The assumption here being that this would be an escalation beyond the pale for Russia? The countries are at war. Russian can't all of a sudden say that Ukraine is crossing some red line by attacking military targets in Russia. Until a third party starts attacking Russia, there is no WWIII impetus.
Their site is pure ****, I could see a report that it was explosion of shell(no way, at the military base) and that LPR saying it was Ukrainian Tochka-U.
www.navylookout.com
As an exRF solider with access to depots of munition can confirm its very much ****ed 😅
It turns out there are some causes that I stand with but which I am not willing to die for. What a concept.
Interesting news on the oil and gas front. Apparently Germany and Austria are formulating emergency plans (rationing) to entirely do without Russian gas, oil and coal, possibly in the immediate future. Without Russian gas, German hospitals and homes would still be heated, but the industrial sector would be without. The latest wrinkle is that Russia has demanded payment in rubles, of all things, despite dollars and Euros being stipulated in the contracts. So there is already tension building between supplier and customer.
Putin made such demand because in the current situation dollars and euros are as useful to Russia as toilet paper: there's almost nothing Russia can buy for them now. Peskov (Putin's press secretary) said that RF will not be doing charity on fuel supplies: "no money - no gas". The deadline for ruble payments is set for March, 31st, and we can expect a great April Fools' Day prank of shutdown of gas supplies to Europe, and see the European industry going brrr.
How useful are Rubles to Europeans? I suppose they could burn them for heat.
They can use them to pay for the Russian gas. And possibly other supplies: some words from Kremlin are already heard about switching other resources to ruble payments.
Russia is trying to bolster its economy and prevent runaway inflation. Europe isn't going to let them. Or rather, Europe shouldn't let them.
