Simply not credible. Russia has enough drilling sites available to it to serve decades of demand. It set clear reasonable red lines to avoid an invasion, and investing in developing resources on contested land is an extra, unnecessary, risk that makes such investment uneconomic. It is grossly unfair to impute imperialist objective to Russia’s special military operation which was purely to prevent rabid NATO expansionist evil.
Except for this war, global oil/liquid fuel demand is declining. But use in the war is just a massive, at least 3% of global diesel use, nevermind the terrorist attacks on refineries/depots/supplies. US aligned nations have simply wanted this war more than Russia all along, and it is unfair to fantasize Russian resource expansion as an objective.
How many NATO countries are former Warsaw Pact that begged and clamored to join quickly after the USSR dissolved? Why did Finland and Sweden finally decide to join NATO?
If not Ukraine, maybe someone from Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, or Tajikistan could explain it to you.
Propaganda and hatred is a perfectly valid explanation. Georgia escaped stupidity this year despite propaganda objectives. Moldova succeeded in stupidity. Doesn’t make Russophobia smart, or an objective good, just because it exists.
That was the big propaganda hope of suiciding Ukraine. “Surely Russian people will believe complete BS that NATO is a purely defensive alliance that has an open door policy because it loves everyone it captures”. Russian economy has outperformed the colonies who embraced their pipeline sabotage. The fantasy of invading Russia has occurred multiple times in the last centuries. It never worked out, and of all of the attempts, this is the biggest failure of them all.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a last ditch effort to recapture former Soviet territory before its oil and gas resources lose economic value.
Simply not credible. Russia has enough drilling sites available to it to serve decades of demand. It set clear reasonable red lines to avoid an invasion, and investing in developing resources on contested land is an extra, unnecessary, risk that makes such investment uneconomic. It is grossly unfair to impute imperialist objective to Russia’s special military operation which was purely to prevent rabid NATO expansionist evil.
Except for this war, global oil/liquid fuel demand is declining. But use in the war is just a massive, at least 3% of global diesel use, nevermind the terrorist attacks on refineries/depots/supplies. US aligned nations have simply wanted this war more than Russia all along, and it is unfair to fantasize Russian resource expansion as an objective.
How many NATO countries are former Warsaw Pact that begged and clamored to join quickly after the USSR dissolved? Why did Finland and Sweden finally decide to join NATO?
If not Ukraine, maybe someone from Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, or Tajikistan could explain it to you.
Propaganda and hatred is a perfectly valid explanation. Georgia escaped stupidity this year despite propaganda objectives. Moldova succeeded in stupidity. Doesn’t make Russophobia smart, or an objective good, just because it exists.
It is surprising how weak Russia actually is. At this point just about any other nation could come in and wipe out the Russian government.
That was the big propaganda hope of suiciding Ukraine. “Surely Russian people will believe complete BS that NATO is a purely defensive alliance that has an open door policy because it loves everyone it captures”. Russian economy has outperformed the colonies who embraced their pipeline sabotage. The fantasy of invading Russia has occurred multiple times in the last centuries. It never worked out, and of all of the attempts, this is the biggest failure of them all.
And you’re blocked. What a moron.