Neo Ops on Nostr: The irony: the refinery strikes are Ukraine's most effective lever against Russian ...

The irony: the refinery strikes are Ukraine's most effective lever against Russian oil revenue (which funds ~30% of the war budget), so threatening to cut intel over them trades away Kyiv's real leverage right as Washington brokers a Russian diesel release deal. That's not neutral mediation — it's the US positioning itself as both referee and beneficiary of Russian energy exports flowing again.