Suuuure... count on that and repeat with me "I am safe... I am safe..."
As I (and some others) see it, the Jockeying at this point is centered around who gets Odessa. A land-bridge would be a pretty sweet plumb in the pudding for the Russians since it implies much more defensible gas line routes for their product (and a lot more rubles coming in in exchange for said product.) OTOH, certain security arrangements with those who end up in control of the re-born 'der tchum-ha-moyshev' could achieve the same effect and their could be a lot of political reasons (e.g., 'technology transfers' and such) to go that way.
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Yes, there is plenty going on at Odessa. Russ ships sunk, troops unable to even get to Mykolaiv, no way of using Snake Island to launch and attack... If you intend to deviate the attention from Belgorod, you have just chosen the "right spot".
You could as well choosen Findland. Do you think Poland will also invade Finland? Another 1340 km of frontier with NATO coming soon. And people laughed when I said that Putin may be a CIA agent... you cannot do it worse.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/12/europe/finland-leaders-join-nato-intl/index.htmlAnd of course Putin does the only thing he know: Threaten. There is no winner to this war other than US, thank to your chief Psychos and you lame leader.
One question is, can you counterfeit Russian Rubles in large scale quantities? Since you can steal a presidential election electronically, can you steal Russian gas with electronically manufactured counterfeit Russian Rubles?
If Trump were in office, there would be no war in the Ukraine. There would be peace, and the US wouldn't be destroying itself and taking much of Europe along in that destruction... as Biden is doing to us right now.
European gas importers quietly surrender to Russia and begin buying gas in RUBLES… while the West’s economic warfare scheme disastrously BACKFIRES...
The West is quietly surrendering to Russia, as the Kremlin holds oil and fertilizer as leverage over the West. At the same time, the Biden regime is threatening to send more U.S. weapons and military equipment (up to $20 billion worth) to Azov, the Nazi brigades fighting in Ukraine.
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With Trump we would be now using white suits and gas masks all over the globe.
What the real news is:
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said European companies will be able to pay for gas in rubles without breaching sanctions, apparently dismissing European Union guidance to the contrary.
So the minister of Italy says something, which is "can" and you take it as Europe saying yes? You have open the box, now add 1 +1 here.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/exclusive-eu-considering-curbing-russias-rights-imf-over-invasion-sources-2022-03-04/
European Union officials are examining curbing Russia's influence and access to finance at the International Monetary Fund following its invasion of Ukraine, six officials told Reuters.
https://www.ft.com/content/2aef066b-3cdb-49c2-9258-38575b4ad799The proposals will be published next week, as EU leaders rush to break their dependence on Russian oil and gas following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The commission has already said it thought the EU could drive down Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year and has urged member states to replenish their gas storage facilities ahead of next winter.
Keep hold of those Roubles very hard, put them under your blanket. They will go up right? What could go wrong?