I wouldn’t jump to the conclusion that the damage to these pipelines was done by Russia. The pipelines were inactive. Russia had stopped delivery through them. It doesn’t make sense to me they’d need to sabotage them,when for lack of a better term, these pipelines are OFF. We’ve talked about the targeting of Germany previously […]
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https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/04/trigger-cold-war-to-make-it-easier-for.html?zx=d3d3e933442d65d7 This is an interesting premise.Trigger a cold war to make it easier to annex Europe Is Europe going to be annexed (taken over, subordinated, broken) so willingly. Haven’t used this resource for some time… for no reason other then they have gone unnoticed by myself. But this article, at this time, caught my eye. […]
And he is correct. There is really no denying this reality. Europe’s Insanity on Full Display He told reporters before departing for a three-nation swing through the Balkans that European nations were “harvesting what they sowed” by imposing economic restrictions on Russia. “Europe’s attitude towards Mr Putin, its sanctions, brought Mr Putin — willingly or […]
This was the scenario reported by Military Summary yesterday Russia says thwarted Ukrainian attempt to capture Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday Ukrainian forces tried to seize the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine and “measures had been taken” to destroy the opposing troops, including use of military aviation. In a […]
We’ve talked this topic previously. Kaz had offered some input on this as well. I’m starting to think this is going to be the outcome. Barring any kind of catastrophic incident? Perhaps, one involving a nuclear power plant that Ukraine is firing at in some kind of mad dangerous desperate pressure tactic. Most recently here: […]
https://www.ft.com/content/00badf9e-f0d9-417f-9aec-9ac1c2207835 Putin and Erdogan meet very often.. Have you noticed? Officials warn of retaliation if Ankara helps Moscow evade sanctions after Erdoğan and Putin agree to increase co-operation Western capitals are increasingly alarmed at the deepening ties between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin, raising the prospect of punitive retaliation against the Nato […]
The writing was on the wall for this action. The provocative move by Lithuania was not heartily endorsed by the EU as a whole. In fact the action accentuated the divisions that already existed. Russia did carry on supplying Kaliningrad by air and sea. Berlin and Brussels push for end to Kaliningrad transit sanctions – […]
Ukraine’s ability to resist the onslaught depends more than ever on help from the United States and its allies — including a stealthy network of commandos and spies rushing to provide weapons, intelligence and training, according to U.S. and European officials. Much of this work happens outside Ukraine, at bases in Germany, France and Britain, […]
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/lithuania-blocks-trade-russia-kaliningrad-203112 The Lithuanian government announced earlier in the week that Russia would no longer be allowed to transport items sanctioned by the European Union (EU) from its main territory to Kaliningrad, its exclave on the Baltic Sea coast, through Lithuanian territory. The ban was first announced on Friday by Anton Alikhanov, the Russian governor of […]
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EU/Russian Oil Embargo?
Hardly. Despite suggestive headlines. Perhaps the EU isn’t as insane as had been suspected? Perhaps? https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-oil-sanctions-eu-leaders-agree-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil-by-year-end-3715065 The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will “effectively cut around 90% of […]