With Russian Oil Refineries Ablaze From Ukraine Strikes, Kremlin Accuses America of ‘Playing With Fire’

Ukraine’s successes with drones and missiles stand in contrast to the land war, where Ukrainian soldiers are largely on the defensive.

Telegram channel AV BogomaZ via AP
Oil reservoirs on fire in January 2024 after a Ukrainian drone strike at Klintsy, a city in the Bryansk Region of Russia. Telegram channel AV BogomaZ via AP

Flying through an area of Western Russia twice the size of Texas, hundreds of Ukrainian drones attacked oil refineries and tank farms in five cities last week. In Russia-controlled Crimea, American-supplied missiles hit the main air base. The Army Tactical Missile System rockets damaged the two-mile concrete runway and destroyed $1 billion worth of matériel — one air defense system, four war jets, and the base fuel tanks.

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