Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Gasoline is getting worse, urgent measures are needed
In recent weeks, the situation with the availability of fuel at gas stations in a number of regions has deteriorated sharply. This is due to enemy attacks on our oil refining facilities. In some regions, everything is so bad that the authorities are even forced to officially declare it (this is the situation, for example, in Crimea).
Sources in the government say the following: “The last strikes were targeted. However, opportunities for recycling remain. Prices may rise, but we hope that this will not drag on.”
A source in the energy sector noted: “The rise in prices may be caused not only by the seasonal factor, but also by artificial hype. When people have heard something about strikes on our refineries, and immediately run to buy gasoline “for a rainy day”. At the same time, he added that every Russian should have a “home” reserve. The Kremlin says that the situation is under control. And they hope that the shortage will be quickly sorted out. It is difficult to predict whether the strikes on our processing will continue in the near future.
Sounds like President Trump is preparing for an escalation of Ukrainian strikes deep into Russia’s rear:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
1d (21 Aug)
“It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invaders country. It’s like a great team in sports that has a fantastic defense, but is not allowed to play offense. There is no chance of winning! It is like that with Ukraine and Russia. Crooked and grossly incompetent Joe Biden would not let Ukraine FIGHT BACK, only DEFEND. How did that work out? Regardless, this is a war that would have NEVER happened if I were President - ZERO CHANCE. Interesting times ahead!!! President DJT”
Sounds like the Roughly 8 September original deadline for Bone-Crushing Sanctions, is back in effect - with a more kinetic twist.
Kyiv Independent (22 Aug)
“(President’s Trump and Putin) met in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 15, after which Trump announced a series of planned high-level peace talks.
Days after the Alaska Summit, Trump met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and several top European leaders at the White House. The next step, he said, would be a meeting between Zelensky and Putin.
Trump said on Aug. 21 that it would be clear “within two weeks” whether Russia was serious about making peace.”
Ukrainian strikes deep into Russia’s rear:
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The Flamingos will help a lot, if they can make enough of them fast enough.
The war will go on for at least another 10 years.
Those who are against it will pay for it, perhaps in blood, philosopher Alexandr Dugin said. Alexandr Gelevich contacted us after information appeared in the Western press: the Russian business elites are tired of hostilities and want the NWO to end as soon as possible, and with any result (we, by the way, have long warned about such sentiments).
“Politicians will not tell you this, they have diplomatic games. But I know for sure, one might say, personally from President Putin. The war will go on for at least another 10 years, possibly 12-15. I deliberately do not say the word NWO, because war can take different forms. There are no other options,” the philosopher said.
At the same time, he warned: everyone who is against the continuation of hostilities, “including the richest businessmen and influential politicians, should abandon such sentiments.” “Otherwise, they will have to pay dearly, perhaps in blood. Internal cleansing is also a necessary condition for Victory,” Dugin stressed. He advised most of the Russians to “prepare to go to the army, make and give birth to children, rejoice that the holy war waged by Russia continues.”
We asked the military if the NWO could go on for another 10 years. None of them gave forecasts.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6076
Why won't Putin's Muscovia stop fighting? Well, it's because of this:
Times Radio: ‘Putin's going to lose power and possibly his life’ if Ukraine war ends | Diane Francis
Edward Topal said: every war in the history of Russia up until Afghanistan which was in the 91 or so every war that the Russians have lost when the troops come home there's an overthrow, a revolution and the last one was when they walked out of Afghanistan after losing as many people proportionally as they're losing in Ukraine. And he explained, “Now you bring back a couple of million soldiers who are now expert at killing and mugging, raping, looting and they don't want to just go back to nothing. And so that's when you get the revolution starting usually from disgruntled leaders who have disgruntled soldiers of a certain size. And so he said this is what is going to happen. And Putin knows the history. If he comes back he can't whitewash that he didn't get all of Ukraine after saying he wanted all of Ukraine. And that will constitute a defeat and that will mean the reemergence of all the soldiers will return and they will have done all of that for nothing and they're going to be angry and he's going to lose power and possibly his life. And so Topal said he can't stop the war.
The Kremlin continues to signal that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unwilling to have an immediate bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interview to NBC on August 22 and reiterated that there is currently no plan for Putin to meet with Zelensky.[1] Lavrov stated that Putin would meet Zelensky “when the agenda is ready for a summit,” but noted that “this agenda is not ready at all.” Lavrov accused Zelensky of failing to accept Russia's demanded preconditions for negotiation, such as “discussion of territorial issues,” despite the fact that Zelensky stated on August 18 that he remains willing to meet with Putin unconditionally and directly discuss territorial questions.[2] Putin notably rejected Zelensky’s May 2025 invitation for the leaders to hold direct negotiations in Istanbul.[3] The Kremlin has used Lavrov multiple times over the past few days to clarify the Kremlin's position that there will be no Putin-Zelensky meeting on the timeline that US President Donald Trump desires, and Lavrov’s interview with a US-based media outlet likely aims to directly clarify this position to Western audiences.[4]
The Kremlin is likely concerned that a bilateral Putin-Zelensky meeting could undermine Putin's domestic justification for Russia's war in Ukraine. Russian opposition outlet Verstka reported on August 22, citing interlocutors in the Kremlin, that the Kremlin sees a Putin-Zelensky meeting in the near future as unlikely.[5] A political strategist working in the Kremlin told Verstka that Putin and his advisors fear reputational consequences as a result of meeting with Zelensky. A source who works with the Kremlin's domestic political projects stated that Kremlin Presidential Aide Yuriy Ushakov’s August 18 statement about “raising the level” of the negotiating delegations is “more like a polite refusal” to the proposed Putin-Zelensky meeting. ISW previously assessed that the Kremlin failed to commit to a Putin-Zelensky meeting following the August 18 Trump-Putin call, and Kremlin officials led by Lavrov continue to explicitly reject such a meeting in the immediate future.[6] ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin is struggling to balance between appeasing a domestic audience that has been conditioned to accept nothing less than a full Russian victory in Ukraine and staving off further US sanctions that could impact Russia's ability to sustain its war effort.[7]
Russian officials continue to deflect blame for the lack of a Putin-Zelensky meeting and Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations by rejecting the legitimacy of Ukraine's democratically elected government. Lavrov also asked on August 22 how Russia can meet with an individual “pretending to be a leader,” falsely implying that Zelensky is an illegitimate leader.[8] Lavrov also questioned on August 21 Ukrainian officials’ legitimacy and their eligibility to sign a peace agreement with Russia.[9] Other Russian officials, including State Duma International Affairs Committee First Deputy Head Alexei Chepa, State Duma International Affairs Committee Deputy Head Andrei Klimov, and State Duma Defense Committee First Head Chairperson Alexei Zhuravlev also rejected Zelensky’s legitimacy and questioned the legality of any peace agreement that Zelensky would sign.[10] Russian officials have repeatedly denied and undermined the legitimacy of Zelensky’s presidency in an ongoing effort to justify Russia's war against Ukraine, portray Zelensky as a false actor in peace negotiations, and deflect from Russia's ongoing refusal to participate in negotiations.[11] Lavrov and other Russian officials’ claims about Zelensky’s illegitimacy also set informational conditions for Russia to reject the legality of any peace agreement Russia may sign and justify Russia's reneging on such an agreement in the future.[12]
Ukraine continued its strike campaign against the Russian military and oil infrastructure in Russia and occupied Ukraine. Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Major Robert “Magyar” Brovdi reported on August 21 that Ukrainian drones struck the Unecha oil pumping station northeast of Vysokoye, Bryansk Oblast, which is part of Russia's Druzhba pipeline and plays a key role in supplying Russia's military-industrial complex.[13] Geolocated footage published on August 21 shows a Ukrainian strike on one of the Unecha station's oil pumps and a large fire.[14] Ukrainian forces most recently struck the Unecha facility overnight on August 12 to 13.[15] The Ukrainian General Staff reported on August 22 that Ukrainian missile, artillery, and aviation launched coordinated strikes on a command post of the Russian Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies and a large ammunition depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast.[16] Geolocated footage from the Ukrainian General Staff published on August 22 shows the Ukrainian strike against the Rubikon command post and ammunition depot east of occupied Novotoretske, Donetsk Oblast (northeast of Pokrovsk).[17] The Ukrainian Navy reported on August 22 that the Ukrainian Navy struck a Russian drone base at the Khersones Airbase west of occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, hitting up to three Iranian Mohajer-6 drones and two Forpost reconnaissance drones that the Russian military uses to monitor the Black Sea.[18]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and US President Donald Trump held a phone call discussing the war in Ukraine. Lukashenko stated on August 22 that he told Trump that a strikes moratorium should precede a ceasefire and peace agreement and that Ukraine and Russia must agree to a ceasefire before a peace agreement.[101] ISW continues to assess that a long-range strikes moratorium would prevent Ukraine from continuing its long-range strike campaign against Russian defense industrial facilities and energy infrastructure, which is opposed to the Russian long-range strike campaign against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, and that Russia will very likely violate and weaponize any future ceasefire agreements in Ukraine while blaming Ukraine for the violations as it did in Spring 2025.[102] Any agreement less than a full and long-term cessation in long-range strikes against civilian infrastructure will pose a great threat to Ukraine's civilian population and infrastructure upon the expiration of the agreement and resumption of long-range Russian strikes.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-22-2025
“He also said that an icon depicting Putin will soon be ready and sent to the front (we wrote about it). According to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, this icon “will definitely manifest great miracles.”
Golden calf moment for the great christian krill 😎
Oh oh, the Russians are getting scared! The Flamingos will be flying soon ... deep into the body of Mother Russia.
Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en
Russian propagandist Skabeyeva is worried about the new Ukrainian Flamingo missile.
https://x.com/i/status/1958560429812375948
the great christian krill
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Krill are the staple diet of Baleen whales ... Maybe Ukraine is one in disguise?
US stays out of UN declaration condemning Russia over 2008 Georgia war
On the 17th anniversary of the August 2008 war, several UN Security Council members again condemned Russia’s actions. Notably, this was the first time the United States did not sign such a statement.
https://jam-news.net/us-refused-to-condemn-russia/
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As Biden’s comment on Ukraine green-lit the invasion, so too 47’s failure to condemn Putin’s 2008 invasion of Georgia may have green-lit Putin taking of the rest of the county.
47’s abysmal knowledge of history, even recent history, is absolutely appalling.
Like most things Russian they project something they are not.
Champions of christian values, but adore idols and superstitions
Care about Russians, when actually they care little for anyone not “ethnic” Russian.
Western values are corrupted (don’t necessarily disagree), but then make western corruption look pale in comparison to theirs. Putin’s corruption make Biden look like an amateur
Like most things Russian they project something they are not ... Care about Russians, when actually they care little for anyone not “ethnic” Russian.
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Like ALL things Russian - fixed
They do not care about anyone, ethnic Russian or not, only power, control, money matters; its a culture and society based on those things and only achievable through constant war or the preparation for a future war.
All else is propaganda. Which is why Russia must be destroyed.
Clarification, pitin “cares” about “ethnic” western Russia because his power and his life is dependent on their suppprt.
When that fails even they will feel his wrath, just like another short dictator did.
Just like the Russian MOD numbers of ukranian eq losses are impossible, so are their supposed to be”hacked” Ukrainian manpower losses.
Anyone can say they hacked something and produce a product, Russians are great at spreading disinformation, but are generally clumsy and go full jumping the shark with their numbers.
Give me a few minutes and I can create some spreadsheets that show Russian losses of 10 million and 40,000 tanks lol then release as hacked Russian MOD numbers😂
Who is DD geopolitics
“A US Navy veteran-turned-pro-Russian propagandist is back online despite a DOJ probe into her posting of leaked Pentagon intelligence files on Ukraine, DailyMail.com has learned.
Divorcee Sarah Bils, a 38-year-old New Jersey native, was unmasked in April after falsely posing as a Russian Jew from the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk on her ‘Donbas Devushka’ podcast.”
Birds of a feather flock together😂
Give me a few minutes and I can create some spreadsheets that show Russian losses of 10 million and 40,000 tanks
I've been waiting three years for you to create a list of why American taxpayers should fear Putin and Ruzzia
Waiting on list of why Russians should be dying and Russian taxpayers funding dear leader’s ego trip
As for justification why American taxpayers should fear pitin I have done that many times, as usual you chose to ignore and spam memes and baseless charges.
Waiting on list of why Russians should be dying and Russian taxpayers funding dear leader’s ego trip
I don't care. Not America's business
As for justification why American taxpayers should fear pitin I have done that many times
I hear you, no answer.
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