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Posted on 05/27/2026 9:17:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
"Russia is considering limiting exports of diesel and jet fuel," Bloomberg and other sources reported Tuesday, "as refinery run rates fall to multi-year lows amid Ukraine’s escalating attacks." An Interfax source claimed that the decision to ban exports is at "an advanced stage," but no date has been set.
If it comes to pass, that would be bad for diesel prices and inflation right here at home, but worse for Moscow's finances. Just the fact that the Kremlin is considering an export ban is more evidence that Kyiv's drone campaign is increasingly effective — against Russia's energy production at home, and closer to the frontlines in Ukraine.
The brutal math is that most months this year, Ukraine managed to kill or wound more Russian soldiers than Moscow was able to recruit. After nearly four-and-a-half years of remorseless attritional warfare, that's not a good place to be. And it wasn't supposed to happen this way.
ISW's George Barros said on Monday, "The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase."
Well, maybe take a statement like that one with several grains of salt. While ISW's reporting is rock solid — everything they post in their daily Russo-Ukraine War updates is open-source and verifiable — the organization's analysis can be somewhat (ahem) less reliable.
Estimates vary, but ISW believes that Russian forces suffered a net loss of territory in April, while others claim it happened in April and in February. There are still a few days of fighting to go in May, but Russia is believed to maybe have lost a little ground again this month.
Through the end of April, Russian advances in 2026 average about 2.9 km² per day, down sharply from 9.76 km² per day in early 2025. Russian casualties are much higher, too.
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Regardless if you hate Zelensky or Putin or Ukraine or Russia:
For a nuclear “superpower” like Russia to get bogged down in a war with Ukraine for over 4 years;
And to allow Ukraine to launch attacks deep into Russia,
Is a pathetic performance by Putin.
The only sensible approach was to win quickly and to knock out the smaller country’s retaliatory capability.
Compare this to what we did in Iran. Putin never should have gotten himself into such a ridiculous situation.
This is like us attacking Cuba and letting Cuba send drones into NYC for 4 years.
Aye.
Let us put an end...
[Regardless if you hate Zelensky or Putin or Ukraine or Russia:
For a nuclear “superpower” like Russia to get bogged down in a war with Ukraine for over 4 years;
And to allow Ukraine to launch attacks deep into Russia,
Is a pathetic performance by Putin.
The only sensible approach was to win quickly and to knock out the smaller country’s retaliatory capability.
Compare this to what we did in Iran. Putin never should have gotten himself into such a ridiculous situation.
This is like us attacking Cuba and letting Cuba send drones into NYC for 4 years.]
So they're trying to get the Europeans to contribute more but there's a limit to that.
This war can go on for another ten years and in this particular scenario, Russia is going to win because this is a war of attrition.
...and remember that “a minor incursion” would never have happened if the Demoncrats hadn’t cheated...!
Seems like their enthusiasm for Putin's invasion and all the concomitant moral posturing about "denazification" was, after all, based largely upon their desire to be "on the winning side."
Regards,
The only sensible approach was to win quickly and to knock out the smaller country’s retaliatory capability.
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That was the original plan.
Russia main target in the beginning of the war was Kiev.
They wanted to install friendly government there and declare victory.
They even had parade uniforms ready for the Kiev victory parade, which never happened.
After the initial defeat, Russia changed strategy, pulled out of North Ukraine and began the war of attrition in Southeast, which is still continuing to this day.
How much refined products have they been exporting lately, as I understand India and China want crude. They have their own refineries
Where and how did they lose these 200k after ww2?
They enter a new phase every day...
We’ve seen this movie before.
Russia backs up.
Attacker moves forward.
Russia takes advantage of the attacker who pushed forward too far
who were they fighting after WW eleven?
Ukraine ping
[Where and how did they lose these 200k after ww2?]
200K dead might be low, given the Russian imprecision with numbers that make them look bad (i.e. large scale atrocity). Can’t tell if 2m dead is likely, but several times 200K dead is highly plausible. Combatant dead was estimated at 180K.
For perspective, in the Battle of Manila, which lasted 4 weeks, 100K civilians died, 1K GIs, 16K Japanese. So 1m dead total is not unthinkable for the Ukrainian insurgency, which lasted a decade. In the 3 year Korean War, 3m civilians died.
[who were they fighting after WW eleven?]
200K dead might be low, given the Russian imprecision with numbers that make them look bad (i.e. large scale atrocity). Can’t tell if 2m dead is likely, but several times 200K dead is highly plausible. Combatant dead was estimated at 180K.
For perspective, in the Battle of Manila, which lasted 4 weeks, 100K civilians died, 1K GIs, 16K Japanese. So 1m dead total is not unthinkable for the Ukrainian insurgency, which lasted a decade. In the 3 year Korean War, 3m civilians died.
Was unaware of this and will dig into it.
More examples of Stalin/russian contempt for “their” people
There are so few Rah Rah Ukraine War articles by Zeepers now.
Did the propaganda corruption money run out? No more Brandon bucks?
Ukraine is the most corrupt country I ever encountered and I worked in 40+.
There are not now and never were any Zeepers. The word is coined by ignorant Freepers who lack the intellect to understand what is happening.
The Ukraine led by President Zelensky is systematically,day by day, destroying the Russian capability to have an oil industry. The same procedures that are largely un defended against are also destroying all sorts of military manufacturing capabilities.
Russia is in an economic depression from which it may take 50 years to recover from.
I wonder if Russia has had to start cannibalizing it’s strategic forces (ICBMs and SLBMS, ETC)to sustain non-nuclear missile production for use in Ukraine?
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