Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[contricusc]

Uhm??? Higher prices? Money going into Ukraine that should be used to improve the situation here? Energy crisis? Housing crisis? Are you living in a fairytale world? Oh I forget you don't even live here so you just assume.

What you’re mentioning has nothing to do with helping Ukraine and with a lack of money. It’s all related to bad strategic decisions.

Energy crisis? That’s self inflicted. Germany shutting down nuclear energy, lack of investment in North Sea oil because of an obsession with CO2 emissions and eco madness, windfall taxes on energy companies whenever they make a bigger profit (which results in less domestic investment), etc..

The constant war on local oil companies, while continuing to import oil and gas from Russia, is what brought Europe into this energy crisis you mentioned. And it is all the result of Russian interference into European politics through corrupt politicians (Schroder, Merkel) and ”green” NGOs pushing for the destruction of Europe’s energy companies. Russia has done everything it could to sabotage Europe’s energy indeoendence, to make it dependent on Russia imports. They did it because they wanted Europe to be afraid to interfere when they were going to invade Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics, because of this vulnerability.

Russia is Europe’s enemy. It must be destroyed.

Housing crisis? That is the result of the lack of building permits coupled with the artificial influx of migrants. It is intentionally engineered in order to increase house prices and enrich landlords. Just like with energy, it is a self inflicted wound, that can be easily fixed, and it doesn’t require money to do it. Just smart policies.

European governments already have a lot of money on their hands. They command a huge percentage of GDP, more than anywhere else in the world. It is a disgrace that European militaries were caught off guard by Russia, considering the disproportionate amount of money that European governments have at their disposal compared to the rest of the world.

Europe needs to allocate more money to defense, and cut on social spending.

 

[Soldier30]

Russian FPV strikes against Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment. Footage of Russian FPV drones in use in combat in Ukraine and the Donbas. The Russian FPV drones used in the battles include the Ovod, VT-40, Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky, Upyr, Boomerang, and other models, including those controlled via fiber optic cable. The exact filming location is not disclosed. A June video shows drone strikes against various Ukrainian military equipment. The video also shows drone strikes against a Ukrainian T-64 tank, an M1224 MaxxPro armored personnel carrier, a Humvee, and other vehicles.

 

[Relic]

NATO countries (USA excluded) are expected to jointly announce a new $75 Billion usd military armament package for Ukraine during their July 7th-8th meeting in Ankara, Turkey . They will also pledge to match or surpass that support in 2027. The announcement is expected to be part of an even larger commitment to significantly ramp up NATO arms production to meet the new 3.5% of GDP target that has been agreed upon.

The $80 Billion package for Ukraine will be over and above the European Union's $105 Billion package that was recently announced. The new package will focus strictly on armament and ramoing up production of everything from drones to air defense missiles, long range artillery shells and standoff strike weapons.

With Ukraine back on the front foot in many areas of the front, NATO is finally seeing an opportunity to use their collective industrial power to out Russia is a really bad place.

NATO allies to pledge billions in arms deals, Ukraine aid at Ankara summit

They are also considering references to the U.S. war in Iran as part of the draft summit declaration, NATO diplomats told POLITICO.

www.politico.eu

 

[Spitfire9]

Crimea is becoming untenable. It is now being starved of supplies. The 3 ferries being used to ship supplies from Russia via the Kerch crossing were reputedly put out of action or destroyed. The Kerch bridge has been weakened. Trains can no longer use it. The main road from the north running into Crimea is subject to attack by Ukrainian drones.

Sales of fuel to the public have been halted in Crimea. There are reports of marooned Russian tourists who arrived by car. There are reports of rolling power cuts. There are reports of shops starting to limit the amount of food that can be bought. There are reports of 80% of holiday bookings being cancelled. Tourism is a major industry in Crimea.

Whoever occupies Crimea will be in the same weak position so long as the war lasts: both Ukraine and Russia can lay siege to the peninsula. It seems probable to me that it is destined to become a no man's land for the foreseeable future.

 

[Relic]

Crimea is becoming untenable. It is now being starved of supplies. The 3 ferries being used to ship supplies from Russia via the Kerch crossing were reputedly put out of action or destroyed. The Kerch bridge has been weakened. Trains can no longer use it. The main road from the north running into Crimea is subject to attack by Ukrainian drones.

Sales of fuel to the public have been halted in Crimea. There are reports of marooned Russian tourists who arrived by car. There are reports of rolling power cuts. There are reports of shops starting to limit the amount of food that can be bought. There are reports of 80% of holiday bookings being cancelled. Tourism is a major industry in Crimea.

Whoever occupies Crimea will be in the same weak position so long as the war lasts: both Ukraine and Russia can lay siege to the peninsula. It seems probable to me that it is destined to become a no man's land for the foreseeable future.

Russia is now facing a very similar problem that Ukraine has been dealing with for a while. They are running out of interceptor missiles for their S-400, S-300, Pantsir, BUK, etc air defense systems. They're not yet critically low, but with Ukraine (and their allies) now able to produce thousands of long range attack drones each month, the math is not adding up for Russia in terms of their ability to produce interceptors. As a result they've been frantically attempting to find cheaper methods of air defense. While these actions have been somewhat effective in places like Moscow, Crimea is incredibly exposed and increasingly difficult to resupply. Ukraine is routinely destroying the infrastructure that makes living there untenable, in an attempt to simply encourage Russians to drive back across the Kerch bridge and stay in mainland Russia. The Russians do not have adequate air defense assets in Crimea and they lose a lot of them when they move them into position. As long as Ukraine keeps up the pressure from the airstrikes, it's going to be hard for Russia to resupply Crimea in any meaningful way.

Fuel infrastructure has been the first target and their is now a fuel crisis on the peninsula. The next step is targeting electricity and heat generating assets, to ensure Crimea is a hellish place to live ahead of winter... Today they actively declared a "State of Emergency" in Crimea because conditions are worsening. It's time for Ukraine to crank up the strikes even further. Anything of infrastructural value has to be destroyed, sadly.