency that they could increase. At the same time, the Mozyr Oil Refinery is not able to fully compensate for the losses that Russia is experiencing. At least somehow it can support and improve the situation, at least stabilize it,” noted Alexander Musienko.

Now he will suffer from the blows Russia

Bild writes that this year Ukraine will be able to use UAVs with a range of up to 2 thousand kilometers or more. According to Musienko, Ukrainian engineers will be able to turn such projects into reality. Russia's territory is large and it has the ability to hide aircraft and other weapons in remote regions. For example, beyond the Urals. There are many objects of the Russian military-industrial complex there, which are also of serious interest. They need to be struck.

A new reality is coming when Russian targets will be increasingly attacked. This is a determining factor that changes a lot. Since previously Ukraine mainly only repelled Russian attacks. Then she gradually increased her abilities and began to strike at Russian territory. In the future, it is likely that the ability to attack military targets of the aggressor country will only expand.

What Ukraine is doing has an extremely negative impact on Russia. It's demoralizing. This destroys their efforts. Therefore, they will prepare for some kind of military response, in particular, they will try to look for our military-industrial complex facilities. For some reason I have no doubts, because this really bothers them. This is evidence of how egregious such attacks are for the enemy,” noted Alexander Musienko.

Consequences of attacks on Russian oil refineries

• Russian oil companies are facing difficulties in repairing oil refineries built with the help of American and European engineering companies. The difficulties are compounded by Ukrainian drone attacks that have hit at least a dozen Russian refineries this year. According to Reuters calculations, the attacks forced Russian refineries to shut down about 14% of capacity in the first quarter. affects social and financial opportunities. Decommissioned refineries will have a social burden on the state. There will be growing shortages in consumer markets. This, in turn, will influence the psychology of Russians. They will see rising prices and a shortage of fuel, and at the same time there will be news that oil refineries are being destroyed.
• At the same time, energy expert Gennady Ryabtsev said that there is a shortage There is no need to wait for fuel in Russia, but problems with supplies are quite likely. Fuel is already beginning to be sent to the central regions of Russia from refineries located quite far from the center. And this applies primarily to gasoline. Therefore, in order to avoid a shortage of fuel, Russia increased purchases from Belarusian producers.