Posted on 12/22/2024 12:03:03 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin has promised ‘further destruction’ of Ukraine after a Russian oil field was destroyed by a ‘massive’ drone strike overnight.
Video footage of the strike shows the oil field erupting in an enormous explosion after the drone attack, lighting up the sky with apocalyptic yellow and orange as Russian air defences seek to defend the strategic depot. The Steel Horse facility supplies Vladimir Putin’s armed forces in Ukraine, and links to the Druzhba pipeline which sends Russian oil to Europe.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
Oil is handy stuff when you’re fighting a war... Without it the fighting gets tougher and the Ukrainian’s aren’t running out anytime soon.
“Oil is handy stuff when you’re fighting a war... Without it the fighting gets tougher and the Ukrainian’s aren’t running out anytime soon.”
You do realize that Russia is the largest exporter of energy in the world and that its output has grown through the entire war? Also the only energy the Ukraine gets is on our dime and we are going broke fast. Another fact you forget is that most of the coal mines of the Ukraine are in Russian occupied territory.....
But they are running for their lives and abandoning positions. In fact in the past 48 hours, Ukraine has stopped all reporting of frontline losses and the retreats in every sector. The Ukrainians are collasping and may not make it Jan 21st.
Besides, Trump isn’t going to get a cease fire, truse, nor peace agreement without ceding that Ukriane will have a limited military of a small size approved by Russia, that Ukraine is neutral and it will never be allowed to join NATO. Trump really has nothing to offer. Biden has effectively cut Russian out of any USD trade - Brics will trade with Russia and in order to sanction all of Brics Trump would have to further isolate the United States from even more markets throughout the world.
Ukraine is freezing. Their military is melting away except where it is being wiped out. Kursk is turning into a cauldron where Ukraine will not escape - 42,000 casualities and 3750 vehicles and equipment lost in Kursk.
The next round of infrastructure attacks on Ukraine will leave them without the ability to use the railways or heat their cities. Biden and his wokester pentagon has lost the Ukraine conflict and is trying to pin the loss on Trump.
Oh man! I just bought a non-refundable ticket, packed my bags and was leaving to fight for the Ukraine after Christmas! Arrrgh!
That said, it's comical for Putin to pretend anger at this, after the attacks Russia has done on Ukraine's energy structure.
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!(((PING!)))
All this moron Putin has done is bring destruction to his own country.
They support him in Russia, so they deserve it.
Blah blah blah.
Superpower Russia is bleeding itself, and for what?
Change two words, Russia to the US, and Putin to Biden. It is exactly the same.
No Russia and the US are not the same, but if you think so go visit our twin and stay there. Why not?
I suspect that the pro-Moscow people in Donetsk and Luhansk greatly feared massive post-Covid scare attacks from Ukraine.
These people (and Russian Federation intelligence services) convinced Putin to act.
Perhaps Kursk 2024 is Zelensky’s version of the Battle of the Bulge.
Putin vows revenge? Zelensky is unable to foresee little details like that.
Or, he doesn’t care, since the American taxpayers is taking care of him extremely well. Let those tens of thousands of Ukranians starve and die; it won’t be him.
The Battle of the Bulge lasted a month while Kursk is approaching 5 months even with the NORK help for Putin.
Battle of the Bulge?
More like Zelensky's Battle of the Butt...
Does that mean he’s going to hit Houston?
“You do realize that Russia is the largest exporter of energy in the world and that its output has grown through the entire war?”
Russia’s exports have dropped by 25% during the war.
Sure they did. There are a lot of unreported, clandestine oil shipments from Russia that are paid for in gold, hard cash and other physical commodities.
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