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Ya can get on the innanet and find out that the Russkies have crushed their enemies and seen them driven before them...........

But ya gotta get on the 'fire ta hear the lamentations of their women.

Crude oil: China was the largest buyer (purchasing 51% of Russia's crude oil exports), followed by India (36%), the EU (8%) and Turkey (3%).

Russia maintains lead as India's top oil supplier, commanding over 35% of imports

you probably won't be seeing the A-10 donated to Ukraine anytime soon,
Despite the A-10s strengths – the A-10 is poorly equipped to help the Ukrainians against the Russians.

Why? Ukraine does not have control of the airspace above the conflict – meaning the A-10 would be a sitting duck in contested airspace, vulnerable to air-to-air Russian fighters like the Su-35 and MiG-31.

Any more bs from comrade Greyghost?🤣

He's over at DU right now, gettin more material.

Give him some time to regroup.

DF

Oil is a commodity. Buyers of any commodity are going to buy it at the lowest price they can.

Even our own country does a lot of business with Red China because their stuff is cheaper. We even buy seafood raised in sewage because its cheaper than that American farmers and fishermen can sell it for.

I would bet the NATO countries are buying fuel from India that India refines from Russian oil.

If you think Russian ships full of oil are floating around with no buyers, think again.

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and European allies banned the import of Russian oil and natural gas.

But a new report reveals that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fuel, in part made from Russian crude, still ending up in American gas tanks.

Nick Schifrin and producer Teresa Cebrian report on a new investigation released today by the organization Global Witness.

Never covered on Telemarathon, as on most U.S. television networks, is the issue of who is making money off the war in Ukraine, particularly the armaments makers and fossil fuel networks. Weapons companies, for example, are having a field day in Ukraine, where they are testing all kinds of new and lucrative arms for use in current and future wars around the world.

A quick end to the war would hurt their unprecedented profit-making. That’s why these companies are pushing for congressional approval of the Biden administration’s request for $50 billion more to fund the war in Ukraine, hoping to extend it well into the future. It amounts to U.S. taxpayers paying for the profit-making and arms-testing parties underway in Ukraine.

four months of relentless attacks have left Ukrainian troops there outnumbered, outgunned, and with dwindling ammunition.
It is Moscow's biggest victory since Ukraine's failed counter-offensive last year.


When Pavlo Zhilin and his patrol hit the streets of Cherkasy, men often swerve to avoid them.
Pavlo is a conscription officer looking for soldiers for Ukraine's army.
But almost two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, there's no flood of volunteers to the front line anymore.
Most of those who wanted to fight are either dead, injured or still stuck at the front waiting to be relieved by new recruits.
In the central town of Cherkasy, like elsewhere, finding them isn't easy now that the first burst of enthusiasm and energy has faded.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates

Grace Mappes, Riley Bailey, Karolina Hird, Angelica Evans, and Frederick W. Kagan

February 17, 2024

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that Russian forces have established “full control” over Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces continued to advance in the settlement on February 17, and Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from Avdiivka.
Russian sources largely characterized the Ukrainian withdrawal as disorganized and costly and claimed that Russian forces managed to encircle large Ukrainian groups in Avdiivka, but ISW has observed no evidence supporting these Russian claims.
Russian forces appear to have temporarily established limited and localized air superiority and were able to provide ground troops with close air support during the final days of their offensive operation to capture Avdiivka, likely the first time that Russian forces have done so in Ukraine.
Delays in Western security assistance may lead to further significant constraints on Ukrainian air defenses that could allow Russian forces to replicate the close air support that facilitated Russian advances in Avdiivka at scale in Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces reportedly shot down three Russian fighter aircraft—two Su-34s and one Su-35—over Donetsk Oblast on February 17, likely having committed scarce air defense assets to help cover the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka.
Russian authorities arrested several hundred demonstrators on February 17 amid slightly larger demonstrations responding to imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s death.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on February 17 that the US sent $500,000 of forfeited Russian funds to Estonia to repair Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russian forces made confirmed advances near Bakhmut and Avdiivka and in western Zaporizhia Oblast
Russian occupation authorities continue efforts to propagandize and militarize Ukrainian youth in occupied areas.

Is it not important for every American to send thousands of dollars to a place they have never been... nor will ever go...

To kill tens of thousands of people that never caused then an ounce of harm?

Just curious...

Thanks in advance...

When Pavlo Zhilin and his patrol hit the streets of Cherkasy, men often swerve to avoid them.
Pavlo is a conscription officer looking for soldiers for Ukraine's army.
But almost two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, there's no flood of volunteers to the front line anymore.
Most of those who wanted to fight are either dead, injured or still stuck at the front waiting to be relieved by new recruits.
In the central town of Cherkasy, like elsewhere, finding them isn't easy now that the first burst of enthusiasm and energy has faded.

A quick end to the war would hurt their unprecedented profit-making. That’s why these companies are pushing for congressional approval of the Biden administration’s request for $50 billion more to fund the war in Ukraine, hoping to extend it well into the future. It amounts to U.S. taxpayers paying for the profit-making and arms-testing parties underway in Ukraine.

With Avdiivka cracked, Russia has a straight shot to the Dnieper, and soon 50% of cuckraine will be Russia again.

Including Odessa, which will give the remainder of cuckraine no seaport.

yep, keep on bringing russian dead. it helps russia....

Putler puffers do not like #3, esp being beat out by the Frog eaters.

As it turns out, Azov's 3rd Brigade arrived in Avdiivka, lost 600 men in four days, and went AWOL and retreated without orders, leaving the resta the cuckraine troops to surrender or die.

Seeing there were no troops left, the new cuckraine commander ordered a retreat, a day after Azov had already retreated.

Russia exports nearly 90 percent of its arms to 10 countries. Its biggest customer, India, bought 23 percent of Russia’s weapons for some $6.5bn over the past five years. Half of India’s total arms imports, 49.3 percent, come from Russia.

China is the second-largest buyer of Russian weaponry at $5.1bn over the same period followed by Algeria ($4.2bn), Egypt ($3.3bn), and Vietnam ($1.7bn), according to the Stockholm International Peace Research


Another lie from tidyka

Russia's continued strike campaign in 2023 has made one thing quite clear: it is unrealistic to expect Russia to ever “run out” of missiles.

The cuckraines are pretty dang stupid to have even gone where there were Ruskies.

Even JB knows better.