Rusland har igen åbnet for gassen, hvilket dermed afblæser den værste krise frygt for gas mangel i Europa, lagrene er nu 65% fyldte den 19/7.
Hvorfor russerne har valgt at åbne igen er et åbent spørgsmål en mulighed kunne være at mindre køb af olie og gas fra Indien og Kina presser russerne, de har altså ikke andre steder at sælge gassen. Samtidigt betyder lavere priser og hvad der er stigende omkostninger til krigen at Rusland bliver mere og mere presset økonomisk.
"Russia´s crude deliveries to China and India have plunged 30% from their wartime peak as concerns mount that Asia can´t fully absorb Moscow´s shrinking oil market"
"Since mid-June, Russia´s seaborne crude flows have declined on a rolling four-week average of exports calculated by Bloomberg. Flows have slipped to 3.24 million barrels a day leading up to July 15, seeing a dip in each of the prior four weeks.
While flows to Asia have accounted for over half of Russia´s total crude flows since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, shipments to Asia hit their lowest four-week average in nearly four months in the lead-up to July 15."
Krigen går stadigvæk skidt for russerne og ISW bemærker at russer basalt set har stået stille i Donbas siden 3/7.
"The current Russian offensive may secure limited additional territorial gains in Donbas northeast of the E40 highway but will likely culminate before seizing major populated areas such as Slovyansk or Bakhmut. Russian forces have not made significant advances towards Slovyansk or along the Siversk-Bakhmut salient in the past few weeks and are continuing to degrade their own offensive combat power in localized fights for small and relatively unimportant settlements throughout Donetsk Oblast. Russian troops have notably been attempting to take Siversk since the capture of Lysychansk and the Luhansk Oblast border on July 3 and have still not reached the city as of July 20.[1] Similarly, Russian troops have failed to launch direct assaults on Bakhmut and have largely impaled themselves on fights for small settlements to its east and south. Efforts to advance on Slovyansk have mostly ground to a halt and have made no meaningful gains for weeks. The renewal of active ground offensives following the brief operational pause has not yet translated into meaningful Russian forward progress, although it is possible that either steady Russian pressure or the completion of Russian efforts to rebuild combat power could generate limited gains in the coming days or weeks.
Russian troops are now struggling to move across relatively sparsely-settled and open terrain. They will encounter terrain much more conducive to the Ukrainian defenders the closer they get to the E40 around Slovyansk and Bakhmut due to the increasing population density and built-up nature of these areas (see map in-line with text). The current Russian offensive in Donbas is therefore highly likely to culminate somewhere along the E40 in the coming weeks."
Hvis Rusland virkelig så denne krig som en eksistentiel krig (hvor de ifølge nogen vil overveje A-våben) er vel et udtryk for ekstrem afhængig af gasindtægter de ikke engang tør lukke for gassen, og ekstrem frygt for egen befolkning de ikke tør mobiliserer?
Konklusionen er det ikke er en eksistentiel krig men mere en imperialistisk krig som Rusland i høj grad kan tabe uden nogen som helst trussel mod landet.
Hvorfor russerne har valgt at åbne igen er et åbent spørgsmål en mulighed kunne være at mindre køb af olie og gas fra Indien og Kina presser russerne, de har altså ikke andre steder at sælge gassen. Samtidigt betyder lavere priser og hvad der er stigende omkostninger til krigen at Rusland bliver mere og mere presset økonomisk.
"Russia´s crude deliveries to China and India have plunged 30% from their wartime peak as concerns mount that Asia can´t fully absorb Moscow´s shrinking oil market"
"Since mid-June, Russia´s seaborne crude flows have declined on a rolling four-week average of exports calculated by Bloomberg. Flows have slipped to 3.24 million barrels a day leading up to July 15, seeing a dip in each of the prior four weeks.
While flows to Asia have accounted for over half of Russia´s total crude flows since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, shipments to Asia hit their lowest four-week average in nearly four months in the lead-up to July 15."
Krigen går stadigvæk skidt for russerne og ISW bemærker at russer basalt set har stået stille i Donbas siden 3/7.
"The current Russian offensive may secure limited additional territorial gains in Donbas northeast of the E40 highway but will likely culminate before seizing major populated areas such as Slovyansk or Bakhmut. Russian forces have not made significant advances towards Slovyansk or along the Siversk-Bakhmut salient in the past few weeks and are continuing to degrade their own offensive combat power in localized fights for small and relatively unimportant settlements throughout Donetsk Oblast. Russian troops have notably been attempting to take Siversk since the capture of Lysychansk and the Luhansk Oblast border on July 3 and have still not reached the city as of July 20.[1] Similarly, Russian troops have failed to launch direct assaults on Bakhmut and have largely impaled themselves on fights for small settlements to its east and south. Efforts to advance on Slovyansk have mostly ground to a halt and have made no meaningful gains for weeks. The renewal of active ground offensives following the brief operational pause has not yet translated into meaningful Russian forward progress, although it is possible that either steady Russian pressure or the completion of Russian efforts to rebuild combat power could generate limited gains in the coming days or weeks.
Russian troops are now struggling to move across relatively sparsely-settled and open terrain. They will encounter terrain much more conducive to the Ukrainian defenders the closer they get to the E40 around Slovyansk and Bakhmut due to the increasing population density and built-up nature of these areas (see map in-line with text). The current Russian offensive in Donbas is therefore highly likely to culminate somewhere along the E40 in the coming weeks."
Hvis Rusland virkelig så denne krig som en eksistentiel krig (hvor de ifølge nogen vil overveje A-våben) er vel et udtryk for ekstrem afhængig af gasindtægter de ikke engang tør lukke for gassen, og ekstrem frygt for egen befolkning de ikke tør mobiliserer?
Konklusionen er det ikke er en eksistentiel krig men mere en imperialistisk krig som Rusland i høj grad kan tabe uden nogen som helst trussel mod landet.