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Russia's fuel problem is no longer just a Crimean problem.
The real story is logistics.
Ukraine is systematically targeting bridges, railways, roads, fuel depots and transport routes across southern Ukraine.
The goal isn't a dramatic collapse.
It's slow strangulation.
2/
Crimea is already showing visible stress.
Russian occupation authorities have restricted civilian fuel sales and prioritized supplies for the military and critical services.
Queues. Rationing. Shortages.
The pressure is no longer theoretical.
3/
Melitopol remains the key hub of Russia's land corridor to Crimea.
Fuel still arrives.
But every destroyed bridge, every damaged railway and every hit depot makes transport slower, more expensive and more dangerous.
The corridor is functioning.
Just not efficiently.
4/
Occupied Kherson faces an even tougher challenge
Ukrainian drones, precision strikes and attacks on transport routes have increased the risks for every fuel convoy moving toward Russ positions
The question isn't whether fuel exists
The question is how much reaches the front
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This is the same strategy Ukraine used before liberating Kherson in 2022.
The bridges over the Dnipro weren't destroyed outright.
They were made increasingly unusable.
Russian logistics slowly deteriorated until sustaining forces became impossible.
6/
Wars are won by logistics as much as firepower.
Every extra kilometer. Every destroyed depot. Every delayed fuel truck.
All increase the cost of sustaining an army.
The indicators suggest Russia faces a growing systemic logistics problem across southern Ukraine.
7/7
By:
Kenneth Gregg Volunteer in Ukraine
Source: facebook.com/share/1AHjUDZ2…
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