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Border dispute? They invaded the country, surrounded the capital and shelled the shit out of it.
Yes, because they shelled the minority who wanted independence since 2014. Nato bombed yugoslavia for months for the same thing, and they still act as a defensive organization.
Funny way to spell “fought separatist forces supported by Russia”.
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Yes, because they shelled the minority who wanted independence since 2014. Nato bombed yugoslavia for months for the same thing, and they still act as a defensive organization.
We could discuss the 2014 events for hours and in any case the shelling has been going from both directions. But there's one clear fact - the war in Donbas was calming down in intensity in the years preceding 2022. In the three years 2019-2021, 78 civilians died in total, mostly from old unexploded mines. There was absolutely no "need" to make it a full scale war and ramp up the number to tens of thousands civilians…
Except the russians seem to direct their shells at hospitals etc.
What about the countries buying up Russian gas an reselling it to EU countries? Did they stop that or have those countries just gotten smarter in hiding the origins of the gas?
Not smarter. Not even trying to hide it. And Russia is selling oil at a price they set. It's just the EU that's paying more to pretend they aren't doing business with Russia. "India’s diesel exports tripled to ~1,600,000 barrels per day in March 2023, compared to a year ago, making diesel one of the largest components of India-EU trade." https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/India-Leads-In-Russian...
You forgot to mention that Europe imported almost all diesel from Russia.
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Sure, but before that gas was funding a self professed foe. It's much better to not fund your enemies.
That logic only works if Europe was the only trading partner available to Russia. What happened in practice is that Russia simply redirected trade to other countries while Europe now pays a huge markup buying from resellers.
At the very least it reduces the amount of funds Russia has at its disposal for the war.
EU continues to important Russian oil, it has just been refined and rebadged by India, Saudi Arabia, China and others, so that a statement like this could be made. EU is basically paying a premium in order to stake a claim to moral high ground they don't hold
Also oil extraction is quite capital-intensive. A well will output most of its potential in the first 3 years. Currently, Russia is running on existing wells, and it currently is not profitable to establish new wells for them. For example Venezuela sits on deposits bigger than Saudi Arabia. At current prices it is not profitable to extract it.
They could buy runway for some time running negative, though. Provided they have the internal means to do so.
And there's the question of how much reserves and commercial balance they run at. That's what brought them to the negotiation table in 2014. We'll see what happens in a year or two.
Sanctions work.
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We could discuss the 2014 events for hours and in any case the shelling has been going from both directions. But there's one clear fact - the war in Donbas was calming down in intensity in the years preceding 2022. In the three years 2019-2021, 78 civilians died in total, mostly from old unexploded mines. There was absolutely no "need" to make it a full scale war and ramp up the number to tens of thousands civilians…
Ukraine was preparing a war to take back donbas, and there was no "calming down". The problem is, that the media changed their stories after the start of war. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/osce-reports-surge-numb... > MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Two regions in eastern Ukraine where government and separatist forces have been fighting since 2014 were hit by more than 1,400 explosions on Friday, monitors for the O…
How convenient. Russia had been moving soldiers and military equipment for months into position, scheduled a joint exercise with Belarus placing their soldiers in spitting distance of Kyiv, and then suddenly there are explosions "forcing" Russia to invade. Wow, it sure worked out fortunately that half of their military was already there.
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That logic only works if Europe was the only trading partner available to Russia. What happened in practice is that Russia simply redirected trade to other countries while Europe now pays a huge markup buying from resellers.
But they aren't selling at their original price, Russia is now selling to those partners at a reduced price. At the very least it reduces the amount of funds Russia has at its disposal for the war.
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Ukraine was preparing a war to take back donbas, and there was no "calming down". The problem is, that the media changed their stories after the start of war. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/osce-reports-surge-numb... > MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Two regions in eastern Ukraine where government and separatist forces have been fighting since 2014 were hit by more than 1,400 explosions on Friday, monitors for the O…
> Ukraine was preparing a war to take back donbas It's sad that there's absolutely zero evidence of that except for Kremlin's justification for its own invasion. Isn't this excuse as old as war? "we had to invade, otherwise they would invade us". > This was just before russia entered the war. Well, exactly. Russia was looking for casus beli. There were reports of increased separatist shelling, they likely wanted to p…
OP linked a Reuters post citing OSCE numbers. This organisation includes most European countries, US and Russia among others.
If we can’t listen to est neither to west, who should we listen ? You, my Colonel ?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/inside-germanys-industrial...