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Billions of dollars worth of oil and infrastructure quite literally going up in smoke.
Worse video I have seen in Ukraine In a long time maybe since it started was the other day when a Ukrainian soldier ended up in a 1 on 1 knife fight with a Russian. Ukrainian had the video on his go pro camera on his helmet and there was a Russian drone filming it from above. Bloody vicious video, make your stomach churn. Wish it hadn't popped up as wasn't expecting what I saw on it.
Okay but that's just the Russians realising Trump takes the same fundamental line on Ukraine as Biden and the rest of the American establishment and responding as might be expected.
This is welcome as far as it goes but leaves the conflict pretty much where it was a week ago. The poster I was responding to claimed
Trump is pushing Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
by threatening sanctions and tariffs, which seems to me like the inverse of the old American diplomatic aprroach of speak softly and carry a big stick
which in fairness might be all his hands can manage…
Bavovnas all over russia. Good.
I could watch it all day.
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123088571#Comment_123088571The Ukrainian Commanders paint a very different picture to Zelensky
A "Dire lack of infantry" being the biggest current issue
Ukrainian drone superiority
Am getting a little more positive (from a very negative starting point) about how the Trump admin. might deal with this situation (even if they get up to loads of other henious stuff, and are no friends of either Ukraine or Europe).
I doubt there will be any more massive US aid packages for Ukraine.
If they continue less expensive and flashy military support, allow Europeans (and Ukraine) to buy US weapons, and they don't actively help Putin e.g. by lifting economic sanctions on Russia, bullying Ukraine to accept bad "peace" terms Putin offers to end the war quickly, that would be better than I expected.
The only extra legislative piece that might be required (extra work for a very old and lazy President and a chaotic admin. that cares far more about other things than the invasion of Ukraine) is some way for Europe to pay for weapons drawn from the US military stocks i.e. allow the US govt. to sell replacement Bradleys, tanks, and extra parts and ammo for them, to keep up supply to Ukraine.
Exactly, he hasn't spoken to either side yet expects bother to accept whatever his cabbage brain can come up with.
Bluster or not, he's really set the fox loose in the Russian henhouse….Soloyuv and co, arent particularly happy, especially as Soloyuv spoke Trump in very warm friendly terms in the past.. The Kremlin reacted negatvely towards Trump, when he didn't immediately go into sanction lifting mode etc,and in typical Russian fashion, resorted to calling him names as Russians do, apparently, they didn't realise how our Donny reacts to name calling…but they know now!!
https://youtu.be/y71GDcQEfls
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I would imagine that Trump is completely incapable of understanding how this aspect of the conflict - the Russians' utter contempt for their Ukrainian POWs, the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, the theft and destruction of symbols and artefacts of Ukrainian culture - how forgetting all of this is not something that can be achieved with a quickly negotiated ceasefire.
On the positive side (if one can call it that), someone commenting in the muskosphere about that video remarked that these Russians are proud to be filmed doing what they do; but being so fkking stupid, they don't realise that there's a cohort of Ukrainian operatives already hunting down and killing their kind, and they've just added their own name to a list.
Trump and his supporters - classic emperor has no clothes situation.
He doesn’t need tarrifs to bring down the Russian economy (tho wouldn’t hurt to apply more pressure)
Tightening what Biden started would
article above articulates this well
I can't watch these videos, heart breaking.
Yet there are people here who are upset that these animals are being called orcs. Sick!
saw a video last night of a Russian soldier approaching an injured Ukrainian soldier lying on the ground. After a brief conversation the Russian slowly pushed his knife into the Ukrainians neck. Absolute scum.
Good news, counter attacks and gains being reported for the Ukrainians today 👊
You would think that it would start to dawn on Putin and friends of Russia that
Edit: another one for the pile
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/davos-nato-chief-rutte-reaffirms-need-step-up-support-ukraine-2025-01-23/
Edit2; as to prove my point
Oil falling now (not good for Russia)
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lgfhcpgstk2x
More POW's executed.
I wonder if his nonsense about Greenland made hime re-think his attitude towards Russia. His remarks this time seemed to get more attention than the first time around, maybe this time someone explained other countries that have interests in what happens with Greenland.
Theres a labour shortage in Russia , so redeploying industry and labour to war related industries , or just signing people into the imperial army ,- sorry russian army ..
One of the options that Donnie or Donnies people have floated is turning on the energy Taps , in a big way , and exporting vast amounts of oil and Gas , dropping the price , send effectively eating Russia's lunch ..🤔
It's probably possible to extract it quickly - especially from the shale fields ,
But transporting fuel to ports , loading it on ships ,and unloading at the other end , all have constraints,
And that's just for oil - natural gas is cheap ,cheap in the US , stupidly cheap , it's a by-product , but the infrastructure to process move , and ship it ,isn't cheap , or quick to produce ,
And while yes there are floating liquification ,and gasification plants available, they're neither common nor cheap and quick to build either , and the gas pipes to supply them still need to be built as well .. (a huge amount of shake gas just gets flared off at the wells )
So short term an unlikely threat ..
True. But what happens to those companies when their US market dries up? Employees? Russian equivalent of PRSI etc - swap that out for another one on the dole line. Its the domino/ house of cards effect - the question is when/ what/ which is the card that brings it all down. Personally I think we're still a long way off that as Russia does not operate as a normal economy or democracy. They still have markets in China, India, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and South America. Won't be as lucrative as Europe and North America, but it'll drag things out a bit longer. Whereas if it was a Western Nation behaving like Russia, the govt would haven been given a swift boot out of power long ago. Not out of moral superiority, but because we can, and nobody likes queuing for bread and having f**k all spending power.
AAwe OK.
Because it is not 2.8 billion going into Russian state coffers. It is only the tax so a lot less than 2.8 billion.
Zelensky keeps saying it's not more troops we need, it's more weaponry for the troops already fighting. However Europe's military logistics supply chain is growing while Russia nears the end of its massive Soviet weapons surplus and it will run of troops to send to the front on golf buggies and scooters.
edit to add, I wouldn't be surprised if when Donie asked his chief of staff what their assessment is they'd probably say Russia is a coalmine on fire.
"The U.S. imported a total of $2.8 billion worth of these products from Russia in 2024"
That's still $2.8 billion less that Putin would then have to spend on his war and that adds up year by year. I don't see how you can not consider that a large amount. The less fund putin has to spend on his war with Ukraine the better.
Talk loudly but carry a little stick. Isn't that the best approach? 🤔
I got to agree with that. He simply doesn't have the attention span to stick with it and he knows it means nothing to those who turn up at his rallies. He'll be back to attacking the gays and mexican kids in between rounds of golf.
Would it be fair to say he's the first US Lifestyle President?
That's my expectation too. Hopefully I'm wrong. But if it looks like a clown, walks like a clown and talks like a clown…
The problem with the threat is that other than a small amount of fertilizer, animal feed, inorganic material like tin, and machinery, Russia currently exports very little to the U.S. that could be subject to tariffs. The U.S. imported a total of $2.8 billion worth of these products from Russia in 2024
The problem with the threat is that other than a small amount of fertilizer, animal feed, inorganic material like tin, and machinery, Russia currently exports very little to the U.S. that could be subject to tariffs.
The U.S. imported a total of $2.8 billion worth of these products from Russia in 2024
I'd say Putin is sh1tting himself
Curious how the Trumpists are spinning this 'tough talk'. Surely it must be obvious even to them how lame and empty it is…
To force Russia to an agreement via military means is now more plausible than it seemed back in 2022, given Russia's losses, economic issues, war-weariness etc.
If anything was achieved during the Biden term, certainly Russia have been worn down (without loss of a single NATO soldier). They've broken the myth of the Russian "red lines".
Maybe Trump can now swoop in and claim the glory of finishing the job.
Some think that Putin has only continued this thing in the hope that Trump gets elected, he stops all aid to Ukraine, Europe also doesn't step up - and this represents Russia last possible hope of victory. (nobody stops digging if they think the gold is in sight). Once this hope is removed, then Putin may look for an off-ramp.
