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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU.
Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko’s comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of launching a “major provocation”
How dare they provoke the people who have been relentlessly attacking their country for two and a half years.
Ten and a half. And that’s only if we discount Tuzla island dispute and continuous attempts to take control of politics and economy.
Euromaiden was in 2013 somehow. How has it been that long
I’ll never forget watching the live feed almost every night for weeks. Then Simon reporting from the front during the Russian invasion for Vice.
I remember a video interview with a Ukrainian soldier and a bomb fell near them, while still smoking a cigarette he just casually picks up a piece of hot shrapnel to show the camera and drops it like he was mildly annoyed about being interrupted.
Bullies always go cry to the teacher when someone hits back
Fucking Russian psychos use the majority of their missiles on civilian targets and now suddenly Putin has a problem with (alleged! I frankly don’t believe it for one second) “indiscriminate shooting from various types of weapons, including missiles, at civilian buildings, residential buildings, and ambulances.”
This is mobile warfare with a veteran, armored brigade using a mix of latest and greatest Western gear. If they had trouble before, this is going to be a nightmare for them. Oh and those F-16s just got into service.
Ukraine should create a referendum to annex the entire Kursk region. Russia says it’s legal to do so.
Russia needs to cede that territory in the interests of peace.
RuZZia: [Invades Ukraine]
Ukraine: [UNO reverse card]
I heard they did a vote and the population of Kursk overwhelmingly voted to join Ukraine nod nod
152% of the residents support the annexation so…
Finally some excellent development. Time to Make Putin into Poutine.
The acting regional governor, Alexei Smirnov
Come on. That’s a made up name.
The Governor of Texas isn’t “John Hamburger”.
Professional racing driver Dick Trickle would like a word with you
80s SF Giants player Dick Burns would, as well.
What about the Nazi-sponsored English motor-racing legend, Dick Seaman.
Leave Mr hamburger alone!
Did you think the alcohol wasnt named after a human? Are u high or somethin?
Als Hamburg is a real city. Its totally normal for things to be named after people and cities.
Hamburg’s name derives from the Hammaburg whose name is thought to derive from *ham- “angle, angular terrain by rivers, bay”, as well as burg, “elevated fortification, settlement”. Here is it overlaid on the current terrain, constructed in the 8th century, though settlement is attested to the 4th century BC. First mentioned in writing 834, likely previously seat of local Saxon nobility, then taken over. Previously known to the Romans as Treva. That early 800s date matches the direct aftermath of Charlemagne’s Christianisation-by-genocide of the Saxons, with the first church being constructed in 810. Also, the writ it was first mentioned in happens to be the one that sets up Ansgar as Bishop of Hamburg.
Republic since 1292. Trade-wise where the Ossenpadd and Elbe meet, in case you wonder who had the genius idea of building a harbour city inlands: Since about the bronze age (2000BC thereabouts) up until industrialisation it has been a vital trade route, going straight through Hedeby where you also get a competitive connection to the Baltic Sea, a role which was later inhabited by Lübeck.
Whoosh
This will be interesting. Either Putin goes back on his word and mobilizes more people into his special military operations to bolster the defenses. Or he seems weak for allowing Russia to be invaded.
Good dilemma.
Putin goes back on his word and mobilizes more people into his special military operations to bolster the defenses
This would be easy to spin, it’s no longer a special operation it’s become a war of survival against the Ukrainian Nazis and their gay Jewish NATO allies, the very thing our lord and saviour Putin was trying to prevent with the special operation!
Sure it could be… but still… It would require moscovites to be drafted… and that would make the whole war more real for them. I’d imagine Ukraine would then spend some extra attention to these battalions, to drive the point home.
War is horrific in many ways, and in most cases its the innocent who suffer. Lets keep that in mind.
Saying that - Fucking lol. You fucked around, time to find out.
It’s just a military exercise. Don’t worry ruzzians. All is going to be fine.
Special military operation.
Nothing to worry about.
Fuck russia.
I wonder how many operatives they’re going to sneak into the country through this raid to do longer term damage via reconnaissance and sabotage. Plenty of opportunity with all this chaos and the ability to bring a large amount of supplies to stash things.
Weirder than that, it can’t be easily bombed without permanently disabling Russia’s ability to earn revenue. If Ukraine just sits on it they can hold Russia economically hostage indefinitely.
I imagine the distraction is the main goal.
Looking at the map:
- Russia tried to stretch Ukraine with a distraction near Kharkiv
- so now Ukraine is trying to stretch Russia with a distraction yet further north
I don’t know what value that region may have to the war effort if either side but this initial attack seemed well targeted
It’ll be interesting to see Europe’s reactions when they turn off the gas flow, and force Europe to stop being hypocrites
Why would they want to control the gas facility?
It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU.
But that gas goes through Ukraine. They could have stopped it at any time.
That’s a direct pipeline, it seems. Goes straight to the EU.
There’s a different pipeline (maybe several, not sure) going through Ukraine.
Cut off tail of snake and it will eventually grow back. Cut off head of snake and it cannot grow back.
But Ukraine was making a ton of money transporting Russian gas over their territory (before the war). Presumably they want the war to end with some kind of agreement that restores this deal, no?
Russia has consistently used that gas as leverage over Ukraine and the EU for the past 20 years or so.
And the EU was happy to buy it instead of transitioning away from it, thinking trading with Russia would pacify it.
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By blowing it up and causing an ecological disaster in their own country?
There should be cut off valves where they could have done it safely, but this is Russian built, they used positive power coefficients on their nuclear power plants…
You can’t count on common sense safety measures.
