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| Battlefield Update Brief (BUB) - On the Edge of War |
| 2022-02-14 |
| [Reuters - 26 Jan 2022] Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have been increasing for months after the Kremlin massed some 100,000 troops near Ukraine's borders. Western nations, including the United States and Britain, worry that the large build-up of Russian forces along Ukraine’s borders is preparation for an invasion as part of Moscow’s efforts to prevent Ukraine from ever joining the NATO Western security alliance. Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. However, in 2014 the Russian military seized Ukraine’s southern peninsula of Crimea and gave backing to separatist forces who took control of a swathe of eastern Ukraine. Nearly three weeks old but informative. This morning: BBC - Russian invasion fears grow as foreigners flee Ukraine Aljazeera - Ukraine demands meeting with Russia over military build-up: Live |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 the ruble also hasn't done well lately it was about 63 per dollar a year ago, now about 75 per dollar |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-02-14 15:09 |
| #2 the Hynrvia took a big hit in 2014 (from about 10 to the dollar to about 30 to the dollar) but has been more or less stable since then. Since Nov 2021, the Hynrvia has lost 5-10% of its value vs dollar (Biden's removal of sanctions on NordStream 2 was in May 2021. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-02-14 09:55 |
| #1 The western hysterical yellow press is laughable. Russian stock market is up and smart money has been pouring into the Russian blue chip oil and gas stocks. IOW the people closest to the action who gave skin in the game do not believe there will be an invasion. Once again Americans are punked by our idiotic non-journalist stenographers repeating the official lies and bullshit of our corrupt elites... We Are Ruled By Mendacious Hysterical Morons |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-14 08:35 |