Hmmm ....so when Russia invaded your suggesting the plan was to "boil thru Western weapons reserves"? LMAO Degrade Western Economies? Not the Russian Economy which is equivalent to Italy's? I guess the Elephant vs the Mouse scenerio........OK Vlad! No froth in Russia?? yep, that western press just lies and lies and all is happy in Vodka drunkard land.......... I need whatever drug you are on Ivan!
Wait, you don’t think Vlad is evil enough to cook up a plan like that ? Maybe it’s just a happy circumstance, for him, that his Western foes are crumbling around him.
UAE to add 2.1 million barrels per day production capacity by 2025. This helps to ensure that the russian oil will not be missed. For scale, Europe imported 4.5M barrels per day from Russia. This single country increase will make up for half of that. Russian economy will be set back decades if their energy infrastructure ages and decays any more than it already has. Think Venezuela, just on a larger scale. It is estimated that the sanctions about to kick in will cut Russian oil exports by 2.4m barrrels per day. even at reduced price, that is a loss of $100M PER DAY to the russian economy. How long can they maintain their pumping infrastructure with those kind of losses. The UAE is pushing to produce 5 million barrels per day of crude oil 5 years earlier than previously disclosed, report says (msn.com) The increase remains ambitious as UAE produced 3.4 million bpd in August, and will likely add to costs that were already projected to be billions of dollars. Sources cited by Bloomberg say the original plan was to move up the target date to 2027 from 2030 before agreeing on 2025. The UAE is asking international partners in the country's oilfields to increase capacity by roughly 10%, and sources told Bloomberg that the target of 5 million bpd could tick up to 6 million bpd by 2030 if the 2025 goal is successful. The push to increase output follows months of energy market volatility from Russia's February invasion of Ukraine which sent Brent crude soaring past $130 per barrel. Crude oil has abated somewhat in recent months, with Brent hovering around $89 Monday. meanwhile, even that asian markets, succumbing to covid shut ins and supply side problems, is decreasing their russian energy buys. maybe this is why there was an attempt made on Putin (or was that for show) and so many other priave wars seem to be happening with oligarchs falling out of windows and off boats Russian Seaborne Oil Exports Fall to Lowest Levels in a Year (businessinsider.com) Russia's seaborne oil exports in the first half of this month fell to their lowest levels since September 2021, as discounts on Russian crude become less attractive to its customers. In the first two weeks of September, exports totaled 3.03 million barrels per day, a drop of around 314,000 barrels per day from August levels, according to Kpler data cited by S&P Global, which also noted that's below levels seen before Russia invaded Ukraine. The decline came as one of Russia's biggest customers sharply cut purchases. Russian crude flows to India were down 40% from August levels in the two-week period to 452,000 barrels per day. Meanwhile, the discount on Russian Urals crude compared to Dated Brent in Europe has sunk from $40 a barrel in July to just $20 a barrel. And spot prices for Russian ESPO crude only offer a 50-cent discount when compared to front-month ICE Brent crude, S&P analysts said.
I presume we’re moving on from the “they”. Ok. So, it’s acceptable for Russia to bomb civilians? And it’s acceptable Russia is capturing, raping, torturing to death men, women, and children in a organized manner because they are in a war after invading Ukraine? Was the Japanese army justified for their Rape of Nanking? And yes Russia also left bodies to rot. and the mass killings included soldiers and civilian men, women, and children with signs of torture.
Your comments regarding the success of the Russians in Ukraine remind of this guys comments regarding the success of Saddam Hussein's army following the US invasion of Iraq.
What specifically causes you to think that Russia is not systematically grinding to dust America’s great proxy ? Put another way: who’s Baghdad Bob, really ?
As I said in post a few days ago, maybe Russia's victory is so overwhelming the Putin has decided to provide the defeated and decimated Ukrainian military with equipment that Russia no longer needs. Ukraine's recaptured towns strewn with destroyed, abandoned Russian equipment | Pictures | Reuters Like this tank Or these artillery shells Or this self-propelled howitzer.
There’s a photo of a disabled tank. Russian or Ukrainian ? One tank ? So maybe Russia’s losing ? Houthi rebels are destroying Abrams tanks in Yemen.
We don't think Putin is stupid enough to cook up a plan like that. 1) There is no way that Russia has more modern weapons and ammunition than the U.S. and Europe have. 2) Putin is begging North Korea for ammunition. North Korea! Yes, it is a clue to the ammunition issue. 3) There is little that Russia could do short of nuclear war that would disrupt the U.S. economy. The Russian economy is a pimple on the a$$ of the American economy. 4) Just be glad that Putin survived his first serious assassination attempt. But remember, it won't be the last. I don't know how many assassination attempts would qualify as "froth" to you, but Putin's hot seat on his failing war is white hot right now. 5) The only things that are crumbling in Ukraine right now are the Russian army and Putin's ambitions.
(1) The collective West will run out of weapons before Russia does. Note: this is not a Russian website ... The Return of Industrial Warfare (2) fake news, follows from (1) (3) the US economy is already disrupted. Larger factor is pan-panic, but untold billions down the Ukrainian rathole doesn’t help anyone but weapons manufacturers (4) Putin enjoys robust support among Russians who want him to go harder. And you should pray for his health and safety. He’s said to be the moderate among his cabinet. (5) according to the Ghost of Kyiv
But never mind Ukraine’s prospects ... The United States Could Not Win and Will Not Fight a War Against Russia
