Pipeline Wars Again

An interesting development. As you can see at a glance from the map, the Druzhba pipeline feeds into the heart of Central Europe and services countries countries that, by and large, are skeptics regarding war on Russia. Czechia is a partial exception, although it is doubtful that the population in general is as anti-Russian as the current president.

Veritas Semper Vincit @semper_vincit

1/ The US backed and led ex-state of Ukraine said that it would block Druzhba oil pipeline toward Central and South Europe.
This is the second US sponsored attack on European infrastructure , after the US blew up NordStream pipelines for Germany.

2/ A few corrections :
- Gazprom's contracts expire the end of 2024. The Russians wills NYET to new ones. It's over.
-EU-peons have 4 months to decide which one is better:
green energy...US LNG 20 times more expensive ...new European Ice Age
Choices... 

My assumption is that this decision was not left up to Ukraine—it was arrived at by NATO and the EU—which is to say, by the Anglo-Zionists. It looks like an effort to force these countries to toe the Anglo-Zionist line in its war on Russia. The result will be devastating for the economies of these countries, but that’s not the point, is it?

My guess is that this development will be added to the scales in Putin’s consideration of whether to bring the war in Ukraine to an end sooner rather than later. It’s fashionable to say that Russia has written off the West, but “the West” isn’t a simple concept. Are the Central European and Balkan countries “the West”? Some may believe they are, but my impression is that they are not so regarded—except for political and military expediency—by the traditional West: Britain, France, Germany, non-Finnish Scandinavia, Spain and Italy. Poland undoubtedly considers itself to be a Western country, but most of the traditional West simply regards Poland as a pain in the ass—with no offense intended on my part.

The countries south of Poland are a different matter (consult the map). Among those countries—regardless of the attitudes of a ruling class installed by the EU—only Romania has a history of strong anti-Russia sentiment among the general public. Again, my guess is that Putin will see geopolitical and economic support for these NATO countries as a wise investment in a future in which NATO may recede westward. Putin understands the centrality of the Black Sea basin—and therefore also of the Danube basin—to the imperial ambitions off the Anglo-Zionists, and so will be disposed to extend a hand of assistance to those nations. Ending the war sooner rather than later will be a step in that direction:

Russia is not Enemy @RussiaIsntEnemy

“History is not a teacher, it teaches nothing. History is a warden, and it punishes for poorly learned historical lessons” - President Putin.

5:58 AM · Aug 31, 2024

Here’s a developing story worth keeping an eye on. It comes amid increasing reports of Ukrainian withdrawals from long held fortresses. This is due to fear of encirclement occasioned by the Russian breakthrough in the Pokrovsk direction—a sign that Ukraine knows that breakthrough is permanent and irreversible:

Big Serge @witte_sergei

Aug 30

Ugledar is on a timer following the Russian advance into Vodyane and the cascading Russian advances north of Kurakhove. There's an unverified report that the AFU's 72nd Mechanized, which has been holding this salient for a long time, is beginning to withdraw.

Ukraine is getting ready to lose Ugledar.