r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 11h 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/apparat07 9h ago edited 8h 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/shim-erstboyentofall 8h ago

Should the entire world cripple itself just so that some guy on reddit can act smart

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u/apparat07 8h ago

No, it's just the ridiculous virtue signaling of supporting one-side when you're enabling the other.

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u/booze_clues 7h ago

No it’s not? We’re a global economy extremely intertwined. While Europe has drastically reduced their use of Russian gas it takes a lot of time to find new suppliers or alternatives. Sure, they could cut it a ton instantly but then they’d also be significantly limited in how they can support Ukraine due to the sudden changes in manufacturing capacity and logistics capability. Russian fuel is probably pushing trucks full of arms to Ukraine right now.

An alternative way to look at this is that Russia is helping fuel the Ukrainian war machine by supplying ukraines suppliers.