Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Freddie1980 said:
If they can't access the debt market how are they paying for stuff? Are they printing money?
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They are still selling oil and other commodities for hard currency: mostly to China and India, but other places too. The sanctions were never designed to take Russia's oil off the market, just to reduce the profit Russia could make from it. Much as the Saudis and others would love to take that market share, replacing Russia's slice would be years of drilling to do. There isn't any magic extra tap to be switched on.
 
peterwalkley said:
They are still selling oil and other commodities for hard currency: mostly to China and India, but other places too. The sanctions were never designed to take Russia's oil off the market, just to reduce the profit Russia could make from it. Much as the Saudis and others would love to take that market share, replacing Russia's slice would be years of drilling to do. There isn't any magic extra tap to be switched on.
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I think you underestimate what the Saudi's have and how they could increase their production.
 
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U.S. Intelligence/Threat Assessment Report:
- World Powers, Rising Regional Powers, Non-State Actors Will Compete for Dominance to Shape World Order for Decades to Come
- Competition Between U.S., Allies With China, Russia Over World Order Makes Next Few Years Critical, Especially Outcome of Russia’s Actions in Ukraine
- U.S. Intelligence Community Says China in 2023 Will Continue to Use Military Forces in South China Sea to Intimidate Rivals
- China Will Pursue Diplomatic, Defense, Economic, Technological Cooperation With Russia Despite International Backlash Over Ukraine War
- China Accelerating Development of Military Capabilities to Confront U.S. in Event of ‘Large-Scale, Sustained Conflict’
- Russia’s Military Will Require Years of Rebuilding Because of Losses in Ukraine, Making Moscow More Reliant on Nuclear, Cyber, Space
- Russia Will Remain a Top Cyber Threat in Trying to Influence Other Countries’ Decisions
- Moscow to Try Bolstering Ties to Americans in Hopes of Influencing Future U.S. Elections
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Hagar said:
The UN go in after a cease fire is declared, there purpose is humanitarian with self protection, however they do not have the big guns so in a proper firefight would be useless.
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That's not always true though is it, they're called peacekeepers because they go into hot spots and enforce the peace.

Although I admit it doesn't work like the way it should, basically it would be the west and India who make up the majority of the peace keepers so it would effectively be NATO enforcing it.

So it's never going to happen but it should, the war crimes could be a potential way to do it but they don't have the bottle.
 
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HungryHippos said:
It's more likely we'll be feeding the squirrels I think.
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There was a restaurant, I think in the lake district, that did serve grey squirrel as part of a cordon bleu style menu. I would think that as a herbivore animal it probably made quite good eating, like wild rabbit. The sweetbreads would be hard to find on the plate though.

/end of off topic
 
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Turn said:
02:26 - Strikes Hit Many Ukrainian Regions, Including Kharkiv and Odesa, Power Cuts in Some Places -Regional Officials
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Apparently second wave of missiles expected - EDIT: Apparently no launches reported in last 10 minutes according to OSINTdefender, second wave already happened.

Several NATO aircraft up like AWACS so guessing they are monitoring activity.
 
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