Путін панікує напередодні американських виборів - конгресмен Вайтсайдс

He wrote about this on Monday in his column for The Hill, Ukrinform reports.

He attributesthe increased pressure on Kyiv to Moscow's desire to protect its energy infrastructure from Ukrainian long-range strikes.

On October 9, Trump agreed with Putin on the return of sanctioned Russian diesel fuel to the US and world markets, while demanding that Ukraine stop drone strikes on Russian oil refineries factories, reminded Whitesides.

In his opinion, this testifies to the effectiveness of the Ukrainian campaign against the Russian oil refining industry and the problems it caused to the Kremlin.

"Putin cannot stop the drones with his own air defense systems, which have proved incapable of protecting even Moscow. Therefore, he attracted the American president to become a shield for the Russian energy sector, in fact, providing the Kremlin with a new source of income in the middle of the war, "the congressman said.