Tornado Watch until 8 PM for Milam County. Conditions will be favorable for severe storms including tornadoes. Stay weather aware!In this handout photo made from video released by the Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel on Saturday, April 29, 2023, a firefighter speaks on the walkie talkie as smoke and flame rise from a burning fuel tank in Sevastopol, Crimea.
“The more you can hit oil refineries, the harder it is for them to get fuel for the war machine,” said Ian Kelly, ambassador in residence at Northwestern University and a former State Department diplomat. “The Ukrainian people have endured these infrastructure strikes for two years and lived in darkness or in the cold, so this is a this is a morale-builder for the Ukrainians, and the other part of it is the Russians haven't really felt anything really economically or in terms of militarily.
Hesitation from the U.S. to support strikes within Russia is consistent with its approach on several military issues since the invasion started. American officials have been hesitant to send long-range missiles, more advanced fighter jets and tanks in various points of the war over concerns about Russian escalation only to ultimately provide them to Ukraine.