If Russia fears its ability to make oil will seriously diminish, it becomes more serious/existential. They would risk more of their own men in a big push to take much of Ukraine. Care less about civilians caught in the cross fire.
If Russia fears its ability to make oil will seriously diminish, it becomes more serious/existential. They would risk more of their own men in a big push to take much of Ukraine. Care less about civilians caught in the cross fire.
Also, much of that oil is redirected to the West via third parties bypassing sanctions. And regardless, the global price of oil would shoot up sending ripples through the global economy at an already sensitive time.