It's cheap as UK then sell some of it onto poorer European countries like Spain & Portugal... keeps the UK economy ticking over to fund the military aid to Ukraine
It's cheap as UK then sell some of it onto poorer European countries like Spain & Portugal... keeps the UK economy ticking over to fund the military aid to UkraineHow cheap is this Russian oil that you talk about?
It's cheap as UK then sell some of it onto poorer European countries like Spain & Portugal... keeps the UK economy ticking over to fund the military aid to Ukraine
check the Viva thread ... VEANice to see yet another Russian oil supertanker dock in the UK seems like business as usual - so why can't we here in Australia also get cheap oil from Russia to ease fuel prices ? Oh that's right sanctions as we aren't allowed to trade with China or Russia as only the UK & the USA can lol
Oil supertanker from Russian port docks in Southampton
ExxonMobil says cargo came from Kazakhstanwww.independent.co.uk
Thanks for the full copy of that analysis. Seems to be excellent, professional research. Pretty sad picture of Russian preparation.We live in an information age, assessment is being made by thousands of people receiving info from satellite images, photos, twitter, email, intercepted radio chatter and so on.
Western defence officials have estimated Russian casualties at between 2,000 and 6,000. Based on ratios in similar conflicts, that implies three to four times as many captured and wounded. At its midpoint, such an estimate is more, in three weeks, than the losses of US and UK servicemen combined during 20 years in Afghanistan.
The Russians are very good at military parades. They spend weeks getting everything shiny. But it’s a facade
‘A serious failure’: scale of Russia’s military blunders becomes clear
First phase of offensive held back by intelligence weaknesses and poor planning and logisticswww.ft.com
On March 14, we managed to evacuate 3,806 Ukrainians from [encircled] cities and towns. Our convoy of trucks with 100 tons of much needed humanitarian aid for Mariupol is still held up in Berdyansk. For a third day. However, we will keep trying to deliver food, water, and medication to the people of Mariupol. Every aggressive action of the invaders only pushes the world for more sanctions. I spoke to Ursula von der Leyen, Andrzej Duda, Xavier Bettel. There’s 100% of mutual understanding. I spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Bennett as part of negotiations effort to finish this war as soon as possible with honest peace. Our delegation has also worked on it at the talks with the Russian side. Pretty well, as it was reported to me. But we will see. They will continue tomorrow.
Cabinet of ministers approved a support package for the economy and businesses so that people had work where it is safe. We are launching a fiscal reform. Instead of an added-value tax and income tax, we will introduce a 2% turnover tax and simplified accounting. For small businesses, individual entrepreneurs, we make the payment of the unified tax voluntary. If you can, pay. You can’t, no questions. Secondly, maximum deregulation of business. We cancel all state inspections for all businesses so that they keep working and everyplace where there is no fighting continued to live. We have only on condition: You have to ensure your business operates within the Ukrainian law. And it’s only the beginning of our fiscal reform.
"..word (sic) wide climate change events and economic turmoil from war.."..BasilioFinancial collapses will be far more likely. As Smurf pointed out there will be serious losses in speculative trades across many commodities.
I struggle to see how many companies will hold value as the implications of shortages and war type economies come into play. Somewhere I remember reading that derivative investments are in their trillions at the moment. Don't want to think about the implications of these coming unwound.
We know that food and energy prices are rising sharply. The impact on some countries could be catastrophic. May well be a lot of international debt going under water. International instability could also rise. Remember the Arab Spring rebellion ? Rising food prices was a big part of that movement.
Also wonder how insurance companies are going to cope under the pressures of word wide climate change events and economic turmoil from war.
Zelenskyy predicts victory in Ukraine, offers Russian soldiers 'a chance to survive'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted victory over Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine Tuesday and offered Russian troops a “chance to survive” by surrendering.www.foxnews.com
Not long now; Kyiv after been surrounded by Russia on all fronts, is starting to be attacked. Capture, kill the President, of Ukraine. Then as it is all ready; on for young and old.Once the dust settles after this war, we should limit the price russia can sell its oil for to $40, and use the remaining margin to fund a reconstruction fund to rebuild Ukraine.
or, in the real worldNot long now; Kyiv after been surrounded by Russia on all fronts, is starting to be attacked. Capture, kill the President, of Ukraine. Then as it is all ready; on for young and old.
and then , the summary for 15 March (time difference => 12 hours old)Russian forces made small territorial gains in Luhansk Oblast on March 14 but did not conduct any major attacks toward Kyiv or in northeastern Ukraine. Russian forces continue to assemble reinforcements and attempt to improve logistical support in both the Kyiv and southern operational directions. Ongoing Russian efforts to replace combat losses with both Russian replacements and non-Russian sources, including Syrian fighters and the Wagner Group, are unlikely to enable Russia to resume major offensive operations within the coming week.
each point is backed with attributable footnotes. (Ukrainian sourced, but I'm not noticing much free flow of information from the aggressors)With Russian forces likely unable to complete the encirclement of Kyiv or resume mobile offensive operations in northeastern Ukraine in the near future, the Russian capture of Mariupol will likely be the next key inflection in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces have successfully encircled Mariupol and are conducting daily assaults on the western and eastern outskirts of the city. Russian air, missile, and artillery strikes continue to target residential areas and civilian infrastructure to force the city to capitulate. Russian forces have encircled the city to a depth that will likely prevent the defenders from breaking out and prevent Ukrainian efforts to relieve the defenders. Russian forces will likely be able to capture Mariupol or force it to capitulate despite strong Ukrainian defenses......
A no fly zone is WW3.
The US is being asked to decide between the plight of Ukrainians (via a no fly zone) and the future of the world (via ww3). The latter is unreasonable and criminal when a diplomatic solution (stop pushing NATO)
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