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Badassniggga:Of course, not. They want to study it because long ago, Turkey discovered that the S-400 can track and keep tabs on the US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters, does effectively rendering them obsolete. That was why they abandoned the overrated flying coffin I. Favour of the S-400. ![]() Historically, the Russians are masters of missile technology. |
WriterrNig:This is why they hate Erdogan. |
WriterrNig:The way Prigozhin and Russia played Ukraine in Bakhmuth is worse than how the CIA played the American people over 9/11. ![]() |
WriterrNig:This is something most of us sane thinking folks have always known. The Russians were never hell bent on capturing Bakhmuth, they just used it to kill as many Ukro soldiers as they could because Cocaine laden Elensky was hell bent on holding on to the city at all cost even when western military advisers told him to leave. |
Tiopii:Really? The Russians first attacked with 109, 000 soldiers, not hundreds of thousands as you claimed. Kharkov was never defended by Russia. Kherson wasn't completely taken by AFU, 60% of the city is still on Russian hand, and the damn Russians don't mind giving away some ground to save their soldiers life especially where it is practically impossible to defend such grounds for the time being. Unlike Ukraine who have expended thousands of lives just to hold Bakhmuth. So get your facts right. Of the 300,000 soldiers Russia mobalized, not a single one of them have been pushed to the main fronts. More than half of that are still undergoing training. Draft letters are still ongoing because the official figures have not even been reached yet. Don't kid yourself. If 30% of Russian real forces are in Ukraine, this war would have been over. What Russia is doing over in Ukraine is like a police job. Initially, the foolish west think they have Russia cornered in Ukraine, unfortunately for them, they've turned out to be the ones who are cornered. Out of shame, they can't get out nor admit the Russians have won. On the other hand, the Russians have all it takes to play the waiting game. In the end, Ukraine will end up being destroyed or partitioned to pieces. None of my business though. ![]() |
okeysoninv: Patriot that can't even shoot down ordinary Houthi scud missiles? Even the Ukrainians have said they never shot anything down. The joke is on you dear angry prophet. ![]() |
Watcharena:Probably an arrow fired by prince Arthur and magically guided by Merlin to take down Me. Khinzal. I'm loving this new Ukro Version of Merlin. ![]() |
Kingsnairaland:From the Ghost of Kiev to a Ukrainian old civilian shooting down a Russian attack helicopter with a double barrel shotgun, to Russian soldiers using shovels to fight to Khinzal being shot down from the sky with Patriot without exploding. "A day without comedy in Ukraine is a day wasted." Elensky. ![]() |
Kingsnairaland:I can't believe he could fall for such hogwash. ![]() |
Masterviolence:So true. ![]() |
Kingsnairaland:Every sane thinking Efe and Dele knows this has always been the case from day 1. It's only the destructively comedic lying mainstream media and their gullible fanboys here that believe Ukraine was actually winning. 90% of the Russian army have not even entered this war. ![]() |
No. Ukraine shot it down with catapult. ![]() Patriot that cannot even shoot down ordinary Houti Scud missiles. It's funny how Nazi sympathizers carrying Ukraine to always winning the war on social media. ![]() If they believe the ghost of Kiev, they can believe anything. ![]() |
WriterrNig:Game on. |
WrriterNig:Tit for tat. |
WrriterNig:Imagine. Yet they will complain of weapon shortage. |
WriterrNig:FAB 500 and 1500 at merciless work. Peter bringing out the real toys little by little. ![]() |
WriterrNig:Call it the counter-counter offensive by the Russians. ![]() |
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Babapyro:Truth be told, the Mode here have been extremely bias and deliberately taking sides, which is very bad. |
WrriterNig:Everyone self-dedollarizing. |
WrriterNig:Lmao. The US don't give a dime about some poor country in its sanction wars. What they are not saying here is that they have been buying Russian grain through the backdoor, and that also includes Russian fertilizer, and microchip making materials. I just feel sorry for Elensky who decide to destroy his country to please the American cabals. |
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WrriterNig:I thought it was being sold for $49 only. When you're big, you're big. ![]() |
WritterNig:AI to the Moon this year. ![]() |
okeysoninv:Sorry. But each time I see your posts on 'I saw it coming,' I don't know why I always laugh out loud. ![]() |
Ibime:Truly, you ain't worth the debate. Once a kid, always a kid. You are so emotional. ![]() You dodged the fact that you were caught lying about Russia selling it's entire oil at $49, but price of Russian ESPO shipment to Asia proved you wrong. ![]() You lied by passing Urals as the benchmark of Russian oil export, which is not. ESPO oil proved you wrong. ![]() No one was arguing about whether or not there were down turns in revenue this year compared to 2022. Heck, even Saudi-Arabia experienced downturns in revenue due to market fluctuations. But the goddamn Russkies were still making profits from their oil sales in the face of western economic sanction wars. Even the price of Urals rallied above the price cap in April this year, and you're still talking about March? ![]() Here is an excerpts from Reuters this month: "Russia is enjoying stronger revenues vIa sale of oil despite western sanctions and price cap. Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India and China who have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. That means the Kremlin is enjoying stronger revenues despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. The advocates of the cap have said it reduces revenues for Russia while allowing oil to flow, but its opponents argued it is too soft to force Russia to backtrack on its activities in Ukraine. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon suggested that Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India’s and China’s ports. India accounted for more than 70 percent of the seaborne supplies of the grade so far this month and China for about 20 percent, Reuters calculations showed. Meanwhile, lower freight rates and smaller discounts for Urals against global benchmarks nudged the daily price of the grade back above the cap earlier in April from a period of trading below. India and China have not agreed to abide by the price cap, but the West had hoped the threat of sanctions might deter traders from helping those countries buy oil above the cap. Average discounts for Urals were at $13 per barrel to dated Brent on a DES (delivered ex-ship) basis in Indian ports and $9 to ICE Brent in Chinese ports, according to traders, while shipping costs were $10.5 a barrel and $14 a barrel respectively for loadings from Baltic ports to India and China. That means the Urals price on a free on board (FOB) basis in Baltic ports, allowing about $2 per barrel of additional transport costs, has been slightly above $60 per barrel so far in April, Reuters calculations show. The population of these two countries alone is more than the whole of foolish Europe put together, so the more oil Russia is shipping that way, the more revenue it makes. While the damn Europeans rebuys same oil at a price more than Russia sells to them. Who is the fool here? ![]() These are facts, emotions don't count. ![]() |
Ibime:You confirmed my fears. You're a kid and not worth the debate. Cause only kids throw tantrums across faceless forums. I don't expect you to reason logically, kids don't do that other than calling people mumu. across a faceless forum. Stop that and grow up. ![]() You claimed that Russian oil is being sold for $49 caused of sanctions, which turned out to be false. The price for Russian is dynamic and vary according to the oil trade involved. The price for Urals had always been affected by market monthly fluctuations even before the Ukrainian war began. Brent crude has always have the edge over its Urals counterpart whether by $3 or $20 or so. Yes, the Europeans cutback on the purchase of Russian Urals oil it's a contributory factor to the current price, but this too is largely subjective and limited. For instance, some European countries on long-term contract with Gazprom are still paying the normal price, which is above the ceiling cap of $60 set by the EU. Your Rouble to Dollar price argument holds no water because you make it look like the Urals represent the entire oil price and volume benchmark exported by Russia, which is not. Urals oil is the main grade of crude oil exported from Russia to Europe. In contrast, the market price of the Russian Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) grade oil, which is traditionally exported to Asia, has been closer to international oil prices and stayed at levels above the oil price cap. This may reflect the fact that around 45% of Russian oil exports to eastern Asia are transported via pipelines to China, which are not affected by sanctions from the G7 and EU countries. In addition, ESPO oil has usually been shipped by tankers flagged in countries outside the G7 and EU, which makes it easier to transport Russian ESPO grade oil without being subject to the new sanctions. To allay your doubt, India and China snapped up Russian crude oil in April 2023 at prices above the western cap ceiling, and this was largely reported by western media houses. This is how Russia has making the huge revenue accredited to it's oil sector despite western sanctions. This also explain why Russia have strategically pivoted to the East in recent years. The west is an economic house on the decline, the EastAsia axis is the most promising and next economic hub of the future. The western thinking that if they whined Europe off Russian oil and gas would be the end of Russia is the greatest and worst geopolitical economic miscalculation of the 21st century. Not only had this folly caused a massive realignment of nations once loyal to the western diktats, but also creat cost western competitive advantage as they have to gtabblr with the reality of increased production cost. Russia has always since pegged its budget financing at $40 per barrel since 2018. There were attempt to raised the stakes up to $60 last year, but I didn't follow up on that, and I doubt if it took off at all considering the SMO. You may want to look that up. Once again, when you're big, you're big. ![]()
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WritterNig:Hilarious. ![]() |
WritterNig:Classic Medvedev. ![]() |
Ibime:I would have ignored your ignorance but let me just afford you the benefit of the doubt that you're just being innocently ignorant. The price of Russian Urals oil had already fallen way before the invasion of Ukraine, so I don't know what financial education you learnt that is better than all others, including that of the white man. The price cap too has failed dramatically because Russian oil keep finding its way into the EU market via so many backdoors at a rate that has the EU paying more for their oil than the usual. . More over, it's not even sustainable given the market Dynamics and the many players involved. While Russian oil revenue has without doubt decline due to the brouhaha with the EU, there is a reason why the Russians would hardly lose sleep over the shortfalls in revenue. This is because the Russian national budget financing was pegged at $40 per barrel. So, even if it's sells say at $60 or even at $55, it's still a massive profit considering the record massive sale it has been recording. FYI, nowhere was it recorded that Russia sold its oil at $49 per barrel. Average is a range, and doesn't mean exact. So you shouldn't be basing our final figures on it. It would interest you to know that some countries in Europe (including the cursed Poland elite) are still buying Russian oil at the normal rate. ![]() Don't let emotion cloud your sense of judgement. Even one Ukrainian oil consultant while speaking to the Economist describe the scenario as ironic and ridiculous that the Russians they claimed to have sanctioned is the same entity they're buying oil from. ![]() The takeaway here is that despite all the sanctions imposed by the EU and the US, including the price cap, Russian oil is still finding its way around the world, and into the EU, which entails the failure of the sanction war. While the EU is busy paying more for it's oil. ![]() When you're big, you're big. Russia is too big for the midget EU and its America vassal to isolate. ![]()
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That was why they abandoned the overrated flying coffin I. Favour of the S-400. 