Posted on 05/11/2022 1:52:30 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukraine has driven Russian troops back to their own border near Kharkiv and now threatens supply lines into Donbas as Putin's army suffers another humiliating loss.
Commanders said late Tuesday they had recaptured four small towns to the north of Ukraine's second-largest city, with reports overnight suggesting they had pushed to within three miles of the Russian border.
If confirmed, it would put the city of Vovchans'k - a key supply hub linking Russia's Belgorod to its frontlines in Donbas - within artillery range, threatening to cut supply lines and hamper Putin's efforts to take the region.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's gas pipe operator announced that it will cut off a supply hub in a Russian-controlled part of Donbas which transports up to a third of its gas into Europe, starting today.
It marks the first time that pipelines carrying gas - the lifeblood of Russia's economy and vital source of funding for its military - have been affected by the war, which has now been grinding on for more than two months.
Gazprom, Russia's energy supplier, confirmed that the rate of gas flowing into Europe had fallen by around a quarter after supplies through the pipeline that Ukraine had threatened to cut fell to zero.
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Russia’s already doing a little re-routing. Every line that fails to deliver to the EU that flows through Ukraine means lotsa fees for going through Ukraine’s pipe lines are lost. Ukraine is the big loser.
The question is, can the Ukraines place Belgorod within reach?
Russians are bogged down, no major advancements other than a few villages and towns in the southeast. Counter-attacks around Kharkiv have been pushing Russians a few miles back.
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Brandon is sending money over there by the wheelbarrow full. Ukraine is not out of pocket on the deal.
Belgorod is on fire, again.
One more recent event worth taking notice. It looks like Ukraine is now taking back territory east of Kharkiv and moving into the northern Donbas.
I think that's called winning.
“It marks the first time that pipelines carrying gas - the lifeblood of Russia’s economy and vital source of funding for its military - have been affected by the war, which has now been grinding on for more than two months. “
The dumpster fire for Pooty keeps getting worse. The Putards should click “Report Abuse”.
BTW, did you ever notice how every story coming out of the Daily Mail is news from the Ukrainian POV? I wish journalists would stay true to their calling and just report the news without bias. We’d all be better off.
Belgorod is burning tonight.
Get out of Ukraine, Crimea and Georgia. Go back to Russia.
Yes, the little dog is whipping the big dog. All those Freepers who cheer for Pol Pot Putin and his war on civilians are very disappointed.
Journalists? News without bias? Like that's gonna happen!
We aren’t getting a true view of the war. But the fact hasn’t changed one iota that Ukraine, NATO, and the US are the very bad guys in this. But you all just join hands with the people that deposed OUR President.
Ukraine has no "national sovereignty." It is owned by globalist gangsters.
So you Putlim keyboard warriors have finally degenerated into Putlim asskissers to the extent you repeat his laughable sophistry where Putlim is the sole dictator who determines who has "national sovereignty.".
*spit* on you and everything that looks like you, bitch. Enjoy what is left of your limited time on this website.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: Latvia has lost its sovereignty because of NATO and Washington"Latvia lost its economic, military and humanitarian sovereignty when it agreed to deploy US and NATO troops on its territory, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"If the Latvian Foreign Ministry appreciates the meaning of freedom, it would not encourage the deployment of foreign military units on its territory," Zakharova was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
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