Ukraine’s Brilliant Strategy to Hit Russia’s Oil Production

Wes O'Donnell
6 min readFeb 13, 2024
Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash

Despite ongoing sanctions, Russia is still the world’s largest exporter of natural gas and second-largest exporter of oil — behind Saudi Arabia.

The sale of these resources abroad is the absolute foundation of the Russian state and key to Putin’s long-term objectives.

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights