Why Russia May Agree to Extend 'Energy Ceasefire' for Another Month
It should not be surprising if Moscow agrees to extend the moratorium on strikes against energy facilities for another month.
Liberal Russian military expert Valery Shiryaev stated this on his video blog , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The expert believes that the "energy moratorium" was generally not observed (a clear example being the bombing of the Sudzha station), but there were no strikes deep into the territories. The situation is such that this " deal, in terms of the goals and means of the parties, is unequal ."
"If we consider the means of destruction that Russia has, all over Ukraine to the Polish border, then Kyiv is in a losing position. They have homemade aircraft, converted into long-range drones, they fly all the way to the Kola Peninsula, but they have relatively small warheads, and they are very inaccurate.
But the most important thing is something else. They are guaranteed to hit and cause serious damage to those enterprises that will burn down themselves - oil refineries, all kinds of oil storage facilities, right up to distilleries. And that's it.
A moratorium was declared on attacks on energy facilities, Ukraine stopped bombing oil infrastructure, and the damage to Russia seemed to cease.
And inside Ukraine there are many targets that are not energy facilities, and the number of strikes has not decreased at all, massive raids are ongoing. Ukraine does not have cruise or ballistic missiles, and Russia is using its advantage," Shiryaev said.
In this regard, he admitted that Moscow might agree to extend the moratorium, since even with all the violations, Kiev remains the loser.
Why Russia might agree to extend the "energy truce" for another month.