Tidningen Politico har en artikel med liknande innehåll utan betalvägg. Då återstår 276 västerländska stridsvagnar. Men vad hände med löftet till "Onkel Xi"? Har Kina gjort en kovändning, fanns det aldrig något sådant löfte eller behöver väst bryta löftet för att möta förväntade eskaleringar från Rysslands sida?Financial Times skrev:Britain and Poland have confirmed they are planning to send modern heavy tanks to Ukraine, heaping pressure on Germany and other governments to follow suit.
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Polish president Andrzej Duda said his government would send a company of German-built Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine’s army “as part of the building of an international coalition”. A company implies around 14 tanks.
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Ukraine says it needs 300 western tanks to be able to liberate its territory from Russian occupation. It has its own fleet of Soviet-designed tanks, including hundreds captured from Russian forces and donated T-72 models from Poland and the Czech Republic. But spare parts and ammunition for them are limited. Western battle tanks, with their superior armour and firepower, would give Kyiv new offensive capabilities.
Sudden Surge In Russian Navy Ships And Submarines In Black Sea
Ryssland förbereder något, kanske till och med amfibiekrigföring, även om en landstigning vid Odesa är dödsdömd.Naval News skrev:This morning Russian Navy ships and submarines left their base at Novorossiysk, in the Black Sea, en-masse. This is highly unusual and may indicate ongoing operations.
Oil Cap Costs Russia $170 Million a Day, Researcher Says
Klockan tickar för Putins krigskassa. Jag kommer ihåg alla analytiker som påstod att oljepristaket inte skulle ha någon effekt..Bloomberg skrev:The price cap on Russian oil is costing the Kremlin €160 million ($172 million) a day, as the West tries to hobble Moscow’s war machine, a Finnish researcher said.
Lost revenues will rise to $280 million a day when the cap is extended to refined products from Feb. 5, the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said in a report. The research provides further evidence of how the cap imposed by Group of Seven nations — and associated European Union sanctions — are hitting Moscow. Russia’s flagship crude is already selling at less than half international prices.
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The research organization said the EU should look to tighten the screws further on Moscow. Cutting the cap further to $25 to $35 per barrel, from $60, would still be above Russian production and transport costs but would slash the country’s oil export revenue by at least another €100 million per day, according to CREA.