Kwerl@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoZelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian dieselwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1282
arrow-up1282external-linkZelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian dieselwww.theguardian.comKwerl@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareUiUiUiUiUi@piefed.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 days agoRussia still has refineries, just because there is a shortage doesn’t mean they don’t still produce some. while diesel production is estimated to have fallen by nearly 30% https://www.iea.org/commentaries/russian-refining-sector-struggles-amid-intensifying-ukrainian-attacks A deal with Trump is a much more important policy goal for Putin, even the decreased availability for his populace can be spin as a non lethal sacrifice/weapon to “liberate Ukraine from nazism”.
Russia still has refineries, just because there is a shortage doesn’t mean they don’t still produce some.
A deal with Trump is a much more important policy goal for Putin, even the decreased availability for his populace can be spin as a non lethal sacrifice/weapon to “liberate Ukraine from nazism”.