JWB Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Russian oil companies are preparing to start forced production cuts as they are unable to sell millions of barrels of oil, Reuters reports, citing three oil executives and more than 10 traders, refining executives, and port agents. There is nowhere to store this oil: there are almost no large storage facilities in Russia, and those that do exist were hit in January. It is also difficult to refine the excess oil at refineries: drone attacks have knocked out around 10% of Russian refining capacity, Reuters calculations based on traders' data showed. https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1890382812533887421
JWB Posted February 14 Posted February 14 https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1890437197683134721 STRELKOV-GIRKIN: "We have completely handed over any initiative to Trump. We have relinquished our own agency and given Trump the authority to decide how he will make peace and on what terms. We suffered a diplomatic defeat even before the negotiations began."
glenn239 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 The mood is souring on Zelensky in the US, https://thehill.com/opinion/5146149-zelensky-war-ego/ The mad king of Kyiv: Why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war
Roman Alymov Posted February 17 Posted February 17 5 hours ago, glenn239 said: The mood is souring on Zelensky in the US, https://thehill.com/opinion/5146149-zelensky-war-ego/ The mad king of Kyiv: Why Zelensky can’t afford to end the war I think they (Trump team) want him replaced with more compitent leader to serve their inteersts better and kick back less money to their political opponents in US
Stefan Kotsch Posted February 26 Posted February 26 (edited) Forget it, is from September...😜 https://x.com/Tendar/status/1894691525801521186 ... Edited February 26 by Stefan Kotsch
urbanoid Posted February 26 Posted February 26 1 minute ago, Stefan Kotsch said: Holy shit. Quite a spectacle. https://x.com/Tendar/status/1894691525801521186 and https://x.com/KremlinTrolls/status/1836313547426439174 and https://x.com/Tendar/status/1836264666592383070 It's from September, sadly*. *sadly, as we deserve to see something like that every other week at least
Stefan Kotsch Posted February 26 Posted February 26 (edited) 4 minutes ago, urbanoid said: It's from September, sadly*. Thanks for the hint. 👍 And I was so excited ... 🤗 That was the background of this new information at X: The Ukrainian intelligence has confirmed that the strike against the 107th GRAU arsenal in Toropets destroyed 160,000 metric tons in Russian ammunition. Around half of all 122mm shells in Russian inventories was destroyed. Edited February 26 by Stefan Kotsch
JWB Posted February 27 Posted February 27 https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1895070818608058661 Russian authorities banned gasoline exports from March 1 to August 31 after dozens of drone attacks on Russian refineries.
Roman Alymov Posted February 27 Posted February 27 2 hours ago, JWB said: https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1895070818608058661 Russian authorities banned gasoline exports from March 1 to August 31 after dozens of drone attacks on Russian refineries. Actually. they have prolonged gasoline export ban - but this ban is very specific "27.02.2025, 09:04 The government has restricted gasoline exports until the end of the summer The government, as expected by Kommersant, extended the ban on gasoline exports for non-producing companies. The restriction will be in effect from March 1 to August 31. The previous ban expired on February 28. "The decision was made to stabilize the situation in the domestic fuel market, support the oil refining economy and counteract the gray export of motor gasoline," the government said in a Telegram message. The decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is published on the government's website (.pdf). The ban on gasoline exports was introduced in Russia for the period from March to the end of August 2024. In May, the embargo was temporarily lifted, but since September, the ban on shipments abroad has been extended. The restrictions were supposed to be in effect until the end of December last year, but in November, the government allowed companies that produce more than 1 million tons of gasoline per year to export until January 31, 2025. This permit was later extended until the end of February. For traders, oil depots and companies with lower production capacity, the ban was in effect without exceptions. Since the beginning of February, gasoline prices in Russia have been steadily rising. According to Rosstat, gasoline prices rose by 0.06% in the week from February 4 to February 10, by 0.21% from February 11 to February 17, and by 0.08% from February 18 to February 24. As of yesterday, February 26, the cost of AI-92 gasoline at SPIMEX decreased by 0.33%, to 49,690 rubles per ton, AI-95 — by 0.83%, to 54,221 rubles per ton." (Правительство ограничило экспорт бензина до конца лета – Коммерсантъ) Relatively high international gasoline prices are making gasoline export more profitable, it wam result in local price growing - and it is not popular. Gov is not in position for unpopular measures now, when they are preparing for conditional surrender they will pretend to show as victory.
Stefan Kotsch Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) The Russians are really hard people with extraordinary empathy. 🤔 In Polyarnye Zori, meat grinders were presented as gift to mothers the sons of which died in the special military operating zone. As part of the campain 'Flowers for the Mothers of the Heroes' . The event took place on the initiative of the 'women's movement' of Edinaya Rossiya. https://murmansk.bezformata.com/listnews/polyarnih-zoryah/143358725/ Edited March 7 by Stefan Kotsch
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 7 Posted March 7 To be fair from the photos, they were really nice meatgrinders. The finest the General staff could find!
Roman Alymov Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 8 hours ago, Stefan Kotsch said: The Russians are really hard people with extraordinary empathy. 🤔 In Polyarnye Zori, meat grinders were presented as gift to mothers the sons of which died in the special military operating zone. As part of the campain 'Flowers for the Mothers of the Heroes' . So what is the point? Tomorrow is March, 8 - traditional "Women's day" across former USSR. On this day, women are traditionally greeted with flowers and gifts - not only at home, but also at work and, if they are belonging to this or that special group, from local authorities. Small household appliances for kitchen are traditional gifts, and electric powered meat grinder is typical gift. There is no association between fallen soldiers and meat grinder in Russia (next to every family in Russia got somebody killed during WWII - so what, meatgrinders wanished here?) More interesting is how incompetent are Western propagandists - as they jump on meaningless stories while ignoring real one, much worse and more fit for their case. Edited March 7 by Roman Alymov
Mike1158 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I saw somewhere that the unfortuneate aircraft carrier kuznetsov, had it's crew allocated to infantry units involved in the special military invasion of the sovereign state, Ukraine. Is that right? are they so strapped they actually did that? So the delayed refit/repair completion, is the kuznetsov going to be sold to a foreign navy (Iran perhaps as they are so cosy with Russia), sold for scrap? Turned into floating timeshare or the biggest disco dance floor in the med?
Roman Alymov Posted March 7 Posted March 7 16 minutes ago, Mike1158 said: I saw somewhere that the unfortuneate aircraft carrier kuznetsov, had it's crew allocated to infantry units involved in the special military invasion of the sovereign state, Ukraine. Is that right? Leaving aside usual comments about "sovereign state Ukraine" (part of Russia actually) the story itself seems unlikely as Kuznetsov is on "permanent repair" that is unlikely to ever be completed - so it is unlikely there is a "crew" to be allocated somewhere. True, both Marine brigades and volunteers from other branches of Navy are taking part in war as regular infantry/artillery/etc. 20 minutes ago, Mike1158 said: So the delayed refit/repair completion, is the kuznetsov going to be sold to a foreign navy (Iran perhaps as they are so cosy with Russia), sold for scrap? Turned into floating timeshare or the biggest disco dance floor in the med? I do not think Iran would be willing to buy it, so more logical step is to donate Kuznetsov to Iranians - as they are, at least, not hesitant to use their Navy ships in combat, while Russian Navy admorals are only able to hide fleet in bases.
seahawk Posted March 7 Posted March 7 32 minutes ago, Mike1158 said: I saw somewhere that the unfortuneate aircraft carrier kuznetsov, had it's crew allocated to infantry units involved in the special military invasion of the sovereign state, Ukraine. Many brave soldiers from the Navy have volunteered to serve in Russian Civil war and bring back Russian control to all parts of Russia.
Mike1158 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 If it was not so bloody tragic, calling Ukraine "Part of Russia" would be bloody hilarious. Considering the fact that Russia, and I include putin here, have stated that Ukraine is a sovereign state on numerous occasions. You KNOW this, why the short memories?
Roman Alymov Posted March 8 Posted March 8 3 hours ago, Mike1158 said: If it was not so bloody tragic, calling Ukraine "Part of Russia" would be bloody hilarious. Considering the fact that Russia, and I include putin here, have stated that Ukraine is a sovereign state on numerous occasions. You KNOW this, why the short memories? Please excuse me for saving my typing by directing you to my post from another thread
Mike1158 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 10 hours ago, Roman Alymov said: Please excuse me for saving my typing by directing you to my post from another thread None of those people are the real "Russia" and they are certaionly not worth listening to, listen to the Ukrainians mate, they have the right to decide. When will Russia decide enough is enough? The Rhine, the Seine, the Thames, the Whitehouse? The last would make sense, join up with Putins buddy.
glenn239 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) 14 hours ago, Mike1158 said: Considering the fact that Russia, and I include putin here, have stated that Ukraine is a sovereign state on numerous occasions. Canada is facing trade and other difficulties with the United States right now. Not being complete idiots, we understand from our two functioning brain cells that when the small and independent are in an unjust conflict with the large and domineering, that the small must be careful about how it proceeds, lest what was a dispute turns into a conflict, and a conflict into an existential crisis. Ukraine bet on the EU and NATO, and when they did that, they called into question the Russian tolerance for their independence. Well, tough shit for them. They knew the risks they were taking. Quote When will Russia decide enough is enough? The Rhine, the Seine, the Thames, the Whitehouse? The last would make sense, join up with Putins buddy. The common sense answer to that is that after winning the war in Ukraine Putin will seek to mend fences with Europe while exploiting his victory to shore up Russian domination of the former Soviet Republics in Asia and the Caucuses. Having rebuilt some sort of loosely federated cypher of the Soviet Union less the Baltic States and western Ukraine, he will enter Russian history in the same league as Peter and Catherine. I appreciate that for the drama queens of this site that this conclusion isn't as dire as they would like, but such as it is. Edited March 8 by glenn239
Roman Alymov Posted March 8 Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Mike1158 said: None of those people are the real "Russia" and they are certaionly not worth listening to, listen to the Ukrainians mate, they have the right to decide. Who are "Ukrainians" you are advising me to listen to? The man who is now head of UkrArmy, Gen.Syrsky, is "ethnic Russian", born in Vladimir region(deep inside "Central Russia"), graduated military academy in Moscow. The man who represented RF on recent talks in KSA, Kirill Dmitriev (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Dmitriev ) was birn in Kiev and newer lived in Russia before returning from USA (and only got Russian citizenship instead of Ukr one few years ago) - so quite "Ukrainian" . President Zelensky himself is ethnic Jew (Russian-speaking). Or may be you remember fampus debaye between Saakashvilli (ethnic Georgian from Georgia) and Avakov (ethnic Armenian from Baku) who of them two is real Ukrainian? That is how civil wars are fought, often with family members on both sides. I mysielf have distant relatives in UkrArmy ranks.
Roman Alymov Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Probably it belongs to this thread (but many other topics are covered)
Mike1158 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 3 hours ago, Roman Alymov said: Who are "Ukrainians" you are advising me to listen to? The man who is now head of UkrArmy, Gen.Syrsky, is "ethnic Russian", born in Vladimir region(deep inside "Central Russia"), graduated military academy in Moscow. The man who represented RF on recent talks in KSA, Kirill Dmitriev (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Dmitriev ) was birn in Kiev and newer lived in Russia before returning from USA (and only got Russian citizenship instead of Ukr one few years ago) - so quite "Ukrainian" . President Zelensky himself is ethnic Jew (Russian-speaking). Or may be you remember fampus debaye between Saakashvilli (ethnic Georgian from Georgia) and Avakov (ethnic Armenian from Baku) who of them two is real Ukrainian? That is how civil wars are fought, often with family members on both sides. I mysielf have distant relatives in UkrArmy ranks. A Ukrainian, is someone who either within or without the borders of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, identifies as Ukrainian. Free and capable of self determination, something Russia has stated and affirmed in writing more than once. Taking your ball back because you do not like the others who are 'playing' is the act of a petulant child/group of children. It will not protect you from the real 'enemy. the PRC..... What could putin promise to swing the vote against the Ukraine? Something big for sure, can Russia afford it? Joining the real world would be a good first step for Russia. The Mopotopolitarians could join in if they like.
sunday Posted March 8 Posted March 8 2 hours ago, Mike1158 said: A Ukrainian, is someone who either within or without the borders of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, identifies as Ukrainian. Also, a woman is someone that regardless of his genetic and physical traits identifies as a woman. You wokesters have no shame.
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