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No need to hope, it’s a fact
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Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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You realise they turned the tap off already? Can't see anywhere reporting nord stream is back open
I think events of the last few hours have shown that whatever the cost now pales compared to the cost in the long run of doing nothing.
Just replacing a that [insert random part, turbine..] any day now, oops sorry looks Yodel have lost it, next week, comrade promise (insert smiley face meme).
They lay that story to rest I believe. They’ve said they won’t be reopening it until we remove sanctions. They can’t play that card any further now, and that was their biggie.
There are multiple pipelines into Europe. Nord stream is the biggest and goes directly to Germany which is why Russia has weaponized it.
It is easy to maintain the reserves during the summer months but once a cold snap hits they will be deleted quickly. On top of that Russia could, and probably will, turn off the other pipelines.
Europe has built up about 3 months of supply now so should be able to get through the winter.
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Someone posted the stats a while back, they basically already have turned off all gas supply to Europe via all pipeline routes.
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see above
Which is why no one believes a word Putin or Russia has to say. He debases the country each time these "evolving" explanations (from poisoning, holes in space station, magical holidaying troops arriving in Crimea 2014 to name a few) to "i'm not bluffing" threats. It makes Boris look honest.
If he'd just switched it off day 1 and said it's because of sanctions I'd had more respect and been a bold move.
If he'd just switched it off day 1 and said it's because of sanctions I'd had more respect and been a bold move.
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plus 2.3bn in the grand scheme of things is peanuts
If I had £10k on a credit card, sticking another £100 on makes sod all difference. It's the other countries which need to step up, but as already mentioned, they do other things to help out
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They said they've got enough in storage to cover winter.
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From the BBC:
Following Vladimir Putin’s announcement earlier of a call-up for thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine, rumours have been circulating online that people are fleeing Russia and crossing the border to neighbouring Finland.
A Twitter post
that purports to show a border queue stretching “over 35km” (16 miles) has been liked and retweeted many thousands of times.
However, the video embedded in the tweet was originally posted two days ago on a TikTok account and is unconnected with Mr Putin’s speech.
Such has been the attention caused by the tweet that a senior official from the Finnish border authority, Matti Pitkäniitty, has posted his own tweet
denying there is anything abnormal about the situation at the border.
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