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Kotanraju Via Znanje's avatar

"Russia has retaliated in part by destroying gas stations in Ukraine."

And how is the port traffic in Odessa?

Big difference between NATO and Russian MIC: weapons developed and deployed by Russia are designed to destroy NATO on the battlefields; NATOs weapons are developed and deployed to make money for the NATO MIC.

Samuel Abraham's avatar

can you please write an article of the similar weapons/jammers/satellite systems that China is using since you have inside information?

Gavin Longmuir's avatar

"There are localized fuel shortages in Russia because of Ukrainian attacks"

Fuel shortages -- yes. But how much is due to Ukrainian attacks, and how much is due to panic buying?

During Covid, panic buying of toilet paper (toilet paper?!) caused shortages in the US -- stores were quickly sold out. For those whose memories go back far enough to the rise of OPEC, panic buying of gasoline caused shortages and long lines at gas stations in the US in the late 1970s. Apparently, the average car drives around with half a tank of gas. When the owners of every car try to keep their tanks full, that huge shift in inventory necessarily causes a period of shortages.

From a military point of view, an enemy gasoline shortage caused by civilian panic buying is a freebee!