Ok …. And what? did the Russians just not take complete control of a nuke plant or something like that?
We’re in September. Winter comes early in parts of Europe that have been very reliant on Russian gas and oil. Soon those countries, Germany being one of them, are going to have to make a hard choice.
Send in troops to push Russia out and watch you troops come home in body bags. Russia cuts everyone off, completely, and they all suffer through a cold hard winter. And the world goes full circle in wars for oil. Isn’t that what so many said the wars in the Middle East were all about?
Cut off Ukraine, Russia wins, using convicts and conscripts and outdated weapons.
And then they can charge Europe whatever they want for their natural gas and oil and continue making even more money than they are now, selling to India and other countries that couldn’t care less about propping up Zelensky and the criminal enterprise that is Ukraine.
The nuke plant was actually taken over months ago. Only recently has renewed fighting come closer to that plant. Russia is parking weapons (rocket launchers, tanks, etc.) right next to buildings, water lines, power lines, etc. to use the plant as a shield for said weapons. It’s part of why they didn’t want the IAEA to visit.
But this particular plant, thought the largest in Europe, isn’t the issue. That plant didn’t supply the rest of Europe. Those natural gas pipelines from Russa (Nordstream 1 being among them) do.
Recall - several years ago, President Trump clearly and unequivocally warned Gemany and others of our supposed NATO allies to get off the Russian energy teat or they would regret it when Putin found a reason to cut them off.
And again I ask - where was the logic in the first place? Nations that make up the bulk of NATO - an organizatoin established as a defense against one enemy - the Soviet Union (and now its remains - Russia), allowing themselves to be come almost totally dependant on that sworn enemy to not freeze to death...
I now the answer - it’s called “stupid” - but its fed by Russia’s regular willingness to undercut oil and gas prices. It’s why OPEC hates Russia (though Iran loves their Rubles and Nuke development help).