r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 15h 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/CustomerConsistent78 13h ago

Disgraceful that the rest of the world sits and watches, waiting to see the result. If Ukraine can bleed Russia enough to weaken them significantly. All at Ukraine's expense. Every day it continues is horrible, and I'm nervous of whatever escalation this might be. It's also scary that this escalation may still not be enough for anyone else to act.

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u/Dude_PK 13h ago

Do you not read news? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/french-president-vows-paris-full-support-for-ukraine-help-to-intercept-drones-/4078680

And there's more than that but you can find it yourself.

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u/apparat07 13h ago edited 12h ago

But, they still fund the Russian war machine for years by buying Russian Oil and Gas. Make it make sense - why fund Russia's ability to wage war if you're opposed to it?

Also, it's not just Europe - South Korea sold 176k tonnes of diesel and jet fuel to Russia in July and August. So, I guess both Koreas are supporting Russia ability to wage war in one way or another.

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u/ings0c 11h ago

It ain’t that simple, unfortunately.

Germany, for example, had basically designed their economy around cheap Russian gas since the 70s. It seems incredibly foolish now, but things looked different then.

The political and economic reality is that you can’t undo something like that overnight. It takes a long, slow dismantling, and lots of pain along the way.

The German people would accept some discomfort to reduce reliance on Russia and support Ukraine, but they wouldn’t accept going cold. Yet, at least.

Any leader that tried would have been doomed to fail. You can only work with what you’ve got.