International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V7

[AWilder]

Some good news:
-OPEC has agreed to increase oil production, which will make up most of the shortfall caused by sanctions against Russia and lower energy prizes - which should ease inflation world wide -slowly- over the coming months.
-There is some slight indication that Russia might start delivering more gas to Europe in the not too distant future. They are using technical excuses for not doing so, but those can't be used forever.
-Ukraine is expecting a larger grain harvest than first projected, though still smaller than before the war. If the export deal holds through autumn (which it might because Russia wants to export its own grain too), it will help lower food prizes and alleviate possible hunger crisis in the world's poorer countries.
-Though I'm no fan of Gerhard Schröder and have little trust in Putin's word, he seems to believe that some sort of accord can be reached after his meeting with Putin today: Donbass getting wide-ranging self-government within Ukraine. I haven't much faith in any peace deal being reached anytime soon, but it is, at least, something.
-Russian artillery strikes within Ukraine have dropped off sharply - at least for now.
-Better artillery combined with possible Russian exhaustion seems to have largely frozen the lines of battle in the Donbass.
-Ukraine has taken 53 small settlements in Kherson. Nothing major or really significant, what matters is that they increase the proficiency of their soldiers with Western weapons and continue to disrupt Russian supply lines and command posts.

Also plenty of bad news, but just focusing on the bright side in this post.

source for the OPEC news?

 

[deadon]

source for the OPEC news?

It was a small increase.

 

[SandisLL]

OPEC news?
For Aramco and Co it isn't easy to rise output quickly....
Death Prince agreed to increase crude oil production.
Due to covid lock downs etc demand for fuel used by transport decreased and now it is difficult to convince investors to invest more when WHO is yelling and crying about autumn- winter covid and now also about monkeypox bullshit...

+ sorry for reality besides mainstream media souce for casuals.
Europe is preparing for WAR...in reality.
Therefore demand for fuel grade oil and diesel fuel was and IS high during 5 months in row.......

It is reality....

 

[SandisLL]

The other side of this.
UPDATE - Gazprom: Gas turbine delivery to Russia is "impossible" due to Canada, EU, and UK sanctions.

Very good for long term.
To trade with terrorists in Параша is not better, most likely worse than to trade with Iran.

 

[ferrisjso]

But they conceded territory in 2014 and Russia came back for more? There is nothing to suggest that further concessions now would satisfy Russia.

Besides that I dont think Russia has been dominant enough during this *ahem* "special operation" to justify any concessions.

They've taken lands Ukraine doesn't have the ability to retake. That's how concessions work.

 

[ferrisjso]

Why would greater Ukraine want a bunch of Russian insurgents and Ukrainian traitors in eastern Ukraine? The fighting in eastern Ukraine is all funded, supplied and often times manned by Russians. It's not an organically grown civic conflict.

International observers whitnessed 10s of thousands of Russian military being shipped into the region, and that's only at the places they were allowed to observe and during the relatively short time they spent observing.

It's funny according to the US, leftist movement are never organic and mustr be overthrown by coups.

 

[SandisLL]

They've taken lands Ukraine doesn't have the ability to retake. That's how concessions work.

Piss off...
We don't care.
According to Lavrov Iran and Burma are Russia's partners....soon he will mention North Korea too...
You really should re locate to these countries and continue to post here from these areas....
U deserved....

 

[deadon]

If I again get instruction " win with the truth " here.
EU should had tell Trump to piss off and should had sanctioned U.S ...and to remove all sanctions from Venezuela and Iran....
And impose all sanctions on U.S when Trump was in office.
Yeah....truth is that U.S deserves all the same sanctions Russia today is getting.

Wait, you want to sanction the US when Trump told Germany what was going to happen and they laughed at him. But you want to sanction us? Lol ok sanction away.

 

[SandisLL]

Wait, you want to sanction the US when Trump told Germany what was going to happen and they laughed at him. But you want to sanction us? Lol ok sanction away.

About what?
Clinton and Obama too had mentioned them about necessity to boost up defense expenses ...

About natural gas possible future expenses ...enough economists etc had posted even in Germany and in 2007 th....

So to bring up Trump as saint fortune teller and super ruler is....too late...

 

[Zinger]

Saw an article about people going to live to another country in autumn/winter, or selling their homes and leaving the country permanently, because the heating and electricity bills are too much and are pushing them into debt.

Feels goood to live in the countryside right now.

No, but for real, that was upsetting to read. We already struggle and now this.

 

[deadon]

About what?
Clinton and Obama too had mentioned them about necessity to boost up defense expenses ...

About natural gas possible future expenses ...enough economists etc had posted even in Germany and in 2007 th....

So to bring up Trump as saint fortune teller and super ruler is....too late...

What are you talking about?

 

[SandisLL]

About what?
Long term ago predicted natural gas price hike possibility?

2007 th. .articles with energy experts...Germany.Belgium.Poland.Finland.

__
About electriticty I don't agree....
Electricity allows to use well adjustable heating...+ heat pumps and local heating in rooms located in house/ flat...

Actually this is stuff that allowed me to save money...
While I also use wood for heating.
Usually I start heating season after ppl with centralised heating already had started to heat up their apartments...
+++ ofc I'm maybe a bit hyporcrite cos I use modern stuff for thermal insulation too.
I'm nordic type guy and +16-18 C for me is comfort... +14-15 Celsius degreee is.. it will not make problems.

While if air is >21 Celsius degrees... it doesn't likes me and I use conditioning....

 

[SandisLL]

What are you talking about?

What you are talking about?

Natural gas prices increase had been predicted in jan 2007 th....
Sorry...YT...genuisses then weren't popular...

Advisable 2% + from GDP for defense was mantra from U.S 15 years in long row...

 

[deadon]

What you are talking about?

Natural gas prices increase had been predicted in jan 2007 th....
Sorry...YT...genuisses then weren't popular...

Advisable 2% + from GDP for defense was mantra from U.S 15 years in long row...

Did he warn you not to deal with Russia yes or no?

 

[Plastikman_Eire]

They've taken lands Ukraine doesn't have the ability to retake. That's how concessions work.

And Ukraine should continue to make Russia bleed for every single meter taken.

That's how deterrents work.

 

[MeatheadMike]

They've taken lands Ukraine doesn't have the ability to retake. That's how concessions work.

You've said they have no ability to retake their lands, but as was already mentioned... at this point this is a war of attrition. Ukraine doesn't have to win by overpowering the Russian military and forcing them out of all their lands. They just have to keep fighting.

Look at what happened to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, or even the US in Afghanistan.

 

[SandisLL]

Did he warn you not to deal with Russia yes or no?

Sorry...if we have pure talks about natural gas prices future .....we had it in 2007 th from some xx economists in Finland, Poland, Lithuania and Germany...

Therefore Finland had continued NPP project and pumped in ~ 11bn to build new reactor...since 2007 th..
Not with " bad russia " in mind...
With just ....future high NG prices in mind.
And if we will bear in mind that such stuff was...private investors....then we might get...

 

[Plastikman_Eire]

Look at what happened to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, or even the US in Afghanistan.

And we aren't even into the insurgency phase of this war.

Russia can't win, now its just about trying to save face.

 

[ViD]

Very good for long term.
To trade with terrorists in Параша is not better, most likely worse than to trade with Iran.

Why are you so harsh to poor Ukrainians killing their own POWs and raining mines over Donetsk…

 

[ViD]

Russian agent Zelensky completed his task - moved all the heavy artillery to Nikolaev region for the “Kherson counter offensive” leaving Donetsk strongholds fully unprotected.

As a result, the DPR forces started an offensive and already captured parts of Maryinka, Peski and Krasnogorovka. This means the Avdeevka stronghold might become encircled in a matter of days.

This could finally help Donetsk breath easier from daily Ukrainian shellings