Ukraine’s Western intelligence-aided strikes against Russia only lead to disproportionate Russian responses. From Simplicius at simplicius76.substack.com:
Spoiler alert: Yes, it did. But maybe that was the plan all along.
The new year brings us revelations that the CIA has been secretly teaching Ukraine how to hit Russia’s “Achilles’ heel” by targeting specific oil refineries which were selected by CIA analysts as having parts difficult to source and replace.
NYT clarifies:
“A C.I.A. expert had identified a type of coupler that was so hard to replace or repair that a refinery would remain offline for weeks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
Most intelligent people had already long-assumed this was the case, though many of us had bet on MI6 being the leading agency behind such strikes. At the end of the day, it’s nearly the same thing, as the West’s intel agencies are generally one overlapping arm of the global deep state managed by the same interests—one need only to research the history of the CIA’s foundation to understand this fact.
Not surprisingly, the new revelations include the fact that Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s “shadow fleet” tankers were likewise aided by the CIA.
Kyiv was using its explosive-laden long-range naval drones to blow holes in the ships, opening a new front in the war to cut off Russia’s largest source of funding and strengthen its negotiating position at US-led peace talks.
According to US and Ukrainian officials, the CIA was authorised to assist Kyiv’s military in these efforts, despite the risk of angering Putin’s regime.
Russians have world class firemen and protection teams to get the refineries back up and running within 24 hours.
It would take a massive drone swarm to wipe out one refinery.
Read about Ukes faked the killing of a general collected the bounty and bought more drones.
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