This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Ukraine war updates: U.S. reportedly urges Kyiv to cease strikes on Russian oil refineries; Ukraine receives overseas assistance after energy grid hit
Washington urged Kyiv to cease drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, cautioning that the attacks risk driving up global oil prices, the FT reported Friday.
Ukraine war updates: U.S. reportedly urges Kyiv to cease strikes on Russian oil refineries; Ukraine receives overseas assistance after energy grid hit
The International Monetary Fund approved a third review of Ukraine's $15.6 billion loan program, allowing the country to draw budget support of $880 million.
Election year
On a related note. Europe is still buying Russian oil....they just get it through India. At a jacked up price.
Europe buying Russian oil via India at record rates in 2023 despite Ukraine war
India is benefiting from importing cut-price Russian oil amid European sanctions – and also selling that same oil to EU markets at full price once it has been refined
www.independent.co.uk
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The Biden administration continues to sacrifice Ukraine for political expediency. Thousands of Ukrainians die and their cities continue to be destroyed while we worry about gas prices. Maybe a dictator wanna be like trump wouldn't be so bad-NATO would have known up front they were on their own instead of finding it out over the course of years as we delayed major weapons systems that could have really helped - ATACMS, modern jet fighters, and sending a few more than the 31 of over 10,000 ( !) Abrams tanks we possess. As Russia goes for Ukraine's jugular we try to stop Ukraine from attacking Russia's main weakness-their oil industry.
Has anyone else had the thought that those artillery rounds Czechs have found are our surplus ones (about the same 1.4 million) and Biden is either trying to raise money for Ukraine by sending them this way or is even afraid to just to send them as it may be an escalation-LOL.
It used to be that I daydreamed about asking Republicans what Putin's dick tastes like. Now I add to that asking Biden's administration what it feels like up their asses.
(Only about submissiveness not being Gay.)
Has anyone else had the thought that those artillery rounds Czechs have found are our surplus ones (about the same 1.4 million) and Biden is either trying to raise money for Ukraine by sending them this way or is even afraid to just to send them as it may be an escalation-LOL.
It used to be that I daydreamed about asking Republicans what Putin's dick tastes like. Now I add to that asking Biden's administration what it feels like up their asses.
(Only about submissiveness not being Gay.)
Take out their rail systems 100-200 miles from the Ukraine border, and all those shells can sit in warehouses (waiting to be hit by Ukrainian drones)
Obama’s theory here is simple: Ukraine is a core Russian interest but not an American one, so Russia will always be able to maintain escalatory dominance there.
“The fact is that Ukraine, which is a non-nato country, is going to be vulnerable to military domination by Russia no matter what we do,” he said.
I asked Obama whether his position on Ukraine was realistic or fatalistic.
“It’s realistic,” he said. “But this is an example of where we have to be very clear about what our core interests are and what we are willing to go to war for. And at the end of the day, there’s always going to be some ambiguity.”
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Today [Feb 16-18, 2024] only 28 percent of Americans favor sending US troops to Ukraine to help the Ukrainian government defend itself against Russia, including a third or less of Democrats (35%), Independents (26%), and Republicans (21%).
Though once again, foreign policy is too important to be left to the population. During WW2 most Americans only wanted to fight Japan because of Pearl Harbor, while the military and government knew Germany was the real threat.
I think it’s too important to be left to the neocons.
Why can’t 30 years of wars and failures count against the counsel of these imbecile warmongers?
" In the direction of Avdiivka, Ukrainian snipers one by one killed 5 Russian soldiers who were approaching an abandoned Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tank. Probably planning to take a selfie or something"
Wow. Sounds bad from what I hear.
Seems like Ukraine has had some success using drones to take out Russian oil and natural gas production facilities. It also seems the Biden Administration has slapped Ukraine down because they are worried about global oil and gas prices rising as a result.
That and trying to hold back world opinion from going against Ukraine for a variety of issues.
Kiev and other cities got hit really hard in retaliation couple days ago.
Looks like CIA has been on this. Glad to know they are gathering intel
I'll bet anyone $100 that Putin says Ukraine did this.
Ever see the weird ‘sparking’ that happens when they’re shooting?
Something to do with crappy Russian ammo?
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