The U.S. is concerned that targeting Russia’s energy facilities will impact the Kremlin’s oil production capacity and drive up global prices — ahead of a knife-edge presidential election where prices at the gas pump are bound to be a contentious topic.

The sources also fear that these repeated strikes will provoke Russia into retaliating and targeting energy infrastructure the West relies on, including oil pipelines.

According to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna, Ukrainian officials have said that oil refineries are “absolutely legitimate targets from a military point of view.”

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[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 19 points 7 months ago

Only reason I can think for Ukraine to listen is to not end up with the US run by a pro Russian asset, and even then that's just, "Wait til after the election"

And even that isn't a good reason since Russia should be getting flat out blockaded, so their oil shouldn't even BE in the calculation