Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #14

[poppyquiche]

About a sense of humor. I loved Zelenskyy's retort to that overbearing White House reporter from Real Amerika's Voice:

"Why don't you wear a suit?" Glenn asked. "You're at the highest level in this country's office, and you refuse to wear a suit.
"Do you own a suit?" he continued. "A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office."

"I will wear costume after this war will finish," Zelensky replied. (The word "suit" can be translated into Ukrainian as "kostyum".)
"Maybe something like yours, yes. Maybe something better, I don't know," he said, to laughter in the room. "Maybe something cheaper."

…This guy. I don’t even want to laugh because HOW IS THIS REAL LIFE, but my gosh. The absurdity of this entire situation would be absolutely hysterical in some perverse ways if it weren’t actually happening.

(And yes, “suit” literally is «костюм», which is pronounced like “costume”, as the article states)

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 8, 2025

Institute for the Study of War

The extent of the US suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine remains unclear. The Washington Post reported on March 7 that a statement by the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) noted that the NGA "temporarily suspended [Ukraine's]

www.understandingwar.org

Key Takeaways:

• The extent of the US suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine remains unclear.
• Western and Ukrainian officials indicated that the US suspension of intelligence sharing is generating battlefield effects.
• European states continue efforts to supplement intelligence sharing with Ukraine following the US suspension.
• Russian forces intensified their multi-directional campaign to eliminate the remaining Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on March 7 and 8.
• Russian forces appear to be destroying bridges in Kursk Oblast and along the international border, likely as part of efforts to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing from Kursk Oblast into Ukraine.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Main Military-Political Directorate Deputy Head and Akhmat Spetsnaz Commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov, announced the intensified Russian effort in Kursk Oblast on March 8.
• Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian rear and near rear areas on the night of March 7 and 8 and during the day on March 8, and Ukrainian forces notably did not shoot down any Russian ballistic missiles.
• The Kremlin continues to promote the false narrative that European Union (EU) member states and Ukraine seek to protract and escalate the war in Ukraine in order to distract from Russia's own long-term preparations for a war with the West.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on March 8 that Ukrainian Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President's Office Colonel Pavlo Palisa will participate in the US-Ukrainian talks on March 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Toretsk and Pokrovsk.

Russian forces appear to be destroying bridges in Kursk Oblast and along the international border, likely as part of efforts to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing from Kursk Oblast into Ukraine. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces destroyed a bridge north of Sudzha along the H-07 Sumy City-Sudzha highway (known as the R-200 highway in Russia) and that Russian forces are attempting to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing to Sudzha.[23] Another Russian milblogger claimed that elements of the Russian 177th Naval Infantry Regiment destroyed a bridge over the Psel River between Myropillya, Sumy Oblast, and Gornal, Kursk Oblast in order to complicate Ukrainian logistics.[24] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces are continuing to advance slowly in northern Sumy Oblast near Basivka and Novenke (both northeast of Sumy City) and that Russian shelling has interdicted the H-07 highway.[25] ISW previously assessed that Russian forces intend to interdict the H-07 to complicate Ukrainian logistics in Kursk Oblast and support Russian efforts to envelop the Ukrainian salient from the south.[26]

 

[Arkay]

I don't have any personal links with Ukraine, but I live in a very rural part of the Uk which is quiet and peaceful and I think about all those people living under the invasion - and think of all the Mothers and children as well. MOO

Now, this is one of the things I love about Websleuths.

Our lives could not be more different, @Stella123.

I was born, raised and still live in NYC. Not quite very rural, quiet and peaceful!

You have no personal links to Ukraine, while I have a Ukrainian grandparent as well as one from what would now be Belarus, though they were both part of the Russian Empire when my grandparents were born. I also have a grandmother from Poland back when it was under Russian control.

I spent my childhood in Manhattan but have lived in Brooklyn for a long time.
I have three grandchildren born in NYC, so that’s now five generations of my family who have lived here. (All born in NYC except for three of my grandparents). My neighborhood and the adjoining neighborhood have transformed into a majority of people from the former U.S.S.R. The store signs are in Cyrillic, the conversations in the elevators and stores are in Russian, Ukrainian or Georgian.

Yet we intersect here at WS, from our vastly different worlds, because we both (and most people here) care so deeply about the anguish we see unfolding in a land far away.

I suffer every day over the terrorist attacks in Israel and the hostages. (My bloodline). I worry about Ukraine. (My bloodline). I worry about Taiwan (not my bloodline).

Any nation that is surrounded by, or adjacent to, larger nations led by terrorists or dictators who want to extinguish their democratic neighbors is cause for great alarm.

I respect everyone here; from the U.S., from the U.K,, from anywhere in Europe, from Australia etc. who has compassion for those who are under threat at all times.

JMO

 

[keek]

About a sense of humor. I loved Zelenskyy's retort to that overbearing White House reporter from Real Amerika's Voice:

"Why don't you wear a suit?" Glenn asked. "You're at the highest level in this country's office, and you refuse to wear a suit.
"Do you own a suit?" he continued. "A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office."

"I will wear costume after this war will finish," Zelensky replied. (The word "suit" can be translated into Ukrainian as "kostyum".)
"Maybe something like yours, yes. Maybe something better, I don't know," he said, to laughter in the room. "Maybe something cheaper."

Oh I so loved that he said that. Rose above them. 'class act' always.

 

[poppyquiche]

Oh I so loved that he said that. Rose above them. 'class act' always.

I genuinely have no idea how this man has survived the last few years.
One of my Ukrainian friends and I (I’m not Ukrainian; I’m American but have many family ties to Europe, which in this context notably includes Poland) joke that we don’t know how anyone in our family trees have made it this far, but we assume there must be some incredibly strong will in our DNA somewhere and as we’re the rightful heiresses of that, we must be able to find that Stronger Stuff in ourselves, too. Staying alive just to make bad people angry can be its own reward sometimes.

 

[LovesPeace2]

I can be the Ukrainian spelling bully if you want. I’m annoying about it (in a joking way; I’m just being silly here) but it also just bugs me because “Kyiv” is simply much much closer to how it’s actually pronounced in the language of the country itself, because that’s the romanization of Київ.

But hey. I’m also just glad there seems to have MOSTLY been an end to “THE Ukraine”, so.

Все буде Україна, друже. Hang in there. I’m so sorry about…well, all of this.

lol @ the Ukraine omg my baba would get so mad over that . When people talk about Zelenskyy and the eye roll and facial expression that's something I don't think he can control lol most of the family I have especially me you can read our feelings on our face lol can't help that

 

[STAGNUM]

It seems he UK had NO intentions of using tax payer money.

Why would anyone expect the US to continue to use US tax payer money, when they don't use their own taxpayer money? A new low for UK.
Moo

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/how-europe-could-seize-frozen-russian-assets-to-fund-ukraine.html

.....

At the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the end of February, Kallas stated that work on reaching an asset seizure agreement was “ongoing” and that “eventually, especially in the situation where we are right now, we all come to the conclusion that our taxpayers should not be the ones who are paying for this. It should come from the country that destroys Ukraine, which is Russia.”

Also toward the end of last month, U.K. foreign minister David Lammy told the British parliament that “Europe has to act quickly, and I believe we should move from freezing assets to seizing assets.” Estonia and Poland have also expressed support to seize assets.

Posted previously by @SouthAussie

You should realize that all Putin needs to do is call back his troops out of Ukraine borders and it will end.

 

[Arkay]

Staying alive just to make bad people angry can be its own reward sometimes.

I love this so much!

It’s why my parents visited Auschwitz years ago, where my mother’s aunts were murdered.

I’ve loved Zelenskyy since the morning after Russia invaded Ukraine. He sent out that cell phone video where he and his cabinet show their faces and Zelenskyy, speaking in Ukrainian (with subtitles in English) declared “the president is here” and repeated that for all the cabinet members.

They weren’t going anywhere, and this is at the beginning when it was assumed Russia would decapitate Ukraine in a matter of days.

Still here. I hope he can hold on. The odds of survival when Putin has you in his sights are not high. I wished so that Navalny would not end up among the murdered, but alas.

JMO

 

[Snoopster]

MAR 8, 2025

Institute for the Study of War

The extent of the US suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine remains unclear. The Washington Post reported on March 7 that a statement by the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) noted that the NGA "temporarily suspended [Ukraine's]

www.understandingwar.org

Key Takeaways:

• The extent of the US suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine remains unclear.
• Western and Ukrainian officials indicated that the US suspension of intelligence sharing is generating battlefield effects.
• European states continue efforts to supplement intelligence sharing with Ukraine following the US suspension.
• Russian forces intensified their multi-directional campaign to eliminate the remaining Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on March 7 and 8.
• Russian forces appear to be destroying bridges in Kursk Oblast and along the international border, likely as part of efforts to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing from Kursk Oblast into Ukraine.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Main Military-Political Directorate Deputy Head and Akhmat Spetsnaz Commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov, announced the intensified Russian effort in Kursk Oblast on March 8.
• Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian rear and near rear areas on the night of March 7 and 8 and during the day on March 8, and Ukrainian forces notably did not shoot down any Russian ballistic missiles.
• The Kremlin continues to promote the false narrative that European Union (EU) member states and Ukraine seek to protract and escalate the war in Ukraine in order to distract from Russia's own long-term preparations for a war with the West.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on March 8 that Ukrainian Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President's Office Colonel Pavlo Palisa will participate in the US-Ukrainian talks on March 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast and near Toretsk and Pokrovsk.

Russian forces appear to be destroying bridges in Kursk Oblast and along the international border, likely as part of efforts to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing from Kursk Oblast into Ukraine. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces destroyed a bridge north of Sudzha along the H-07 Sumy City-Sudzha highway (known as the R-200 highway in Russia) and that Russian forces are attempting to prevent Ukrainian forces from withdrawing to Sudzha.[23] Another Russian milblogger claimed that elements of the Russian 177th Naval Infantry Regiment destroyed a bridge over the Psel River between Myropillya, Sumy Oblast, and Gornal, Kursk Oblast in order to complicate Ukrainian logistics.[24] Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces are continuing to advance slowly in northern Sumy Oblast near Basivka and Novenke (both northeast of Sumy City) and that Russian shelling has interdicted the H-07 highway.[25] ISW previously assessed that Russian forces intend to interdict the H-07 to complicate Ukrainian logistics in Kursk Oblast and support Russian efforts to envelop the Ukrainian salient from the south.[26]

 

[LovesPeace2]

Now, this is one of the things I love about Websleuths.

Our lives could not be more different, @Stella123.

I was born, raised and still live in NYC. Not quite very rural, quiet and peaceful!

You have no personal links to Ukraine, while I have a Ukrainian grandparent as well as one from what would now be Belarus, though they were both part of the Russian Empire when my grandparents were born. I also have a grandmother from Poland back when it was under Russian control.

I spent my childhood in Manhattan but have lived in Brooklyn for a long time.
I have three grandchildren born in NYC, so that’s now five generations of my family who have lived here. (All born in NYC except for three of my grandparents). My neighborhood and the adjoining neighborhood have transformed into a majority of people from the former U.S.S.R. The store signs are in Cyrillic, the conversations in the elevators and stores are in Russian, Ukrainian or Georgian.

Yet we intersect here at WS, from our vastly different worlds, because we both (and most people here) care so deeply about the anguish we see unfolding in a land far away.

I suffer every day over the terrorist attacks in Israel and the hostages. (My bloodline). I worry about Ukraine. (My bloodline). I worry about Taiwan (not my bloodline).

Any nation that is surrounded by, or adjacent to, larger nations led by terrorists or dictators who want to extinguish their democratic neighbors is cause for great alarm.

I respect everyone here; from the U.S., from the U.K,, from anywhere in Europe, from Australia etc. who has compassion for those who are under threat at all times.

JMO

Yep I do agree with this. And lol my family both sides all my grandparents came from Ukraini lol one threw/Austria/ Ukraini another threw Poland/ Ukraini,

Now, this is one of the things I love about Websleuths.

Our lives could not be more different, @Stella123.

I was born, raised and still live in NYC. Not quite very rural, quiet and peaceful!

You have no personal links to Ukraine, while I have a Ukrainian grandparent as well as one from what would now be Belarus, though they were both part of the Russian Empire when my grandparents were born. I also have a grandmother from Poland back when it was under Russian control.

I spent my childhood in Manhattan but have lived in Brooklyn for a long time.
I have three grandchildren born in NYC, so that’s now five generations of my family who have lived here. (All born in NYC except for three of my grandparents). My neighborhood and the adjoining neighborhood have transformed into a majority of people from the former U.S.S.R. The store signs are in Cyrillic, the conversations in the elevators and stores are in Russian, Ukrainian or Georgian.

Yet we intersect here at WS, from our vastly different worlds, because we both (and most people here) care so deeply about the anguish we see unfolding in a land far away.

I suffer every day over the terrorist attacks in Israel and the hostages. (My bloodline). I worry about Ukraine. (My bloodline). I worry about Taiwan (not my bloodline).

Any nation that is surrounded by, or adjacent to, larger nations led by terrorists or dictators who want to extinguish their democratic neighbors is cause for great alarm.

I respect everyone here; from the U.S., from the U.K,, from anywhere in Europe, from Australia etc. who has compassion for those who are under threat at all times.

JMO

I soooooo agree with this. It's so nice to be able to come here and discuss, even when heated we don't attack each other. Lol I'm Canadian all 4 of my grandparents are from Ukraini one from Austria/Ukraini one from Poland/ Ukraini one from zapoeizhzhia and one from a village close to zapoeizhzhia they all settled on different homesteads in the middle of Saskatchewan. The town was all Ukrainian but Ukraini country lines were always changing .I feel awful for the whole area surrounding Ukraini because we all know what will happen if Russia wins and who knows what will happen if Russia loses there really is no winning .I have a cousin who won 2012 Ukraini x factor she's in the USA 2 years now She's got to refigure her future. So many of the Ukraini refugees will need to figure somewhere to go.jmoo

 

[LovesPeace2]

Chernobyl shelter fire still smouldering two weeks after drone strike I didn't realize it was still smoldering so glad they didn't break threw the sarcophagus

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Re-posting (from March 5, 2025)

Institute for the Study of War

The Trump administration suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, one of many demands the Kremlin has made of the US, Ukraine, and Ukraine's other supporters.

understandingwar.org

The Trump administration suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, one of many demands the Kremlin has made of the US, Ukraine, and Ukraine's other supporters. ... The Kremlin has repeatedly insisted on an end to the provision of all foreign assistance to Ukraine as part of any peace agreement, and Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov specifically stated on March 4 that the United States provides Ukraine with intelligence data such as satellite reconnaissance data.[4]

The suspension of US intelligence sharing with Ukraine will damage Ukraine's ability to defend itself against ongoing Russian attacks against military and civilian targets. ...[9] Ukraine's inability to conduct ATACMS and HIMARS strikes against Russian air defense systems within Russia and occupied Ukraine will likely impact how close to the frontline Russian pilots are willing to operate and expand Russia's ability to effectively use glide bombs against both frontline areas and near rear Ukrainian cities.[10]

The suspension of all US intelligence sharing with Ukraine would also allow Russian forces to intensify their drone and missile strikes against the Ukrainian rear, affecting millions of Ukrainian civilians and the growth of Ukraine's defense industrial base (DIB). ... The suspension of US intelligence on Russian strikes against the Ukrainian rear, coupled with the US suspension of supplies of Patriot air defense missiles that Ukraine relies upon to defend against Russian ballistic missiles, would have severe impacts on the safety of Ukrainian rear areas.[12]

The Trump administration has been applying considerable pressure on Ukraine, whose leaders continue to offer concessions and publicly declare their interest in achieving a lasting end to the war. These Trump administration policies are undermining the leverage that the United States needs to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept any peace agreement that is in the interests of the United States, Ukraine, and Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on March 4 that "Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer."[15] Zelensky also offered to exchange Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war (POWs), to ban missile and long-range drone strikes against energy and civilian infrastructure, and to reach an immediate truce in the Black Sea.[16] Zelensky has indicated several times — including in his February 28 Fox News interview — that he is willing to make concessions on territory, Ukraine's NATO membership, and his own tenure in office in order to secure a just and sustainable peace.[17] Russian President Vladimir Putin and numerous Kremlin officials have, in contrast, offered no meaningful concessions. They continuously repeat demands that amount to complete Ukrainian capitulation as well as the rolling back of NATO from Eastern Europe.[18]

This IMO is disturbing on many levels. Has Mr. Trump done the same to suspend similar information for Russia? And if not, why not?

Wonder who in the administration has the authority or ability to push back and counter such horrid decisions? Does that include Tulsi Gabbard? Director of National Intelligence? How about National Security Advisor Mike Waltz? Or CIA Director John Ratcliffe? Are there other officials with responsibility or authority on a national and global level that are voicing concern? Working to restore the intelligence sharing?

Which congressional and elected officials are speaking on this topic? Has the White House issued an official statement on why this was done? Perhaps the house and senate should introduce resolutions on this matter.

IMO any silence and inability to call this out and advise the president of the irresponsible nature of such a decision should be called out. It is IMO difficult to support any measures such as this. SMH. MOO

 

[Stella123]

Yep I do agree with this. And lol my family both sides all my grandparents came from Ukraini lol one threw/Austria/ Ukraini another threw Poland/ Ukraini,

I soooooo agree with this. It's so nice to be able to come here and discuss, even when heated we don't attack each other. Lol I'm Canadian all 4 of my grandparents are from Ukraini one from Austria/Ukraini one from Poland/ Ukraini one from zapoeizhzhia and one from a village close to zapoeizhzhia they all settled on different homesteads in the middle of Saskatchewan. The town was all Ukrainian but Ukraini country lines were always changing .I feel awful for the whole area surrounding Ukraini because we all know what will happen if Russia wins and who knows what will happen if Russia loses there really is no winning .I have a cousin who won 2012 Ukraini x factor she's in the USA 2 years now She's got to refigure her future. So many of the Ukraini refugees will need to figure somewhere to go.jmoo

I think Ukraine can win with the right back up. If they can drive Russia back again and In terms of Russia getting worn down financially and physically and capitulating. The difficulty is Putin is not the type to capitulate. So it wouldn't be quick. I just feel something will happen. JMO

 

[poppyquiche]

lol @ the Ukraine omg my baba would get so mad over that . When people talk about Zelenskyy and the eye roll and facial expression that's something I don't think he can control lol most of the family I have especially me you can read our feelings on our face lol can't help that

You guys have no patience for BS and I am A-OK with that — and to be frank, you've more than EARNED IT at this point. My buscia was like that, too. Very direct and tough as hell. When you have to use your wits to survive, you learn to discern who is full of crap and who isn’t in a way that people who haven’t been through that never even think about. I think it gives you a better read on people.
Also at this point, when THIS is the situation I also sort of feel like…what is even “disrespectful” for Ukrainians to DO at this point? So many “allies” have UTTERLY failed them for SO MANY YEARS. How many people in the west even know the Holodomor HAPPENED? For crying out loud the Budapest Memorandum/Toilet Paper was a thing, for which a LOT of people in the western world should feel guilty, but now we’re all gonna get peeved about whether someone has a suit jacket on?! C’mon now.

 

[Snoopster]

I think Ukraine can win with the right back up. If they can drive Russia back again and In terms of Russia getting worn down financially and physically and capitulating. The difficulty is Putin is not the type to capitulate. So it wouldn't be quick. I just feel something will happen. JMO

I think you're optimistic since Trump has clearly sided with Russia. I haven't heard him demand that Russia withdraw or stop the 'war'. Instead he demands that Ukraine stop the war. He blames the victim.
And, if USA is siding with their Russian buddies, well that's a pretty tough war to win.

Other countries still have Ukraine's back, but the supposed ally, i.e. traitor, is the USA. JMO.

ETA: corrected typo.

 

[poppyquiche]

You should realize that all Putin needs to do is call back his troops out of Ukraine borders and it will end.

Yep. Easiest (or at least theoretically easiest) peace talks ever: as True Crime Dorks, let’s put it in Hot Mess Police Bodycam:

Ukraine: hi, you’re being criminally trespassed.
Russia:…but for WHAT??? LIKE…for WHY? I SWEAR TO GOD I KNOW THE MANAGER AND THEY WANT ME HERE. They all LOOOOVE ME HERE. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME; I’m gonna SUE!
Everyone else: Sir, it’s a PRIVATE business, they can deny service to anyone they choose, and they don’t wanna make this a big deal, mmkay? They just want you to leave. That’s all you have to do. Just…get your stuff and go home. Also pretty sure we’ve been out here before and they have a protective order against you.
Russia:— but, but THIS IS ILLEGAL I KNEW A GUY WHO SAID HE WANTED ME HERE —
Ukraine: …no…
Everyone else: Sir, nothing else even has to happen tonight. We can just issue you a summons and you can go home and sleep this off. Can Belarus call you an Uber? Can Erdogan come pick you up?

Russia is literally being That Guy at this point. WHY WONT THEY JUST GO HOME.

 

[Stella123]

I think you're optimistic since Trump has clearly sided with Russia. I haven't heard him demand that Russia withdraw or stop the 'war'. Instead he demands that Ukraine stop the war. He blames the victim.
And, if USA is siding with their Russian buddies, well that's a pretty tough war to win.

Other countries still have Ukraine's back, but the supposed ally, i.e. traitor, is the USA. JMO.

ETA: corrected typo.

Yup - which is why I said "with the right backup". Something has to change - or get Trump to change. JMO I hope there are more and more pro Ukraine demonstrations in the US and more pressure on Trump. MOO

 

[PommyMommy]

Australia considering joining 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine amid talks with Starmer.

Australia is considering joining the European-led coalition of the willing to support a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine, a statement issued by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Stamer's office read on March 8.
https://kyivindependent.com/australia-considering-joining-coalition-of-the-willing-for-ukraine-following-talks-with-starmer/

Starmer announced on March 2 that a number of European nations, including the U.K. and France, are developing a 'coalition of the willing' that will include "planes in the air and boots on the ground" in an effort to secure a successful ceasefire in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1898574202287906987

 

[PommyMommy]

US vetoes G7 proposal to establish task force on Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reports.

The United States vetoed a Group of Seven (G7) proposal to establish a joint task force that would tackle sanctions evasion related to Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reported on March 8.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-vetos-proposal-to-establish-g7-task-force-on-russias-shadow-fleet-bloomberg-reports/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1898595085501018169

US vetoes G7 proposal to establish task force on Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reports

The United States vetoed a Group of Seven (G7) proposal to establish a joint task force that would tackle sanctions evasion related to Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reported on March 8.

kyivindependent.com

The move aligns with the Trump administration's efforts to soften its stance on Russia in international institutions as well as in joint statements.

The shadow fleet refers to aging and largely uninsured oil tankers that Russia uses to transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap that the EU, the U.S., and G7 countries imposed in December 2022 as part of the effort to cut Moscow's fossil fuels revenue.

In addition to vetoing the task force, the United States has sought to ease rhetoric used towards Russia, pushing, in a joint G7 draft statement, to remove the word "sanctions," as well as citing Russia’s "ability to maintain its war" in Ukraine by replacing it with "earn revenue," Bloomberg reported.

 

[LovesPeace2]

US vetoes G7 proposal to establish task force on Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reports.

The United States vetoed a Group of Seven (G7) proposal to establish a joint task force that would tackle sanctions evasion related to Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reported on March 8.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-vetos-proposal-to-establish-g7-task-force-on-russias-shadow-fleet-bloomberg-reports/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1898595085501018169

US vetoes G7 proposal to establish task force on Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reports

The United States vetoed a Group of Seven (G7) proposal to establish a joint task force that would tackle sanctions evasion related to Russia's 'shadow fleet,' Bloomberg reported on March 8.

kyivindependent.com

The move aligns with the Trump administration's efforts to soften its stance on Russia in international institutions as well as in joint statements.

The shadow fleet refers to aging and largely uninsured oil tankers that Russia uses to transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap that the EU, the U.S., and G7 countries imposed in December 2022 as part of the effort to cut Moscow's fossil fuels revenue.

In addition to vetoing the task force, the United States has sought to ease rhetoric used towards Russia, pushing, in a joint G7 draft statement, to remove the word "sanctions," as well as citing Russia’s "ability to maintain its war" in Ukraine by replacing it with "earn revenue," Bloomberg reported.

What a jerk move. Trump and Putin aren't hiding there bromance now. Putin got braver this week in the bombing of civilian residences he doesn't care and he's showing that he's not worried he's got a buddy. How can the g7 and NATO have him in the groups when he's showing favor to Russia and starting to block anything going threw that smacks putins hands. It frustrating seeing him veto everything.jmvho