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hadn't realised EU was still buying gas directly from Russia as late as 2024, literally fuelling Putin's war machine. Ukraine, at war with Russia, facilitating
by hunglee2 2y ago
hadn't realised EU was still buying gas directly from Russia as late as 2024, literally fuelling Putin's war machine. Ukraine, at war with Russia, facilitating the transit and earning transit fees for it, presumably to finance the war from the opposite side.
- EA-3167 2y agoUkraine was under a 5 year contract for that transit, and their European allies were very insistent that they not break it for some strange reason cough greed cough. Ukraine depends on support from Europe, both in monetary terms and for armaments, but also as a host to millions of Ukrainian refugees. As soon as Ukraine could legally stop the flow without the EU using the fig leaf of the contract force them to keep it flowing, they stopped it.
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- peutetre 2y agoUkraine would love it even more if Russia got out of their country. The war can end tomorrow. All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine. All of it. Easy to do, simple to achieve. No more Russians or North Koreans need to die.
- MattGaiser 2y agoOnly the Russiaphilic parts of Europe like Hungary and Slovakia.
- baybal2 2y ago[dead]