Hours later, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reinforced the message in a statement of her own.
“Some allies have asked us not to strike Russian energy infrastructure—even as Russia wages all-out war on ours: targeting power plants, oil and gas infrastructure, hydroelectric dams—every form of energy we rely upon.”.
The timing, while not officially acknowledged, suggests a political calculus: to avoid complicating the U.S. domestic environment while continuing a campaign that Ukraine sees as vital to weakening Russia’s war effort.
Western concern over the potential economic fallout of sustained attacks on Russian oil facilities—particularly regarding global fuel prices—has long shaped the informal boundaries of the conflict.
Svyrydenko echoed that view, describing the Russian oil sector as the financial backbone of both the current invasion and future military aggression.
To reduce Russia’s ability to wage war, it must target the resources that finance it.
And until that is allowed without constraint, officials suggest, Moscow will remain confident it can act without meaningful economic consequence. »
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