All the stories of new-found oil and gas are propaganda.
***Okay, how do we determine for everyone else how full of shiite you are? Or perhaps conversely, apply that expression to myself. We throw down on a debate. We find the facts, we let everyone else determine for themselves, and after some predetermined number of comments such as ... 300? ... we ask the mods to freeze the thread — NOT DELETE IT.
It is well known that Ukraine has it but the price of extraction is way higher compared to other places
***So if you’re Putin and you plan to gouge Europe over oil prices, having an alternative source of supply is bad for bizness.
Why Russia wants to invade Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If61baWF4GE
and it is in decline since 1970s, and practically stopped in the 1990s due to enormous corruption preventing investment.
***Yeah huh, then why were there American Oil guys looking to pour resources into those fields until Ras Putin scared them off?
Check out the stories of American guys (or Indian and Chinese for that matter) who dared pour money into Ukraine. The lucky ones simply managed to cut losses and run away.
The rest of your points are popular propaganda.