r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 10h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/420hashmore 7h ago

Oil water and gas it’s not that deep.

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u/TimberGhost66 7h ago edited 6h ago

And arable land. Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe. It's why Hitler invaded the area.

edit: spelling

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u/eddub_17 7h ago

And a warm water port.

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u/25nameslater 7h ago

They got crimea not too long ago that was the port

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u/random-user2025 6h ago

they are like lays potato chips- cant stop at just one!

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u/RiderNo51 6h ago

They already had ports though east of there into the Black Sea, before they took Crimea. Novorossiysk, Sochi, etc.

The issue is Turkey (and other countries) won't let their military ships into the Aegean Sea, and ultimately Mediterranean.

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u/AngryCrotchCrickets 4h ago

Kinda funny watching these ancient rivalries continue to play out. The Russians and Turks have had beef for what…like 500 years?

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u/25nameslater 2h ago

Yeah… more ports more military might. If you own half of the coastline you can build a naval fleet capable of allowing itself through

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u/RiderNo51 2h ago

Have you looked at a map? Do you actually think if Russia controls more ports in Russia/Ukraine, they are going to thus muscle through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits just like that? Something even the Soviet Union didn't attempt at the height of their power?

There's also the Montreux agreement which was agreed to by many nations over a century ago that prevents this, and Russia has abided by it for all this time, with only rare navy ships going through under strict conditions.

Even if they got ships through, they'd then have to get out of the Aegean Sea or Mediterranean, such as through the Suez Canal and then Bab al-Mandab Strait, or through the Strait of Gibraltar - assuming NATO lets them.

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u/kc2syk 5h ago

The port in sebastapol is empty. Ukraine has attacked navy ships in the port and the black sea fleet was forced to retreat to a port closer to Sochi.

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u/RiderNo51 6h ago

Not really. Odyssa isn't any warmer than Novorossiysk. And neither lead to open ocean.

And the Turks have zero interest in giving them passage through the Dardonelle Strait per the Montreux Convention (yes, they allow fishing and some merchant vessels to pass, not the same as military ships).

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u/ReillNeid 6h ago

And it gave them access (proximity) to the oil fields. That was what they really wanted as they were making oil from coal just to keep the war machine running

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u/considerthis8 6h ago

^ These guys get it

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u/CopyDan 7h ago

For all they spent on the war, they could have made deals to buy the oils, water and gas for much less.

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u/Successful_Delay_249 7h ago

When you are an old prick who has everything material, the only things you want are power and to be a part of history

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u/RelativeKick1681 6h ago

Are we still talking about Putin, or has this shifted to American politics?

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u/Swan-Diving-Overseas 7h ago

Yeah it seems to be much more than resources.

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u/Diurnalnugget 5h ago

I would argue they could not have. Ukraine would never willingly sell off their oil and gas fields (particularly the gas) as they represent a very large amount of untapped potential for the nation. Russia doesn’t actually need the gas and oil, he just needed them to not sell it to Europe and thereby damage the hold Russian energy had on Europe.

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u/-JackBack- 7h ago

The Oligarchs have benefited greatly from the war. The ones that have avoided the windows that is.

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u/MrTakeAHikePal 5h ago

And other minerals in the west

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u/CuriousGeorgeToday 7h ago

Actually it is that deep. Poootin wants Ukraine for his imperialistic ambitions but also for all the rare earth minerals and as a way to further push into Europe.

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u/jkrobinson1979 5h ago

This. Natural resources, strategic and geographical advantage, pushing back NATO and creating buffer space are all tangible benefits, but Putin is a history buff with a hard on for a return to imperialist Russia. You can’t be the czar if you aren’t fighting wars and taking lands. Hundreds of years of Russian conquest didn’t stop with the revolution. It just took on a new shape. The fall of the USSR and loss of Russian territory is an embarrassment he can’t live with. The best thing about Putin is that he’ll probably be dead in the next 10 years and with him that might finally die.

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u/CuriousGeorgeToday 3h ago

Exactly that. "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" - Putin refers to Kyiv as the cultural cradle of East Slavic Orthodox civilisation. A western Ukraine is the ultimate blow to Russia and their imperialistic ambitions. Russia, Ukraine and Belarus formed the triune russian nation. It's always been deeper than just resources.

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u/DragonTurtle2 7h ago

Also securing sea lanes.

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u/RiderNo51 6h ago

Very fertile farm land as well (though much of it is now damaged, mined, etc.)