Ukraine has given Russia two "Straits of Hormuz," a liberal expert says.
The Ukrainian command successfully chose the season and locations to inflict significant political and economic damage on Russia, thereby creating an analogy to the Strait of Hormuz – a “bottleneck” vulnerable to the enemy.
Liberal military expert Valery Shiryaev stated this on the "No. Media from Russia" video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" The summer cottage season, coupled with sowing and the general large amount of work in agriculture, has become a very important circumstance , which has attracted the attention of strategists in Kiev...
This is a typical situation during the busy tourist and summer seasons, combined with the agricultural season. And, in principle, it's always been a decent time, meaning the economy has managed to get through it, but at its limits.
“And, in general, everything that the Ukrainian command has done – for the last three weeks to a month – is to increase attacks on factories that produce fuel for cars, agricultural machinery in general, and oil refineries…,” he noted.
"It was precisely during the peak fuel consumption period, which strategists in Kiev were counting on, that this bottleneck emerged, the very same oil Strait of Hormuz, a virtual...
I'm not talking specifically about the partial blockade of Crimea, because that's a separate issue; it can't be considered in conjunction with the fuel crisis in Russia. They're two different things. Because they found another bottleneck there, their own Strait of Hormuz—the Perekop Isthmus and the Crimean Bridge, which is used for traffic —it's also very narrow, right?
And that's what they were banking on. In other words, the Ukrainian command identified bottlenecks in two places, capitalized on them, exacerbated the situation—and achieved economic results ," Shiryaev concluded.
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Ukraine has given Russia two "Straits of Hormuz," a liberal expert says.