The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warning that the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices and provoking retaliation, according to three people familiar with the discussions. [...]
One person said that the White House had grown increasingly frustrated by brazen Ukrainian drone attacks that have struck oil refineries, terminals, depots and storage facilities across western Russia, hurting its oil production capacity.
Russia remains one of the world’s most important energy exporters despite western sanctions on its oil and gas sector. Oil prices have risen about 15 per cent this year, to $85 a barrel, pushing up fuel costs just as US President Joe Biden begins his campaign for re-election.
FFS America, you don't get it both ways. You should have come down ruthlessly on anyone trading with Russia. But you did it all limp wristed and weakly.
Get a grip, get those weapons to Ukraine because there will be no stopping Putin if Russia wins this. And your orange idiot will back him all the way.
tbf, leveling secondary sanctions on both China and India would probably burn the global economy to the ground, and wouldn't even accomplish the desired goal. They just don't need us if they all have each other. We're not as powerful as we pretend, unless you count our direct military capabilities.
Oh whew, because I was starting to get worried...you know, based on the ample polling showing that Biden is not only down overall, but more importantly, down significantly among most major demographics that makeup the Democratic coalition.
I despise war, but if you gotta defend, destroying the enemy’s fuel supply is a great tactic. I am sure Ukraine is not exactly worried about global oil prices lmao
ffs, William Spaniel already made a video about this. Ukraine is only targeting Russian oil because the US is withholding military aid. There's no incentive for Ukraine to weaken its war efforts and keep oil prices low, if the US isn't going to give Ukraine anything in return. You can't go around complaining about the economic impact of a WAR.
Isn't it the republicans withholding aid to Ukraine? So bombing refineries would drive up prices, making Biden unpopular, increasing the likelihood of Trump getting elected which would make more aid even more unlikely? Or am I missing something? 🤔
Not bombing them allows Russia to make money though, so it seems both choices are bad ones here.
It's just hilarious that the US will bomb Nordstream and push Europe into crisis, whilst resisting any action that might raise their oil prices in the election year.
But that’s what Hegemons do, that’s how hegemony works, everything for yourself. No matter at what costs, the others are going to pay the price.
What I consider ironic, that all the American people (the not so rich part of it) gets out of that status is feeling good for being a superpower.
Which is exactly what the population of the Soviet Union was granted from their government. And they are supporting a war to regain that status.
I can’t wait to watch the American empire to go down.
Ukraine still allows Russia to send gas through some of their pipelines. Trade is important.
But yeah, the US should really help and pay back some of the huge benefits they've received. Biden could send US troops to Kyiv and Lviv tomorrow if he cared.
I guess the point is that this might be counterproductive - the panic on the market may drive the oil price so that the overall it is positive to Russia’s war effort.
warning that the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices
Good. Where are those sanctions on anyone buying Russian oil anyway? You didn't hesitate when it was about trade with Iran.
and provoking retaliation,
From a country they are already in all out war with? What, so Russia was holding back until now? Only killing half the civilians and raping half the women they could have?
Fuck these people complaining about oil prices when people are fighting for their lives. Disgusting!
The Joe Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have directed about $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute. (This figure does not include all war-related U.S. spending, such as aid to allies.) The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related. Dozens of other countries, including most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), are also providing large aid packages to Ukraine.
My country's government is guilty of a lot of terrible things, but don't make things up, like every other shit-heel on the internet these days.