"This Is Putting Increasing Pressure On The Kremlin"

• 19.07.2026, 16:32

The nature of the Russian-Ukrainian war is changing.

Ukraine has significantly expanded its campaign involving the use of maritime and long-range drones, focusing its strikes on Russian shipping and energy infrastructure. This is reported by The Telegraph .

Experts believe that this strategy increases economic pressure on Moscow and changes the nature of the war. At the same time, Ukraine continues large-scale attacks on Russian oil refineries. As it turns out, there are no longer any regions safe for Russian infrastructure.

According to experts, a significant portion of Russia’s oil refining capacity has been temporarily taken out of service. Against this backdrop, Russia has already restricted exports of petroleum products and is seeking opportunities to import fuel.

At the same time, the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea is no longer a safe rear area for Russian Federation troops in any dimension—on land, in the air, or at sea—for Putin’s regime. On the contrary, the situation on the peninsula clearly demonstrates the total vulnerability and helplessness of the Kremlin dictatorship.

Representatives of the “Freedom of Russia” Legion made this statement. According to their data, in the past 11 days alone, 42 Russian Navy vessels transporting oil and gas to Crimea were damaged and put out of commission in the Black Sea.