Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4212026/posts
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750
Much closer to reality than your laughable running gag line.
Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a total of 568 Ukrainian warplanes, 265 helicopters, 11,089 unmanned aerial vehicles, 451 surface-to-air missile systems, 14,743 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,205 multiple launch rocket systems, 7,830 field artillery guns and mortars and 17,751 special military motor vehicles.
NATO PREPARATION FOR RUSSIAN INVASION STARTS TODAY
NATO’s largest military training exercise since the Cold War starts today with 90,000 troops, 50 ships, 80 fighter jets, and 1,100 combat vehicles.
The Steadfast Defender 2024 exercise will practice how to defend against a… https://t.co/yyN3e67ihi pic.twitter.com/8gcGre0WEa— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 22, 2024
CBS reports:
“More than 40 Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s two largest cities Tuesday morning, killing at least seven people and leaving 60 more wounded, according to Ukrainian officials... The Russian missiles targeted Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and Kharkiv, damaging about 30 residential buildings in the latter and shattering around 1,000 apartment windows, leaving residents exposed to frigid winter weather, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov of Kharkiv (said) “an entire section of a multi-floor apartment building was toppled and an unknown number of people left trapped under the rubble.
The onslaught killed six people and injured 48, including four minors, in Kharkiv, according to Syniehubov. Russia used S-300, Kh-32 and hypersonic Iskander missiles in the attack, he said.”
Lt. Col. Oleh Babiy commanded the operation. On August 30, 2023, while covering the retreat of his brothers-in-arms, Oleh was mortally wounded during an ambush.
Oleh and his group have conducted 9 succesful recon operations in the Russian rear, 12 measures for local resistance organization and found up to 70 important strategic objects which were used by the Ukrainian Army to inflict damage upon.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1749924998821663031
A true hero. May he rest in peace.
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1749909752703037730
But if he is - if the Russians say that he died from a medical condition, then the Ukrainians killed him.
If the Russians say that the Ukrainians killed him, then the Kremlin killed him themselves.
That is how Russian lies work.
These lies become predictable over time.
https://twitter.com/Cyberdefensecom/status/1749641838837862752
He may not be dead, but he is definitely getting smaller.
Ust-Luga export capacity is reduced for certain refined petroleum products, but the rest of the terminals in that big port are still loading. Hopefully, they picked the most lucrative part to blow up.
OilPrice.com reports:
“Russia’s Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea continues to ship crude and fuels for exports...
...The terminal operated by Novatek remains shut, but the other terminals, including one for crude oil exports and two other fuel export terminals, were operational as of Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing industry sources and LSEG data...
...the tanker Minerva Julie, which had (been scheduled) to load fuel at the Novatek terminal over the weekend, is currently idle offshore, according to LSEG data.
Russian export volumes have increased in recent months (about half of the increase was refined products coming back from Russia’s self imposed export ban, and the other half was an increase in crude) - but net revenue has declined, due to greater declines in price.
OilPrice.com reports:
“Russia’s fossil fuel export revenues continued to fall in December from November, as income from oil and gas exports has been dropping since September, a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) showed on Tuesday.
Fossil fuel revenues for Russia dropped by 8% last month from November, for a decline of $63 million (58 million euros) per day, according to CREA’s estimates...
...Last month, 64% of Russian crude oil was shipped by ‘shadow’ tankers, while tankers owned or insured in countries which implement the price cap policy transported 35% of Russia’s crude in December.
A few days ago, CREA said in a separate analysis that in the 12 months since the G7 oil price cap came into effect on December 5, 2022, as much as $50.3 billion (46.4 billion euros) worth of Russian oil has been transported on tankers using UK protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance.
33% of all Russian oil by volume was transported on tankers insured in the UK since the sanctions were implemented until early November 2023, CREA noted.
Widening discounts for Russian grades and lower international benchmark prices dragged Russia’s oil export revenues down to a six-month low in December, despite higher export volumes, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said last week.
All Russian oil exports, including crude and fuels, jumped by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 7.8 million bpd in the last month of 2023, compared to November, the IEA said in its Oil Market Report for January.
Despite the highest export volumes in nine months, Russia’s estimated export revenues plunged to their lowest level in six months, to $14.4 billion, the IEA said. The decline was the result of increased discounts of Russian oil prices compared to benchmarks and the overall decline in international benchmark prices. “
What kind of person has such vile hatred in their heart? What kind of person's hatred is so consuming that they'd rather billions of innocent people be killed rather than anyone "yield" to the object of their hatred; a person they've never met, one living 5,000 miles from them, one who has never caused them personal loss or material damage?
His nihilism, like all nihilism, is evil. Pure and simple. Remember, this guy would rather you, your children, your friends and your neighbors be vaporized in an atomic blast rather than "little Pukin'" be yielded to.
