The Ukraine war thread
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wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:15 last edited by
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Russia turns off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia said it will stop natural gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, making good on a threat to cut off buyers if they refuse Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. European gas prices surged.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to revive diplomatic efforts to end the war more than two months after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted talks with officials from more than 40 countries at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss ways of boosting weapons supplies to Ukraine. Violence flared in the nearby breakaway Transnistria region of Moldova.
wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:19 last edited by@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russia turns off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia said it will stop natural gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, making good on a threat to cut off buyers if they refuse Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. European gas prices surged.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to revive diplomatic efforts to end the war more than two months after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted talks with officials from more than 40 countries at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss ways of boosting weapons supplies to Ukraine. Violence flared in the nearby breakaway Transnistria region of Moldova.
Doesn't this really smack of desperation on Russia's part?
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russia turns off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia said it will stop natural gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, making good on a threat to cut off buyers if they refuse Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. European gas prices surged.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to revive diplomatic efforts to end the war more than two months after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted talks with officials from more than 40 countries at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss ways of boosting weapons supplies to Ukraine. Violence flared in the nearby breakaway Transnistria region of Moldova.
Doesn't this really smack of desperation on Russia's part?
wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 12:23 last edited by@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russia turns off the gas to Poland and BulgariaDoesn't this really smack of desperation on Russia's part?
I think they've been threatening this since day 1 of the invasion.
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wrote on 27 Apr 2022, 13:08 last edited by
They have. I think it shows how few cards they have left to play. Which makes them more dangerous.
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Russia turns off the gas to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia said it will stop natural gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, making good on a threat to cut off buyers if they refuse Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. European gas prices surged.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to revive diplomatic efforts to end the war more than two months after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted talks with officials from more than 40 countries at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss ways of boosting weapons supplies to Ukraine. Violence flared in the nearby breakaway Transnistria region of Moldova.
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Neither country appears to be at all concerned about this.
Over the next few months a few of the bigger gas contracts with European states will come up for renewal. Should be entertaining to see what unfolds.
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@Renauda I read that a pipeline to Poland will be completed by June from, I believe, Turkey.
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 12:12 last edited by George K
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 14:13 last edited by
I wonder if the military would comply if he ordered a nuclear strike.
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 14:36 last edited by
What are everyone's odds that Vlad launches nukes?
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 14:46 last edited by
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
I wonder if the military would comply if he ordered a nuclear strike.
Yes. You can be certain that the scenario(s) involving nukes have already been gamed out.
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What are everyone's odds that Vlad launches nukes?
wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 15:19 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in The Ukraine war thread:
What are everyone's odds that Vlad launches nukes?
One in let’s hope not.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 12:21 last edited by
That doesn't seem very Christian.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 13:51 last edited by
@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
The Church Speaks:
That has been circulating around here for the past week or so. Although I would not put it past the Moscow Patriarchate and some Orthodox prelates and priests to disseminate spew like this, it has not been reported outside of social media. I did some digging and found the following:
https://orthochristian.com/145269.html
My personal anti-clerical bias aside, I too would regard it as Fake until such time it can be corroborated by a credible third party agency.
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
The Church Speaks:
That has been circulating around here for the past week or so. Although I would not put it past the Moscow Patriarchate and some Orthodox prelates and priests to disseminate spew like this, it has not been reported outside of social media. I did some digging and found the following:
https://orthochristian.com/145269.html
My personal anti-clerical bias aside, I too would regard it as Fake until such time it can be corroborated by a credible third party agency.
wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 13:52 last edited by@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
. I did some digging and found the following:https://orthochristian.com/145269.html
My personal anti-clerical bias aside, I too would regard it as Fake until such time it can be corroborated by a credible third party agency.
Good find.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 14:21 last edited by
Russian strike targets Kyiv shortly after UN chief meets with Zelenskyy: