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April 25, 2022 · 1 min read

Buying Russian energy branded complicit in war crimes is hyperbole

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

Buying Russian oil and gas is now being branded as being complicit in “war crimes” ?

Really?
Hyperbole much?

Germany is buying Russian *gas* so apparently Germany is complicit.

The propaganda war is getting increasingly absurd.

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“A top economic adviser to Ukraine’s president slammed countries that are still buying oil and gas from Russia, saying they are complicit in war crimes Russian soldiers are accused of committing in Ukraine.

In a Monday release from the Ukrainian president’s office, Oleg Ustenko called on the countries to immediately stop funding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine and threatened legal action for those that don’t.

“We know the name of the ship, the flag, the name of the captain, the volume of oil, we know how much money was paid for that oil, the port of destination, the company who sold the insurance,” Ustenko said, promising legal action would come at some point down the road.

“We are going to work with this information,” he added. “If Russians are committing war crimes, even genocide, whoever is supplying Russia with this bloody money is guilty of the same war crime.” …

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Tom's notes 5

  1. Tom Kirkman

    Meantime, this just happened.

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    A fire that broke out at oil storage facilities near the Ukraine border could impact the "only pipeline sending Russian oil into Europe," an expert has warned.

    One huge blaze broke out near the area of the Druzhba oil depot, located in the Russian city of Bryansk, near the Ukrainian border in the early hours of Monday morning.

    A second fuel tank explosion was reported by local state media in Bryansk at a "military unit".

    Some reports have indicated it could be a possible attack by Ukrainian forces on the Druzhba pipeline, which sends oil from Russia to Europe through Ukraine and Belarus.

    NATO expert Thomas C Theiner tweeted: "If this fire is at the Druzhba oil pipeline pump station... then Russia's only oil pipeline to Europe is destroyed.

    Means Germany, Austria, and Hungary get no more Russian oil.

    And this also puts Russia's main oil terminal at Ust-Luga out of action." ...

    https://www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.express.co.uk/news/science/1600623/russia-news-druzhba-oil-pipeline-fire-ukraine-eu-energy-germany-austria-hungary/amp

  2. Tom Kirkman

    See comment above. Oil pipeline from Russia to EU on fire.
    https://www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.express.co.uk/news/science/1600623/russia-news-druzhba-oil-pipeline-fire-ukraine-eu-energy-germany-austria-hungary/amp

  3. Tom Kirkman

    Yes, I've been wondering if Ukraine would cause damage to the gas pipeline that transits through Ukraine.

  4. Tom Kirkman

    Col McAndrew I would suggest instead that Biden is very similar to Zelensky. Birds of a feather ...

  5. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Emilis Pileckis

    no idea. The fog of war provides cover for so many secret machinations that we are not privy to.

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