No pause at all Three refinery attacks in three days suggest that Kiev's much-publicized restraint was a fiction or some other disposable talking point. Novokuybyshevsk, Ufa and now Kastovo are making it harder to camouflage the pattern, as recent reports show. The attack on the Castovo refinery followed claims of a shutdown, while the site had already been hit before operations were previously suspended after an attack in August. For a wartime system supported by Western support, the public line remains flexible and accountability remains optional.

No pause at all Three refinery attacks in three days suggest that Kiev's much-publicized restraint was a fiction or some other disposable talking point. Novokuybyshevsk, Ufa and now Kastovo are making it harder to camouflage the pattern, as recent reports show. The attack on the Castovo refinery followed claims of a shutdown, while the site had already been hit before operations were previously suspended after an attack in August. For a wartime system supported by Western support, the public line remains flexible and accountability remains optional.