There is all so the possibility that if the conflict will go on in the long term the western I mean the NATO regular calibers and weapons will became even more predominantly ore replace same of the former Soviet armaments case in point this photo from the Georgian legion of Ukrainian National Guard
Ukrainian War Developments
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Looks like we may have the first confirmed western mercenary casualty.
Not a dead body of course, they could have just found his documents.
But he's definitely a real person, a british ex soldier who was fighting in Donbass.
Not a dead body of course, they could have just found his documents.
But he's definitely a real person, a british ex soldier who was fighting in Donbass.
I can say with much confidence albeit somewhat anecdotal that today isn't even close to how bleak it was back then.
We still have a very long way to fall before it reaches that low. At least from my spoiled north European perspective where Russian gas and oil have little sway.
they only count air-to-air kill. If it killed by SAM's they wont count it.
I think this is a big mistake for NATO to be making. They should be trying to standardise the weapons they are sending to Ukraine as much as possible, not each country sending whatever surplus they have. You'll soon have a situation on the frontlines where some will have too much 5.45 ammo and not enough 5.56 NATO or vice versa. Even the NATO ammo isn't fully standardised, and each country has their own specification for ammo. It's not just with rifles but with practically every platform NATO is sending across.
It may be fine if Ukraine was fighting a guerrilla war, but a modern professional army will find it a logistical nightmare.
Not listed by Oryx though.
China definitely has the energy demand to consume a lot more natural gas. But the question is the percentage in overall energy picture. The top factor is energy security. China has to import monstrous amount of oil because it is up stream of lots of manufactured goods plus autos. But gas is more like internal heating needs. I think China can increase gas imports if it gets long-term guaranteed supply.
On a side note, China actually has similar potentials of fracking to US. But fracking is too dirty and also dangerous to induce earthquakes. And western China is rugged mountain regions as opposed to Texas prairie. Hence the real long-term solutions can only be nuclear+renewables. Therefore, I doubt China will dramatical increase gas import for long-term energy objectives.
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How granular is the gas infrastructure between Russia and Europe? Can Russia actually turn off the gas to specific countries while supplying it to others?
Here you go. The most interesting thing to note from my perspective is a faint sound of gunfire way off in the distance, suggesting that nothing crazy is happening nearby.
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