Posted on 12/31/2024 7:24:02 AM PST by delta7
The European Union would prefer to cut off Slovakia and Hungary from accessing energy than to “cave” to Russia. Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia paid a visit to Russian President Vladamir Putin to discuss the matter as tensions between EU nations heat up over the energy scandal.
Hungary and Slovakia are exempt from the EU ban on Russian crude oil. These landlocked neighbors are to receive oil through the Druzhba pipeline, but Ukraine has prevented these nations from receiving shipments. Lukoil may be the main supplier using this line, but Russneft, Tatneft, and Gazprom also utilize this line, leading Ukraine to intervene.
Hungary was blocking aid to Ukraine as a result, but Brussels repeatedly told Hungary that it was wrong. Slovakia would like to continue receiving Russian gas through Ukraine, noting that alternative routes would cost over 500 million euros in additional fees. Yet, the EU and Ukraine would prefer to starve these nations of energy than to permit them to use Russian oil.
Russian gas composed 40% of the EU’s supply, down to only 10% as of 2023. Slovakia and Hungary, however, rely more heavily on imported gas from Russia. “Slovakia is part of the single European energy market and Fico must respect common European rules,” Zelensky stated, claiming that Putin gave Fico the orders to “open a second energy front” against Ukraine.
Fico has threatened to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine if they blocked their ability to access Russian energy. The current standing transit deal is due to expire, and Zelensky does not care if other nations suffer as a result. Zelensky said he will not renew the contract or work with Moscow in any capacity. Brussels also does not care, which is precisely why the EU is beginning to crack.
Why should Slovakia continue sending endless aid to Ukraine when Zelensky is causing its people to suffer needlessly? Zelensky is not a diplomat but a dictator, as are the unelected officials in Brussels. Fico offered to aid in peace talks, but of course, he logically knows that is not an option. This single issue is causing EU nations to break with Brussels in favor of Moscow, as Putin now appears to be the only reasonable leader with their interests in mind.
If the EU keeps this crap up, Russia will need to fully Liberate Ukraine, just to be able to reach their friends in Europe.
BTTT
Zelensky is desperate. He will do desperate things.
Slovakia and Hungary did without the gas in WW2.
Team Trump will sort this out in fairly short order. Once the Russians drive the Ukrainians out of the Kursk region the Russians will accept reasonable terms if available.
They should bomb Belarus.
Good way to start a war on your western border...
The EU is collapsing. Both the German and French governments have collapsed, special elections now coming in Feb for Germany to vote in a new government….and Starmer in England is failing badly….
….and Vlad say Checkmate, again.
Zeeper!
Zeeper, Zeeper Bo Beeper Bonana fanna fo Feeper
Fee fy mo Meeper, Zeeper!
……Romanian government collapsing to…..bye, bye, EU, and not to soon….by their own making.
Hungary and Slovakia are supplying The Ukraine with the majority of its imported electricity.
Good way to get the switch thrown.
https://map.ua-energy.org/en/resources/56df70b0-6bc1-4c7d-a82f-284cf723438d/
POLAND is threatening to "take up the slack" if Fico cuts off the green goblin.
SO stolen!!!
Obama installed Zelinski has got to go.
Amen !
Amen !
One possibiity is that they might not agree that the terms offered are reasonable.
“”take up the slack” if Fico cuts off the green goblin.”
Fico... I keep thinking they are worried about their credit score.
Why the surprise? The corrupt country of Ukraine has tried every other trick: outlaw critical newspapers, close churches, cancel elections, etc.
Of course they are going to hurt everyone around them. Groomers and pedos are known for that.
Why should Ukraine worry about two nations that don’t worry about Ukraine?
Here’s the reason I, from Virginia, should be concerned about people in Maine, or Great Britain, or for that matter, other people in Virginia: they worry about me. It’s mutual defense.
As for Ukraine, we could have done for Ukraine what we did for Hungary in 1956 or Czechoslovakia in 1968. “Could have.” There are times, for selfish reasons, you let things go. Things worked out well in in the case of eastern Europe in that the Soviet Union fell apart, as it would inevitably fall apart, at which point we won the Cold War.
By such reasoning, Great Britain stood by and let Germany take the Sudetenland and, then, the rest of Czechoslovakia. That didn’t work out well. Great Britain didn’t win “peace in our time,” but soon found itself in an existential war with Nazi Germany.
As to where we are at this time regarding Ukraine is a matter of opinion. We have one president at a time and, mostly the opinion that counts, now, is Donald Trump’s.
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