ICTChris Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 A couple of threads about the rationale behind the grain deal - one theory that it came following pressure from countries closer to Russia. Also that the military defeat at Snake Island and sinking of the Moskva has degraded Russian ability to maintain the blockade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, ICTChris said: one theory that it came following pressure from countries closer to Russia. China especially have a lot of cash invested in countries with food instability it wouldn't be great news for their investment if the populations started starving. Especially when domestically their growth is very poor indeed, although that's mainly down to Zero Covid and a housing crash 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62276392 Quote Explosions have rocked a key Ukrainian port just a day after Kyiv and Moscow reached a landmark deal to allow the resumption of grain exports. Two missiles hit the port city of Odesa in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ukraine's military said. Under the terms of Friday's deal, Russia agreed not to target ports while grain shipments are in transit. 16 hours ago, ICTChris said: Russia get to export grain and fertiliser via the Black Sea as part of the deal as well. So this "deal" means they get their exports out but they still stop Ukraine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Looks like Lithuania restarting trains to the Russian enclave was also part of the grain deal (or a rather large coincidence) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 ...then the next day after various unacknowledged concessions had no doubt been obtained the Russians bomb Odessa's port calling the whole thing into doubt. People need to wise up when dealing with Putin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 The UK has now placed an additional 35% tariff on imported Russian fish as part of the latest round of sanctions. I suspect were it not for the current problems with prices going mental that this probably would've happened sooner. Nevertheless, 50% of the world's white fish is from Russia. I am not sure what the percentage of Russian origin white fish sold in the UK is, but neverthless this is not something that can just be sourced from elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 23/07/2022 at 13:04, Billy Jean King said: Looks like Lithuania restarting trains to the Russian exclave was also part of the grain deal (or a rather large coincidence) FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Bloomberg reports, food exports from occupied Crimea have increased 50-fold since the war began. Already this year, at least 462,000 tons of food have been shipped from the port of Sevastopol versus just 8,000 tons the year before. I wonder where the thieving Russian b*****ds got all that grain? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/world/europe/ukraine-kherson-russia-counterattack.html I'm sure the people in Kherson are delighted to hear they can look forward to depleted uranium and birth defects. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Pishing @ the thought of wee skinny, tattooed drug dealers doing a 10 stretch decked out in army fatigues on the front line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, jagfox said: It worked before... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Quote On Monday, the Russian state-owned Gazprom announced it would further halve gas deliveries to Europe via Nord Stream 1 from Wednesday, to 20% of the pipeline’s capacity. The company cited equipment repairs to a previously unnamed turbine, a reason that the German energy minister, Robert Habeck, described as a made-up pretext and a “farcical story” on Monday night. “Putin is playing a perfidious game,” Habeck told the news agency dpa. “He is trying to weaken the great support for Ukraine and drive a wedge into our society. To do this, he stirs up uncertainty and drives up prices. We are countering this with unity and concentrated action.” As opposed of course to unilateral Western and EU sanctions, which are entirely different to this perfidious Russian game for... reasons. Can someone, any actual adult please raise their hand to take over at least one European government please. Because this 'it's not fair!' squealing when consequences inevitably follow dumb actions will have Bismarck spinning out of his grave like a Catherine wheel soon enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Collecting his 30 pieces of silver? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Collecting his 30 pieces of silver? Maybe he's got a wee Russian lovely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 18 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: It worked before... Why are there 13 photos? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Reports overnight say that the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson has been hit again with artillery, likely HIMARS and is now closed, damaged beyond immediate repair. The bridge crosses the Dnipier River and is a vital supply route for Russian forces in Kherson city. No visual confirmation yet but Reports from both Ukrainian and Russian sources. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 32 minutes ago, hk blues said: Why are there 13 photos? Bakers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Eednud said: Bakers? Nah...soldiers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) One down two to go: Edited July 27, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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