Russian strike on US-owned plant in Dnipro exposes Moscow's geopolitical weakness
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Russia’s strike on the Dnipro plant of the US company Bunge exposed Russia’s geopolitical weakness.
The statement was made by Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
A Russian strike on the plant of the US company Bunge in Dnipro was not accidental, as attacks by Russian forces on American business in Ukraine are beginning to take on a systemic character, he said.
Kovalenko recalled similar attacks on Azerbaijani businesses in Ukraine, after which Russia received what he described as "diplomatic slaps" from Baku.
"Now, Russia failed to protect Maduro in Venezuela, and Moscow once again demonstrated its geopolitical weakness. Almost immediately, such a strike followed," he wrote.
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation compared Russia to "a small barking mongrel snapping at an elephant." He added that Vladimir Putin has turned Russia into "a minor geopolitical nuisance and a raw-materials appendage of China."
January 5 strike on Dnipro
On January 5, kamikaze drones launched by Russian forces struck Dnipro. The attack damaged a US-owned company’s facility and nearby infrastructure, triggering a fire.
Acting head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Vladyslav Haivanenko, said that no information on casualties or fatalities had been reported following the strike.
Later, Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said that 300 tons of oil spilled onto city roads as a result of the attack, making travel along certain routes impossible for several days.
Subsequently, Filatov reported that hundreds of tons of sand had been spread on roads near the drone-damaged plant to prevent the oil from entering the river.
