https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1519646279923552257?s=20&t=-kA9jaPNh8nA-8Ao7ASZeA
https://twitter.com/AnonOpsSE/status/1519393580590276608?s=20&t=-kA9jaPNh8nA-8Ao7ASZeA
https://twitter.com/hannagee1/status/1519398856160653312?s=20&t=-kA9jaPNh8nA-8Ao7ASZeA
BERLIN—Germany is now ready to stop buying Russian oil, clearing the way for a European Union ban on crude imports from Russia, government officials said.
Berlin had been one of the main opponents of sanctioning the EU’s oil-and-gas trade with Moscow.
However on Wednesday, German representatives to EU institutions lifted the country’s objection to a full Russian oil embargo provided Berlin was given sufficient time to secure alternative supplies, two officials said.
The German shift increases the likelihood that EU countries will agree on a phased-in embargo on Russian oil, with a decision possible as soon as next week, diplomats and officials say. However, how quickly the bloc ends its Russian oil purchases, and whether it also uses measures such as price caps or tariffs, is still being negotiated. The U.S. is pressing its European allies to avoid steps that could lead to a protracted increase in oil prices.
Europe’s debate on banning Russian oil has shifted decisively in recent days with Germany and some other countries taking practical steps to replace Russia with other suppliers. Some member states remain cautious about the economic impact of an oil embargo, including Hungary, Italy, Austria and Greece, diplomats say. All 27 EU governments must approve an oil ban.
Uniper says it will pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting a Kremlin demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.
Other European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.
The European Commission said last week that if buyers of Russian gas could complete payments in euros and get confirmation of this before any conversion into roubles took place, that would not breach sanctions.
https://twitter.com/HouseDailyPress/status/1519774351989645314?s=20&t=utsrNK2TOjEa0QL8JmWUiQ
Republican ‘no’ votes:
• Biggs (AZ)
• Gosar (AZ)
• Perry (PA )
• Gaetz (FL)
• Massie (KY)
• Norman (SC)
• Tiffany (WI)
• Taylor Greene (GA)
• Bishop (NC)
• Davidson (OH)
where’s bobert??
While Uniper is registered in Germany it is majority owned by the state of Finland (holds 75%):
it’s even more savage if you read other countries review
The savagery and confusion of Russia’s forces in Ukraine is consistent with their recent conduct in Syria. Their bombing of Ukrainian hospitals echoes their bombardment of Syrian health facilities. By the same token, Israeli military officers who watched the Russian air force in Syria closely came away surprised by its struggles with air defence, target acquisition and high-tempo sorties. At one stage they thought Syrian involvement in air operations was the only plausible explanation for such a low level of professionalism.
In the end they concluded that Russia lacked the training, doctrine and experience to make the most of its advanced warplanes. Israeli military pilots were struck, both on combat tours and during their day jobs as airline pilots, by Russia’s crude approach to electronic warfare, which involved blocking gps signals over vast swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, sometimes for weeks at a time. When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became bogged down, Israeli analysts realised that Russian ground forces were afflicted by many of the same problems.
Some of Russia’s friends appear to be drawing the same lesson. Syed Ata Hasnain, a retired Indian general who once commanded India’s forces in Kashmir, notes “Russian incompetence in the field”, rooted in “hubris and reluctance to follow time-tested military basics”. A group of retired Indian diplomats and generals affiliated with the Vivekananda International Foundation, a nationalist think-tank close to the Indian government, recently discussed Russia’s “visible and abject lack of preparation” and “severe logistical incompetence”. The fact that India is the biggest buyer of Russian arms lent their conclusion particular weight: “the quality of Russian technology previously thought to be superlative is increasingly being questioned”—though Ukraine, of course, uses much of the same equipment.
Interesting vid.
https://twitter.com/anderspuck/status/1517773436826923008?t=NPSaiRZmjpYhWodSigWuaw&s=19
I wonder if they call it Putin’s price increase in Russia
Special Price Adjustment Operation
Glorious Donbas Putsch deflator
Wow! 
I watched the live stream from Kyiv and heard a bunch of gunfire I think on the 3rd night (so not this incident). I continued for another week and all was quiet except for the air raid sirens. And the crows. I thought the invasion was coming any day.
Russians fake TB-2 drone shoot down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-russians-got-caught-faking-a-tb-2-drone-shoot-down/ar-AAWIbql?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7045c9cccad045fe80deacb4c3c34f98
https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1520089157472866310?s=20&t=iuusRrdr70sQTJjaA1UCbg
For those that don’t know, this is the guy who made the podcasts History of Rome and Revolutions.
This didn’t go well for Nicholas in WW1.
Pre industrial kings would lead their armies, it went well for some of them.
doesn’t tend to go well when they took over after the war started going poorly though
