https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f723b03-3aad-474c-91e5-1b33b1e3ee4a Following Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian refineries and major logistics hubs, Moscow has renewed attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea grain-export infrastructure. The port of Odesa is a particular focus of Russian strikes, jeopardizing Ukraine’s vital grain exports. But can this return to a strategy Russia already tried in the first two years of the war yield better results for the Kremlin this time around? “It’s dangerous for sure. We know that the war is a war of attrition, but that’s always meant militarily. And I think this economic war is another kind of war of attrition,” said TVP World’s Political Editor Stuart Dowell, adding that World War II has shown that targeting cities “doesn’t normally win wars.” “I’m British. When we bombed the Germans, that didn’t cause the end of that war. And when the Germans bombed the British earlier in the war, that didn’t stop the British in that war,” Dowell said, but contrasted World War II with the Cold War, which the West won by economically outcompeting the Soviet Union and ultimately leading to its collapse. “But it means that Europe has to carry the financial burden, not just in this period, of the 90 billion loan that we talked a lot about. But there’ll need to be another loan, and another loan, TVP World’s Political Editor said. “And it raises the question of how to use the Russian frozen assets.” Join News in Depth host Ayşe Abacı and her guest as they explore how Europe should respond to growing Russian pressure, why intelligence cooperation is becoming critical to protecting key infrastructure, and whether Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine’s export routes are intended to weaken Kyiv or pressure the West. 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Ukraine #War #Russia Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:40:24 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f723b03-3aad-474c-91e5-1b33b1e3ee4a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.