Are these refinery and oil depot attacks merely small annoyances to Russia or do they significantly impact their economy?
Instead of saying ‘Ukraine strikes’ the reality is this is a NATO strike. The larger NATO countries (UK France Germany) are still determined to get at Russia’s natural resources. Personally I think it’s insane to go to war with Russia because nukes will most likely be used. But Europe with it’s collapsing economies sees no other way out.
French hospitals told to prepare for war in Europe by next year in leaked Government letter
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-hospitals-war-europe-letter-russia-ukraine-b2819143.html
Why are all headlines sensationalized these days?
As to strikes by any warring belligerent against another warring belligerent, surely all's "fair game". On this we might agree. Boom, boom, boom and last man standing, whether in a barroom or an entire continent. We'll see how it all turns out, to be sure.
What is not advised is to call the game in the second or third quarter. Surprises and disappointments and all happen.
Yay, Ukraine is winning again! All they need is another $Trillion or so, half the people in Europe to be incinerated in a nuclear holocaust and every economy everywhere to be obliterated by WWIII.
This shows an interesting juxtaposition.
Ukraine strikes Russian infrastructure and Russian troops.
Russia strikes Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian troops.
I cannot see which will work better. The strikes on Russian cities tend to increase Ukrainian resolve. They do not seem to diminish Ukrainian ability to make war, perhaps because much of Ukrainian material is imported.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure diminishes the Russian ability to make war, but is it enough? Their strikes do not seem to target the Russian population.
The war continues at a stalemate.
Query: If Putin is deposed because of damaging attacks by Ukraine, how many think he will be replaced by someone who will surrender to Ukraine?
Sichneve Has Fallen | Russian Forces Increase Pressure On Kupyansk & Lyman
I try to envision this through the eyes of Vladimir Putin.
Putin is very smart and very ruthless. He needs to stay in power to survive.
The remarks in China with Xi about longevity far beyond 70 years old may mean Vladimir does not see his age a much of a limit.
Vladimir probably regrets the “limited military operation” did not achieve what he desired, and has bogged down Russia in a long and expensive war. However, it does not appear to have had enough effect on the Russian economy to be a threat to his control.
What is Putin’s fall back position if Ukraine is successful in crippling the Russian war machine? Perhaps Ukraine starts to make progress in pushing Russia out of territory it has already taken (seems unlikely, but not impossible). Would he then consider peace proposals?
If Russia suffers enough, Putin will be forced out, but how much is enough, and can Ukraine inflict the damage necessary to bring Russia to the peace table?
I do not know the answers. I have been surprised at the ability, resolve, and resourcefulness of the Ukrainian forces, as has most of the world, including Russia.
With the war at essentially a stalemate, it is possible for either side to find a way for a breakout of some kind.
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In 1989, the USSR pretty much got by with little car usage, which was confined to the elite and some rural folks.
The Russian army campaign against Ukraine probably uses as much fuel as an American city of 50,000 people.
Food for 500,000 men is about 1.5 million pounds a day, or 750 tons. That’s about 750 truck loads daily. At 50 miles back and forth to a train depot on average, that’s about 20 gallons a round trip. That means about 15,000 gallons a day to feed the Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.
What about the fuel needs of Russian tanks? Near zero. They wouldn’t survive Ukrainian Javelins, so the Russian tanks generally stay parked.
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How about this headline?
“ After giving Kiev a two week notice for all inhabitants to leave Kiev, it was leveled”…..why keep poking the Bear?
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