Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Updated 4:49 AM CDT, October 7, 2024

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military claimed it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.

Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.

Ukraine’s General Staff said on social media that the oil terminal in Feodosia, on the south coast of the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been supplying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of an ongoing effort to “undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation.”

Russian-installed authorities in the city of Feodosia on the coast of the Black Sea reported a fire at the terminal on Monday morning but did not say what might have caused it.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-oil-terminal-1d78b9819d1c4680a3f1ab8b34a24a6a

[cstanleytech]

1. Russia invaded because they want to run pipelines along the coast of the Black Sea to Romania.

That's also why they invaded Moldova because they don't want to pay anything to Moldova or to Ukraine as they consider a war of conquest cheaper compared to the money they'll save by not having to pay Moldova or Ukraine anything.

[Aristus]

3. Ouch. Talk about costly lessons.

Hitler: “Let’s invade the Soviet Union! It will be a walk in the park, and we’ll get that Lebensraum I promised you! What’s the worst that could happen?”

[cstanleytech]

4. Ya but in the long term they'll recoup the money as oil and gas is still in demand.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Remember: House Russiapublicans (formerly, Republicans) needlessly delayed aid to Ukraine for months.