“I hear Gazprom is having a fire sale.”
They just took another $14 Billion kick in the butt, on the way out the door.
Kyiv Independent reports:
“An arbitration court awarded Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, the right to terminate a long-term contract with Russia’s Gazprom and more than 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in damages for failed gas deliveries, Uniper said on June 12.
The June 7 ruling by a Stockholm court allowed the German company to terminate its long-term contracts for Russian gas and the “relationship with the Russian state-owned company Gazprom Export” on June 12.
Russia began tightening screws on gas supplies to Europe in the wake of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions.
According to Uniper, the sum of $14 billion is meant to compensate for the gas not provided since mid-2022.”
Putin is a Master Strategist. Tee up those old propaganda videos of Gazprom employees manfully shutting off the valves, and Euroweenies shivering in their cold little apartments
They previously had 10 to 14 ships and boats at sea at the same time to guard the bridge, and now there are zero.
https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1800912999013826945
It appears that the ruzzian plan is to protect the bridge using helicopter gun ships and fighter aircraft.
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The complete transcript.
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[ Russians Surrender in Large Numbers at Vovchansk ]
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Day 840: Jun 12
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kharkiv direction.
The situation in Vovchansk has seen significant developments as Ukrainian forces intensified their counterattacks and recaptured even more ground.
Different analyst reports indicate substantial gains by Ukrainian forces, who have managed to recapture key positions to the west and northeast of the city.
In a significant development, Ukrainian forces recently conducted their first-ever strike with fighter jets on Russian territory, targeting a Russian command center and massive ammo depot near Belgorod.
The strike resulted in a large-scale fire with secondary detonations, causing fear among the local population. This attack underscores the shift in the operational landscape following the authorization by all Western partners for Ukraine to attack targets on Russian soil with Western weapons, including aviation bombs.
It shows the way for Ukrainian forces to significantly damage logistic efforts to supply material to Russian forces participating in the Kharkiv offensive. This event is undoubtedly part of the shaping operations in an attempt to undermine Russian supplies and facilitate Ukrainian counter-offensive efforts.
According to different Russian military analysts and also the Vovchansk City Military Administration, Ukrainian forces have recently retaken several positions within the settlement.
Ukrainian officers have confirmed that most of Vovchansk remains under Ukrainian control, suggesting that recent tactical counterattacks have been successful in driving Russian forces out of central areas, with some Russian soldiers now surrounded and cut off.
Reports indicate that Ukrainian forces are increasing their efforts in the northern part of Vovchansk, attempting to eliminate the salient by recapturing territory block by block to the west.
For their part, in what appears to be a desperate attempt, the Russians are still trying to attack the industrial zone around the aggregate plant located in the south, where Ukrainian forces have concentrated their primary area of force buildup.
This movement puts Russian forces at an evident risk of being cut off, if Ukrainian advances to the West continue at their current pace.
Recent geolocated footage shows the success of Ukrainian counterattacks. The first video shows a Russian soldier walking unarmed along a Vovchansk street to the Ukrainian side because he decided to surrender and remain alive. This soldier was most likely part of one of the groups that were cut off and surrounded.
Those who did not surrender willingly were assaulted and still captured if they survived. A huge number of recently released videos show newly captured Russians along the whole contact line.
In general, apart from the high-rise buildings in the Citadel area in the center of the city and the industrial buildings in the southern part, both in the hands of Ukrainian forces, there are not many other areas in the city that could provide a sufficient level of fortification for Russian forces.
Most of the buildings in the northern part of Russian control are residential houses on one or two floors at most. This means that Russian forces could be forced to withdraw to a position already outside the city on the northern outskirts of Vovchansk.
On the eastern side of the city, Ukrainian forces have recaptured a significant area of the settlement and continued their advance to the north. However, they have thus far advanced through urban areas.
If we look at the topographic map, we can see that just next to these recaptured areas lies a high-altitude area, which may present more significant challenges for the continuation of Ukrainian advances.
German media military expert Julian Röpcke stated that Ukrainian troops recaptured new positions in the northeast of Vovchansk, while Russian troops continued to withdraw and counterattack lost areas with aircraft, missiles, and artillery.
According to the German expert, to transfer reinforcements from the southern to the northern bank of the Vocha River, the Ukrainian Armed Forces made use of the German “Biber” tank bridge layer.
The Russian Armed Forces attacked him with a Lancet drone, but there is no indication that the crossing went out of order. Other military analysts suggested that Ukrainian forces may be aiming to advance northeast of the city to find a path to reach the international border.
Overall, the situation in Vovchansk remains highly contested, with Ukrainian forces making significant gains through effective counteroffensive operations.
Ukrainian forces continue to recover areas in Vovchansk, leveraging their numerical superiority, the arrival of Western-supplied artillery, and the ability to strike Russian logistics and rear positions with advanced Western weaponry.
However, the urgency to accelerate these counterattacks is driven by the extensive destruction caused by Russian forces over Vovchansk, which is making it increasingly difficult for Ukrainian troops to find fortified positions within the city.
Hopefully, Ukrainian forces will liberate Vovchansk entirely as soon as possible in order to secure and prepare fortified positions in the field areas north of the city.
Kremlin snuff box, 06/13/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The Kyiv regime will be bought weapons with which to attack Russia. With our money
We have been warning for a long time that the West will finance the Kiev regime at the expense of our frozen assets - since last year. It’s a pity that no one heard us and no measures were taken. It is sad that no one was punished for this, there was not even a single resignation.
The information from our sources in the Foreign Intelligence Service is even more sad and alarming. According to them, with the money received from frozen Russian assets, Kiev will be buy weapons which it will be able to hit not only Crimea or new regions, but also deep into our territory.
“There are various rumors about where the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be allowed to shoot. I don’t want to scare anyone, so no details yet,” said one of the interlocutors.
I wonder if any measures will be taken now.
Customers can’t login. Multiple Russian banks are preventing clients from logging in because they don’t have liquidity to give clients their money, due to new US sanctions.
Is this the start of a Russian bank run?
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1801147490567172382
Trouble in paradise. After yesterday's introduction of a new package of sanctions against Russia, lines are forming at exchange offices. Brokers have reportedly started blocking Russians from withdrawing currency.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1801179270955331803
