BREAKING: Russian units broke into Pokrovsk

[Orby]

Q & A from yesterday with British Professor Michael Clarke............................ 

[Orby]

Todays questions answered by Professor Michael Clarke.................

[quintessentone]

Ukraine hitting Russia where it hurts, in their oil production/profits.

"Ukrainian Drone Strike Halts Russia’s Fourth-Largest Oil Refinery

By Charles Kennedy - Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM CST

• Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery, which is Russia’s fourth-largest, has suspended its main crude processing operations after being hit by a Ukrainian drone strike over the weekend.
  
• The plant's main crude distillation unit has been halted, and industry sources expect the refinery, which processes over 260,000 barrels per day (5% of Russia’s total capacity), to remain idle until at least December 1.
  
• This attack is part of an intensified campaign by Ukraine to target Russian oil refining, storage, and export infrastructure, which has also recently led to a temporary suspension of oil exports from the key Novorossiysk port."
  

Ukrainian Drone Strike Halts Russia’s Fourth-Largest Oil Refinery | OilPrice.com

[BeTheGoddess]

Fk off Russia was with me the  whole time. We were collecting uranium to give to....

Tangent.. Russia and Iran have expressed interest in increasing purchases from a couple of African nations...

US reduced tariffs on those nations.

Im not giving you the keys, you can look it up.

EDIT: Midnight Oil's song Blue Sky Mine was playing when posting this. Garret sung something like "how can a sugar company save me". That "sugar refinery" in [African nation]...

[BeTheGoddess]

That's 2023, but Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland are providing more aid per GDP than the US?

Wonder why they might be so concerned?

Bottom line, Putin plays Trump and continues to attack civilians in daily and nightly war crimes and MAGA folk binge hate on Zelensky.

No, its because this is some crafted Slavic white supremacy but Puketin is a nasty little scape goat.

"I use to box for Oxford"

"I use to kill for the CIA"

The fish was irrelevant.

[quintessentone]

Fk off Russia was with me the  whole time. We were collecting uranium to give to....

Tangent.. Russia and Iran have expressed interest in increasing purchases from a couple of African nations...

US reduced tariffs on those nations.

Im not giving you the keys, you can look it up.

EDIT: Midnight Oil's song Blue Sky Mine was playing when posting this. Garret sung something like "how can a sugar company save me". That "sugar refinery" in [African nation]...

There's a lot to unpack there. I'll listen to the song first.

ETA:

"Who's gonna save us all". Quint.

[Oldcarpy2]

This thread hasn't aged well.

[sahgwa]

Bottom line is, front line has stayed essentially the same for the last year +
Ukraine is not getting their territory back, and Russia will not cede most if any of their gains. 
This meat grinder needs to end. Russia will keep what they got. Ukraine will accept it only when they are done being prodded by other countries.  Sad but true




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[quintessentone]

Bottom line is, front line has stayed essentially the same for the last year +
Ukraine is not getting their territory back, and Russia will not cede most if any of their gains. 
This meat grinder needs to end. Russia will keep what they got. Ukraine will accept it only when they are done being prodded by other countries.  Sad but true

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Long-term plans are in the works.

"The failure to plan has cost Ukraine dearly and reinforced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s confidence that Moscow will ultimately prevail. Now is the time for Europe and Ukraine to signal that, no matter what Russia does, the inevitable outcome of this senseless war is a well-armed, well-trained, and sustainable Ukrainian fighting force that will render Moscow permanently unable to achieve its military objectives."

Time for Europe to Break the Bank on Ukraine | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

[sahgwa]

Long-term plans are in the works.

"The failure to plan has cost Ukraine dearly and reinforced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s confidence that Moscow will ultimately prevail. Now is the time for Europe and Ukraine to signal that, no matter what Russia does, the inevitable outcome of this senseless war is a well-armed, well-trained, and sustainable Ukrainian fighting force that will render Moscow permanently unable to achieve its military objectives."

Time for Europe to Break the Bank on Ukraine | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie!? hahaha
How about just stop the war instead of pretending THATS IT THIS TIME FOR REAL! WE REALLY ARE KICKING RUSSIA OUT NOW- HONEST! JUST SOME MORE MONEY JUST A LITTLE MORE! ahhahaa
its just ludicrous robber baron war mongering bull shi