Billions in Russian oil sale profits are stuck in Indian banks, marking a blow to President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to stop using the U.S. dollar for trade.
Commodities such as oil, gold and wheat are typically traded around the globe in U.S. dollars, the world’s reserve currency.
However Russia’s financial system was essentially isolated by Western sanctions imposed after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, making his country unable to make transactions in greenbacks, thus limiting trade.
“Russia’s _____ not going according to plan” seems to be the running theme lately.
Only if you live in a propaganda bubble.
You think everything goes according to the plan on Russian side? This “special operation” is the largest clisterfuck imaginable for them.
You only think that getting your defensive line breached and continuing to lose ground 565 days into your 3 day offensive is bad if you’re in a propaganda bubble.
No no, it’s all part of Putin’s 4D-chess masterplan!
[Snorts copium]
Oh dear. And you’re accusing others of being in a propaganda bubble.
You do have a point. It’s actually the second defensive line breached now.
(If you click on the link, hit the little castle icon to show the defensive fortifications.)
You can read in more detail about that infinitesimal advance here.
This is the topographic map. They’ve walked into the lowest lying aread surrounded on all sides by higher ground.
This is what they got for months of throwing tens of thousands of lives into the meat grinder for burgerland. Bravo!
Your map also agrees the first defensive line has been breached. Will you recant your statement that such a claim is propaganda?
No, it’s propaganda to maintain that this is meaningful or significant.
No. But it seems ya’ll think nothing goes to plan on the Russian side. Which just isn’t true, unless you live in a propaganda bubble.
Lol.
Do you not know what the word ‘theme’ means? I think that’s the crux of this issue.
Lol, keep grasping at those straws.
That doesn’t even make sense in context. Is English your second language? I’m happy to change how I phrase things.
You’re desperate to move goalposts to fool yourself into thinking you’re right.
Theme? What? Lol. I never said ‘generally.’ I never referred to ‘trends.’ I was talking about specifics. Specifically, you incorrectly interpreted my comment as ‘everything goes according to russian’s plans.’ Which is asinine. I never insinuated that. Just like with your ‘theme’ argument, you’re making stuff up that’s easier to argue against because you don’t really have a point.
Look, I’m sorry you’ve fallen for the propaganda. I support Ukraine. I believe they are winning the war. However, that doesn’t mean Russians aren’t doing anything right, which is what everyone here seems to believe.
If you can’t conceive of how much content is being filtered and censored to garner as much support for the war as possible, I literally can’t help you. You need more life experience.
So you actually think there’s not a general theme of things going poorly for Russia?
There are drones bombing their capital and their currency dropped significantly. International companies are leaving. They’re spending LOADS of money and lives and not really getting very far.
What part of that sounds like it’s going not poorly, in a general sort of fashion?
In what world has Russia been successful at anything lately? A supposed world power can’t quickly over run Ukraine.
Abuse, exploitation of the vulnerable and disinformation among its citizens. Actually, I would argue that the disinformation has been successful in Britain and the former colonies.
The poster you’re replying to is, uh … yeah.
They’ve made a mockery of US/NATO’s military capabilities. That’s a win surely?
Russia is fighting the poorest country in Europe and is losing ground. In what way does that make a mockery of US/NATO capabilities?
‘We have suffered substantial losses in our war with NATO.’
‘How many losses has NATO suffered?’
‘NATO hasn’t shown up yet.’
Losing ground? You sure? Who told you to think that?
Anyway, my point remains, the US has been shown up to have a shit military with a shit capability. Here, this is a good one:
Too late losers. Remind me, when was the last war the yanks won?
No idea who you’re quoting here. NATO hasn’t shown up yet because the US are a nation of cowards using the poorest country in Europe as its puppet state to fight their fights for them.
NATO military capabilities hinge on air superiority. We literally stopped making many of the things Ukraine wants because it doesn’t allow for quick decisive action like the US expected in a war with Russia or a Russian proxy. As an example, tube artillery was used in the US to start avalanches, not something we expected to return to service.
They wanted ground launched weapons, but our stockpiles are guided bombs that we’d use with impunity after our stealth craft took out the SAM radar and launch sites.
Go be a low level effort useful idiot for Russia somewhere else.
But Russia ran out of ammunition last year didn’t they? Is the Ghost of Kiev not enough to guarantee air superiority? After all, he killed Putin on Snake island already and we’re now on like the third body double or something? And Ukraine is gaining ground. Fucking lol. The shit you american scumbags believe…
I never argued a single one of those points, but if you insist: Russia is, indeed, having ammo problems. Asking North Korean for Korean War era stocks is absolutely not something a country who felt comfortable with their stocks of ammo would do. Russia, with a significantly larger Air Force cannot gain air superiority. It’s absurd that they could not before the NATO armaments showed up, and again, that they effectively cannot attack the civilian power supply shows NATO weapons outcompete Russian offensive firepower. Russia could not hold an island against a country with no navy!
And if Ukraine is not advancing, why is official Russian news talking about retreating? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/06/russia-announces-tactical-withdrawal-from-ukraines-robotyne-a82369
I’m going to go ahead and bet this is another lie you were told. Ok I googled. It literally starts with “White House Says…” jesus man.
Significantly larger than zero, yes. What do you mean? Russia has all the air superiority?
It’s very hard to understand what you’re trying to say but I remember being told that they were attacking themselves in the nuclear plant. Remember that hilarious bullshit?
Ok they’re advancing alright a couple of kilometers per 10k lives. Nice attrition rate. The Robotyne crap is just propaganda. They’ve got nothing but a kettle that’s soon to be destroyed. How do you believe any of this? They have you supporting Nazis ffs. Get your head out of the news and think for yourself.
But they haven’t actually fought the US or NATO. At all.
They’re fighting a weak, underfunded, undersupplied, independent European nation, and they’re not doing great. At all.
Kinda sounds like Ukraine are making a mockery of Russia’s military capabilities, no?
This is what you were told to think so you’d continue to support America’s war.
go on then show me the wins
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lmfao trash. two random combat videos.
Russia started this conflict, they are invading pos.
Now drones are bombing Russian soil, they are being pushed out of Ukraine. Conscripting criminals, trafficking Cubans and their best fighting force (Wagner) is in shambles.
Russia shit the bed, they are being dominated and two videos that are old showing some random fighting is nothing fuck out of here
Okay. Stay in your bubble and ignore any information that contradicts it.
That’s what makes you a rational person and certainly above propaganda.
i know this information you presented
changes nothing. go back to spreading disinformation idiot
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Mhmm so how do you pass your own " I fell for the propaganda test", and would you adjust your thinking with new information?
You haven’t addressed any plain as day facts this far.
If you want everyone reading your posts to be fully convinced you’re hopelessly brainwashed then don’t address any specifics and just tell us to do our own research…
ok shill lol
If things were going to plan these videos wouldn’t exist, as Russia would have full control of Ukraine by day 3 in February 2022.
Lol, what? The mental gymnastics among ya’ll I swear are worthy of an olympic gold medal.
Not really sure what is confusing about what I said. Russia’s plan was to take Ukraine in 3 days. It’s now on, what - day 566? There’s no way they planned on it taking this long.
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Actually you’re right - Putin expected it to take much longer… he expected it to take 10 days.
Ukraine war: Captured Russian documents reveal Moscow’s 10-day plan to take over the country and kill its leaders
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: How Putin lost in 10 days
Has Putin’s war failed and what does Russia want from Ukraine? * mentions “a matter of days” but doesn’t specify a number
Let’s be real here, nobody plans for an invasion to go as slowly has it has been. You’d capture an objective as soon as you can, with the element of surprise. It did actually look like it was going to happen in the first couple of days but the entire invasion stalled when they failed to capture the airport.
when there’s no data to prove otherwise it’s usually because it does not exist.
You sound like the type to believe people are dying en masse because of covid vaccines.
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Realistically who doesn’t? At least the western type tends to be correct
I guess no ones plan is really working