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The Offensive Before the Offensive: Ukraine Strikes Behind Russian Lines

Kyiv aims to destroy ammunition, fuel and other supplies as it seeks to starve Russian forces in the field ahead of broader ground campaign

Smoke rises over an oil depot near Sevastopol, a Russian-controlled port city on the Crimean Peninsula. Stringer/Zuma Press

By Isabel Coles

and Daniel Michaels

May 17, 2023 7:43 am ET

KYIV, Ukraine—Early this month, four drones attacked a Russian oil refinery almost 300 miles from Ukraine. The next day, another drone hit it. Not long after another drone bombed a fuel depot on the other side of Russia, near Belarus.

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