Russia faces a series of problems derived from war that are leaving it very touched especially on the economic level. This does not involve any novelty regarding the situation that Moscow was going through since the conflict began, However, since August he has another problem: its great size.
And, as international media point, the large size of Russia is Penalizing the country led by Putin since it could be said that they do not give rise. Its defenses are limited and not by allocating such magnitude of resources in the war, it is very difficult to defend themselves against Ukrainian attacks to their territory.
In this sense, several experts suggest that the attacks carried out by Ukraine on Russian refineries and pipelines since August are promoting that Moscow has to rethink how to handle their chips on the war boardAlthough it really seems that not a deep restructuring could be the solution.
As reported, the production of oil products from Russia It has been reduced by 20% as a consequence of Ukrainian attacks to the different refineries of the country. And this situation, they predict, will go worse for Moscow since the development of new generation missiles by Ukraine and their drones will make more dent in this regard. All this deepens mainly on the economic level, in which Russia is already in a situation more than complicated.
In fact, more than one pipeline has been practically unusable due to these attacks, like that of Druzhba. However, these types of attacks have already generated controversy between Hungary and Brussels, since Budapest has urged Ukraine to cease these attacks Being a vital flow route for the country.
Now, all eyes focus on the Russian gas pipelines of Northern Lights and Yamal-Europe, which extend by Belarus and Poland to Germany and Ukraine. Others such as Nordstream have already been destroyed in 2022. The problem is that central Europe still depends on 15% on the Russian supply, Since for the moment, that percentage seems to be irreplaceble, even the objective of the EU is to reduce them to zero by 2027.
In addition, another of the reasons why Russia cannot mobilize its defenses to safeguard these facilities focuses on the majority of Russian aerial defenses are protecting Moscow government buildings, in addition to key military facilities and arms factories. AND Russia does not have enough resources to protect all the country’s pipelines and refineries.
In short, Russia is facing a problem of huge draft, since on the one hand, one of its main sources of income focuses on the oil sector and while Ukraine continues to aggravate the great crisis of Moscow attacking with drones and long -range missiles, kyiv continues to produce new missiles and attack resources and increasing quality. And lastly, Russia is facing the impossibility of mobilizing resources to defend these facilities.
