Alarmism. He’s keeping troops there like they’ve been there for years. Annexation might happen if Russia took all of Ukraine’s coastline. Otherwise, it’s unlikely.
The Russian foreign minister was speaking with Russian Military and a gathering of reporters when he said Odessa will be taken.
England leveraged Ukraine’s political elites to give them total control of the Black Sea ports and access... Hence the Brit Missiles being fired by Brit Merc’s in the Odessa area.
All that talk about stealing 300B from Russia reserves in the West will destroy the EUro and USD in the long run. That talk is essentially “butt hurt” emotionally damage from the Brit’s who know they will lose their investments in Ukraine under Russian occupation.
Ditto for Blackrock - hence they were activating their mega investors to go 28% into BTC to offset their losses projected in the quarterly statements with Russian advances.
Sure. They’ve been there for years. But his puppets in the local government have just asked for Russia’s protection, which means that the garrison there will be activated shortly. 2014 all over again. Price of oil is going up, too. On the other hand, some major Chinese and Turkish banks are no longer taking Russian cash. So while Putin might pull the trigger, he won’t do it if he has a reasonable expectation of a flash in the pan on account of secondary sanctions making him cash strapped despite all his oil.