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tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:25 am So what's gong on with the Nordstream connections?

]Nord Stream pipeline sustains 'unprecedented damage'

Three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system have sustained "unprecedented" damage in one day, Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, has said.

Sweden's Maritime Authority said two leaks had been found in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

Denmark is also restricting shipping after another leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was found.

Both pipelines contained gas under pressure, but neither of them was pumping gas to Europe at the time leaks were found.

The pipelines have been at the centre of the energy dispute between Europe and Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, has said it is impossible to estimate when the gas network system's working capability will be restored.

Plim wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:45 pm

laurent wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:26 pm

PornDog wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:15 pm

97

They’ve only counted a fifth of the votes. Still all to play for.

Calculon wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:17 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:25 am So what's gong on with the Nordstream connections?

]Nord Stream pipeline sustains 'unprecedented damage'

Three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system have sustained "unprecedented" damage in one day, Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, has said.

Sweden's Maritime Authority said two leaks had been found in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

Denmark is also restricting shipping after another leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was found.

Both pipelines contained gas under pressure, but neither of them was pumping gas to Europe at the time leaks were found.

The pipelines have been at the centre of the energy dispute between Europe and Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, has said it is impossible to estimate when the gas network system's working capability will be restored.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 2:45 pm Well how could anyone possibly not believe these results?

Russian state media has announced the preliminary results of the so-called referendums being held in occupied parts of Ukraine. With about a fifth of votes counted, it is reported that an overwhelming majority have voted in favour of joining Russia:

97% in Kherson region
98% in Zaporizhzhia
98% in “Donetsk People’s Republic”
98% in “Luhansk People’s Republic”

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:19 am The Russian puppets that are heads of the so-called Donets'k and Luhans'k Peoples Republics are reportedly already in Moscow to sign the accession of both into the Russian Federation. They aren't even making any kind of pretence any more that the "referendum" was anything other than a fait accompli.

So next question is how few other nations recognise this; Belarus and Syria are givens...

Niegs wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:05 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:12 am There's a rumour, and AFAIK just a rumour, that Putin may be having second thoughts about the annexation of the occupied territories and choose to delay. If so then it's likely means he knows his bluff over escalating has been called and possibly external influences playing a part as well. Guess we shall see tomorrow if the new law is passed in the parliament, if it does then the declaration of annexation would likely be the 3rd or 4th Oct.

And...Spokesperson of Sweden's coast guard Jenny Larsson on Sept. 28 told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper that a fourth gas leak on the Nord Stream pipelines had been discovered.

Hellraiser wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:00 pm The Lyman-Torske road has been cut off. Lyman is completely encircled.

Speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, Ryabkov stressed that there is no risk of a large-scale war in Europe and accused the US of intentionally spreading misinformation that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.

“We tell our American partners again and again, to use the most neutral word, that they should, as they say, cool down,” Sergei Ryabkov said, referring to the war in Ukraine.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:35 am

LIVE:

Putin claims that the four regions have voted to become part of the Russian Federation.
Putin refers, unsarcastically, to the UN protection of the right to self determination.

This is despite most UN nations condemning these fraudulent and illegal referendums.

The UN Charter also enshrines the protection of territorial sovereignty.

#Putin #Russia
He once again refers to the collapse of the Soviet Union as a "tragedy".
Putin claims that the last leaders of the Soviet Union went against the will of the soviet people in breaking into smaller states.

He then says, but we can no longer recreate the Soviet Union, and we do not seek this. Russia does not need it.
Put says that the people of the four annexed regions will be "Russian citizens forever".

He demands that Ukraine cease all military operations and come to the negotiating table.

Though he emphasizes that these newly annexed territories are non-negotiable.
Putin claims that the West is looking for new opportunities to break up the Russian Federation into smaller states.

#Disinformation
Putin claims that the USA is trying subjugate all other countries.

He says this as part of a speech that seeks to subjugate four regions of Ukraine.

The hypocrisy is astounding.

#Putin #UkraineRussiaWar
The hypocrisy continues:

Putin now says that western states are authoritarian, not Russia.

#Disinformation
Putin states: we will ensure the security and protection of these new regions. They will have the full protection as part of the greater Motherland.

#Putin #disinformation
Putin claims that the US is brutally forcing other nations to join NATO.

This is despite the fact that all nations have voted democratically to join NATO in accordance with domestic and international law.

#CounterDisinformation
Large parts of Putin's speech are barely intelligible.

His incoherent historical lecture is causing visible confusion amongst his audience.

#Putin #Russia #UkraineWar
Bizarrely, a speech about annexation has now become focused on Putin's desire to combat the West's promotion of 'pornography, homosexuality, deviancy, transgender people and Satanism'.

Our translation team has never worked on such a strange source.
The Kremlin-imposed head of the four annexed regions have now been invited to sign the official annexation documents.

Putin sits at a separate table from his so-called "close allies".

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:49 am Lyman

Meanwhile, local chats have a number of unconfirmed and necessarily true accounts of the situation in and around Lyman, here a just a few of them:

“Friends called me from Zelenyi Klyn (a railway station in northwestern Lyman, – Ed.) – they already have Ukraine there. [Ukrainian security forces] have already walked home to home checking documents. The Vodafone [mobile provider’s] communication emerged. It was quiet at night, finally, they could sleep”
“[Ukrainian troops] are in Lyman, they’ve already visited my loved ones, the northern part. Lyman’s Ukraine”
“Called to [Lyman’s] northern part, the area of Pryozerna: it’s calm in the city, the Russians are leaving via Zarichne, our guys gave them time to go out…”
“Called to Zarichne, Ukrainian soldiers are in the center of the village, they haven’t walked along the streets yet”
“[Ukrainian troops] are in Torske”

Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:39 pm When Putin makes the order to escalate this to tactical nukes, will his minions allow it?

(I reckon he will do this as the pressure gets too much)