“Maybe Joe understands reality on the ground in ways that only an 11 times deployed ex-CIA special operator can.”
The technology of war has changed.
Any Russian that visibly moves near a Ukrainian front line doesn’t typically do so for long.
Ukraine takes out Russian refineries over 1,000 miles from Ukraine and no Ukrainian boot has to touch the sacred soil of Mother Russia to do so.
To make your point correct: MI6 takes out Russia refineries over 1,000 miles from Ukraine..