(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Approximately 40% of Russia’s oil refining capacity is currently offline following sustained Ukrainian drone strikes, directly impacting the Kremlin’s ability to finance its military operations in Ukraine. The attacks target facilities that fund soldier salaries, weapons production, and Russia’s broader war machine. Military analysts classify oil refineries, weapons warehouses, aircraft, and airfields as legitimate military targets under international law governing self-defence by a nation under invasion. Ukrainian forces conduct long-range strikes because they lack equivalent manpower to Russia and are unwilling to conscript vulnerable populations, including hospital patients or asylum residents, for frontal assaults. Ukraine prioritises the use…