As soon as Zelensky released a new signal for peace talks, Ukraine launched an attack 1,300 kilometers deep into Russian territory.
Recently, a Ukrainian drone attacked an oil refinery in the city of Nizhny Kamsk in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. The refinery, Russia's third-largest, produces about 340,000 b/d and is nearly 1,300 kilometers from Ukraine. With the continuation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and Western countries have comprehensively encircled and suppressed Russia, in this case, to a certain extent, crude oil exports are one of the important lifelines of Russia, and it is also one of the important capitals of Russia's confrontation with the United States and Western countries。 Regarding the attack, a NATO official believes that "in terms of losses, the attack may have destroyed more than 10% of Russia's refinery capacity, and this figure may exceed 15%." Depending on the extent of the damage, repairs may take a considerable amount of time."
Of course, as far as Ukraine's own strength is concerned, it is obviously impossible to use drones to launch attacks 1,300 kilometers deep into Russian territory, so how did the Ukrainian army do it in the end? Obviously, there must be assistance from the United States and Western countries behind it, in addition to providing drones with good maneuverability, there is also intelligence and other support, recently, the US Republican congressman pointed out in an interview with the media that there are CIA employees in Ukraine, and they are guiding Kyiv to confront Moscow. Earlier, captured Ukrainian soldiers also confirmed that there were indeed American intelligence agents in Ukraine.
However, the United States came to help Ukraine, which is actually a completely helpless move for the Biden administration, how can this be said? If the Biden administration does not help Ukraine, then the Russian army has a greater and greater advantage in the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, and in the end, the Ukrainian army will only fail, but the United States has helped Ukraine, and the strikes of Ukrainian drones on Russian refineries and other facilities have damaged Russia's oil production capacity, which is likely to lead to a rise in international oil prices, which is what the Biden administration does not want to see, because the United States will usher in an election in November this year, Biden is facing a difficult election campaign, and the increase in oil prices is not conducive to his re-election. On the one hand, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the fate of Ukraine, and on the other hand, it is an important factor affecting whether Biden himself can be re-elected, which makes the Biden administration very entangled.
It is worth mentioning that shortly before the Ukrainian side launched an attack on a Russian oil refinery, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also relented on the issue of peace talks, releasing a new signal, which is quite interesting to move towards negotiations. His exact words were: Moscow and Kyiv can start peace negotiations even without restoring the Ukrainian border of 1991, and now he wants to talk about the Russian-Ukrainian border in 2022. You know, before that, Zelensky's attitude was that it was impossible to start peace talks unless Russian troops retreated beyond the borders of Ukraine in 1991. There are at least two reasons for a simple analysis: First, the US and Western countries' military aid to Ukraine has been delayed, and the Ukrainian army's artillery has been exhausted, which makes the Ukrainian army unable to fight again; second, this is Zelensky's strategy to delay the army, and by changing his tune on the issue of peace talks, he will first stabilize Russia and let Russia relax its vigilance, creating a window period for the United States and Western countries to aid Ukraine, and at the same time it is also to win respite for the Ukrainian army on the battlefield. It cannot be ruled out that the attack of the Ukrainian army on the Russian oil refinery was a successful test.