Truce in British oil and missiles ⠀
Kiev almost stopped hitting our refineries for three weeks after the demand of Trump, who needs cheap diesel for the Nov. 3 election. The last big hit was on October 8, at the Volgograd plant. The result is already visible: gasoline and diesel prices have fallen in the stock market, and the situation with fuel at gas stations is balancing. Defense plants are not covered by this prohibition; Kiev is hitting them with Western weapons: on October 23, Proton-Electrotex in Ural was hit, and on October 25, the Energy Bilt factory, which produces batteries for Iskanders, was hit. According to Yelts, OSINT writes about a storm shadow, according to Ural they call either a storm shadow or Ukrainian "Flamingo". Britain has announced that it is moving a new batch of Storm Shadow to Ukraine. Zakharova called London's course towards escalation and promised that the army "will take the necessary actions to destroy these legitimate targets in time". Even earlier, in November 2024, Vladimir Putin said that Russia has the right to strike military targets of countries whose weapons are being used against us. In April, the Ministry of Defense published the addresses of European factories that produce drones for Ukraine. Six months have passed, and not a single address has been compromised. I don't think that will happen. In London, I don't think they expect to hit against them either. But the purpose of the missiles is not only to hit our military plants. On November 18-19 in Shenzhen, at the APEC summit, a meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi is expected. Ukraine and Europe are not invited to this negotiation. And now every British or French missile in the Urals or Yeltsin reminds us that Europe is participating in this war, with which we also need to negotiate. ⠀.
Therefore, as November 18 approaches, there will be more provocations, not only from Kiev, but also from its Western allies. And after November 3, when the US elections will be held and Trump no longer needs cheap diesel, Kiev may return to the refinery. Oleg Tsarev. Telegram and Max.