Finnish President Alexander Stubb backed Ukraine’s long-range strikes deep inside Russia on Monday, arguing that attacks on oil refineries and logistics facilities increase the cost of Moscow’s war and could help force the Kremlin to the negotiating table. Speaking at a press conference following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Kyiv, Stubb said Ukraine was in a significantly stronger military, political and financial position than it had been a year earlier.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “When we were sitting here for the independence, the 34th Independence Day of Ukraine a year ago, the situation was much more difficult for Ukraine, militarily, politically and financially,” Stubb said. “I think today we are in a much better place than we were.” Asked whether Ukraine should continue long-range strikes against Russian oil refineries and, more recently, warehouses connected to Russian e-commerce companies, Stubb said Kyiv’s partners should help expand its deep-strike capabilities. “One is to give military and financial support to Ukraine to increase its capacity for deep strikes, whether with missiles or with drones,” he said. “The reason for this is very simple. It increases the cost and the price of the war for Russia.” Stubb claimed that 65% of Russians now want the war to end and argued that strikes on logistics facilities such as those operated by Wildberries could increase domestic pressure on Moscow.