The Situation in the Ukraine. #32

SeigSoloyvov wrote:...Nowhere in war does it say you need to play fair or hold your punches. War isn't about being nice it's about crushing your foe until they surrender or nothing is left...

lancelot wrote:

JohninMK wrote:American-made Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile systems, which arrived in Kiev today from Lithuania.

More hardware for Russia to reverse engineer once corrupt Ukrainian servicemen turn the weapons over to Russia.

thegopnik wrote:https://twitter.com/5thSu/status/1492828086852796421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1492828086852796421%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

flamming_python wrote:come 2024, when Putin steps down.

Sujoy wrote:China's military buildup against India surpasses Russia's buildup against Ukraine. But Blinken, speaking in Melbourne harped only on Russia's potential aggression against Ukraine while staying mum on China's ongoing aggression against India.

I love how people bring up that nighthawk kill when the reality is the pilot was stupid, took the same route every day, left their bomb bay doors open which they weren't supposed to do. Made many more mistakes

They shot down one nighthawk due to a pilot's incompetence but their entire country got leveled and lost Kosovo, congrats that's a win for you guys alright.

But bragging you took out a moron is just sad and no I am not bragging we took out Serbia. Not a fight they could ever hope to win, so I don't blame them for losing.

Putin is only using Nato expansion as an excuse, he just doesn't want to have democracies on the Russian border.

And this is the horseman of death:

Gazprom halved the volume of gas pumped through Ukraine



While the whole world is discussing Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine, the Russian "Gazprom" continues to supply gas to Europe through the Ukrainian GTS, without fear of the start of hostilities on its territory, which the United States prophesies. True, the volumes of gas pumped through Ukraine have almost halved.

"Gazprom" has almost halved the transit of gas through Ukraine compared to its contractual obligations under the agreement signed with Kiev. According to the GTS Operator of Ukraine, since last Thursday the daily volume of transit has not exceeded 58,62 million cubic meters, while Moscow has committed to pumping 109 million cubic meters per day.

Thus, "Gazprom" again returned to the average daily indicators of about half of the contract volumes after a short-term rise at the beginning of the month. Judging by the latest reports from Europe, the company does not intend to increase volumes. Moreover, the second gas pipeline "Yamal-Europe" is generally unclaimed, pumping through it has not been going on for quite a long time.

In the meantime, there seems to be enough gas in European UGS facilities, if there are no force majeure, the war continues in Europe around Nord Stream 2, which has become a hostage to the situation around Ukraine. The United States in the first place, and after them the European allies, threaten Russia that they will stop the gas pipeline in the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine. The frequency of references to Nord Stream 2 in the statements of Western politicians leads to the idea that the whole company with Ukraine was started by the Americans with only one goal - to prevent the launch of the Russian gas pipeline.

By the way, David Hendrickson, a professor of political science at Colorado College, came up with such an idea, suggesting that all история with the "attack" on Ukraine is inflated only because of Nord Stream 2.

https://en.topwar.ru/192270-gazprom-vdvoe-snizil-obem-prokachivaemogo-cherez-ukrainu-gaza.html

Chinese professor: Washington started its own information operation on Russian troops and Ukraine so that investors would withdraw capital from Europe



A major Chinese edition of the Global Times published an article in which Chinese observers analyze what is happening in Ukraine and around it. At the same time, the analysis of Chinese authors is fundamentally different from what Western media write about this.

In an article by columnists Shen Yang and Keiyu Xu, the American information pressure is becoming more and more intrusive.

It is noted that in recent years there has been nothing like this - when one country is constantly accused of being ready to attack another country just about, against the background of the fact that the authorities deny anything like that. Chinese authors write that not only Russia, but also, remarkably, Ukraine, denies the fact of preparations for the start of the offensive of the Russian troops. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been saying this for the past few days, expressing bewilderment at information attacks from the West.

Based on the current situation, referring to experts, Global Times observers conclude that the United States is deliberately escalating the situation, artificially raising the degree of the Ukrainian crisis.

From the material:

Washington needs a Ukrainian crisis to not only legitimize its military presence in Eastern Europe, but also to damage the European economy.

The publication of the Chinese embassy in Kiev in WeChat, addressed to Chinese citizens located on Ukrainian territory, is given. Chinese diplomats do not call on those to leave Ukraine, as Western authorities do, but speak of the need to "be vigilant in connection with the actions and calls of the United States and other NATO countries." Not a word is said about the "possible offensive of Russia".

The article contains the opinion of a Chinese specialist in international relations from Renming University, Jin Kanzhong. According to him, Russia has absolutely no interest in invading Ukrainian territory. This can happen only in one case: if Kiev itself attacks the Crimea or Donbass.

Jin Kanzhong:

This means that all these words and actions of the United States should be considered as the realization of American interests.

Professor of the Institute of International Relations of the People's Republic of China Li Haidong is inclined to share this opinion. At the same time, he explains why the United States might need it:

The most reasonable explanation is that such a situation can lead to the withdrawal of European capital into financial structures controlled by the United States. This will help mitigate the inflationary risks the US faces today. Americans have done such things before.

According to the Chinese professor, the European market has become strong in recent years and claims to be independent in choosing financial and trading partners. This may not be to Washington's liking. It was precisely in order to make investors panic and begin to divert their capital from the European economy to the United States that Washington started an information operation on Russia's alleged preparation of an "attack on Ukraine" and an "increased threat to Europe."

https://en.topwar.ru/192264-kitajskij-professor-vashington-zatejal-svoju-informacionnuju-operaciju-po-rossijskim-vojskam-i-ukraine-chtoby-investory-nachali-uvodit-kapitaly-iz-evropy.html