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Hello World A Blaze listeners, Welcome to episode seventy one.
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I'm recording on.
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This day, Sunday, April sixth, twenty twenty five. I tell
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you the data is recording because it's important because as
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of last night or early morning, depending on your time
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zone in the world, Russia launched a large scale attack
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on Ukraine. They have launched various missiles against Ukraine on
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six territories, which includes their capital Kiev. And to this day,
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as of this recording, so far, I've been sitting I've
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been monitoring social media, legacy media outlets, etc. And there
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hasn't been one peep from any European nation, not that
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I have seen yet, and especially of note, nothing from
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the UK or from France, the two most critical nations
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against the USA and Trump for allegedly not doing enough
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in the fight for Ukraine against Russia in this conflict.
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Yet today, so far, thus far, nothing from Europe, nothing
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from UK, nothing from France. Why is this important Because
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in all their criticism and all their criticism about US
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involvement and about Trump's actions and stance on the Ukraine war,
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as of late, they have committed, they have stated. Both
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Starmer and Macron have stated that they are ready to
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send troops boots on the ground in support of Ukraine,
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especially if anything escalates. Not that long ago, France was
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going on a European tour. President Emmanuel Macron has been
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doing everything he can to rally Europe against Russia, and
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much of that messaging included not just sending weaponry, but
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actually putting boots on the ground in Ukraine, on the
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front lines to fight against Russia. Yet today, after last
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night's attack, the night before today's recording, which is April six,
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twenty twenty five, today there hasn't been one word, not
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one statement of condolences, nothing. The only person who said
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anything today and very well should say anything, because they
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were just attack has been President Vladimer Zelenski, president of
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the Ukraine, and of course he would make a statement
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he was just bombed. Missiles were just sent against his country,
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six regions, including his capital. And what makes this attack
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more egregious is not that Russia just broke a broker ceasefire,
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a ceasefire that was meant to let each side get
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their thoughts together and come together to broker a peace deal.
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But that Russia broke this ceasefire agreement by targeting civilians,
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not military targets, but civilians indiscriminately. We're talking cities populated
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by civilians. Houses destroyed, high rises destroyed, downtown area is destroyed.
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Because Putin is a liar. Putin doesn't care. Putin wants
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to take over control and own Ukraine because in Putin's eyes,
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it has always been part of Russia. Putin has always
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made it very clear that he wants to reunite old glory,
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that being the old USSR and Ukraine is part of
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his plan. But to get back to France in the
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UK for being so critical of the US and especially
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after last night's attack, what exactly are you doing?
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What are you doing to thwart Russia's efforts?
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The answer being exactly the answer that I have given
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many times, which is absolutely nothing.
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It's all huff and puff, you see.
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It's all about getting pats on the back, getting confirmed
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as a good person, a good leader, a good country.
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And I am mainly talking about UK and France since
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they are the most critical and arguably maybe the most
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powerf European nations, but yet have done nothing, absolutely nothing,
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for all the criticism they haven't made one statement. I
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haven't seen any troops being sent anywhere, but they were
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anxious to broker a deal with Ukraine. In fact, if
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you listen to this show regularly, you know that I've
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already reported that the UK signed a one hundred year
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deal to support Ukraine. They did so on January twenty
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six of twenty twenty five, well before they heated and
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contested argument between Zelensky, President Trump and JD. Vance, which
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was publicized live on a broadcast. Long before that, the
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UK already signed and brokeer to deal, part of which
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included mineral rights, developing their economy using Britain, the British
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banking system, and British trade partners, something that went unreported
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for whatever reason. Yet the United States was criticized and
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called the bad guy, the threat to democracy for trying
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to do the same or similar thing with the Ukraine,
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but instead offering the Ukraine much more money and profit
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off of the process minerals which would also include a
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presence of US personnel on Ukraine and soil. But maybe
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I'm just digressing, And if you want to know more
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about that, all you have to do is go to
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the UK's government website and just do a search for
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this one hundred year deal and you will find it.
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It'll pop right up. That's right there.
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So after last night's attack, here's a statement made by
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Voladimir Zelensky, and this has been reported in Reuter's and
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I'm reading this directly from his social media account on
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x Now, I'm gonna admit I'm horrible at pronouncing the
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names of most these regions, but just be assured there
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was six, which also included a Kiev.
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So I'm going to just skip the.
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Very first part of this because I don't want to
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do it as service to Ukraine and to these regions
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that were attacked. But it goes on to read that
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the number of air attacks is increasing. This is how
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Russia reveals its true intentions to continue the terror for
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as long as the world allows it. Over the past week,
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they launched more than fourteen hundred sixty guided aerial bombs,
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nearly six hundred and seventy attack drones, and over thirty
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missiles of various types against Ukrainian cities and villages against
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our people. More than twenty of them took place just
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last night. Every strike targets are people, our children, they're
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waging war against children playing on playgrounds. My condolences to
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all the families and loved ones of the victims. I
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think all of our services who are helping and saving Ukrainians.
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These attacks are Putin's response to all international diplomatic efforts.
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Each of our partners, the United States, all of Europe,
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entire world has seen that Russia intends to continue the
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war and the killing. That is why there could be
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no easing of pressure. All efforts must be aimed at
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guaranteeing security and bringing peace closer now again, Thus far,
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as of this recording, there hasn't been a single response
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from a European nation.
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Now.
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Reuters has also reported on this. Actually, many news outlets
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have reported about this attack, and Poland remains on high
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alert as their borders are right there and extremely close
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to these attacks. In fact, they've deployed their air force
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just in case they had to retaliate or even protect themselves.
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But thus far, the NATO nation remains on alert now well.
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President Emmanuel Macron of France has stated many times that
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he's willing to send troops to help Ukraine, putting actual
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troops on the ground in Ukraine on the front lines
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to fight against Russia. He has done nothing thus far,
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nothing and again hasn't made one statement in regard to
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this attack on Ukraine that just happened last night. And
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also before this, Pm Kurs Starmer has done the same.
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Prime Minister of Britain or the UK has said the
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same thing. In fact, I got a little clip of
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him saying just as much. Listen to this.
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The UK has prepared to back this with boots on
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the ground and planes in the air, together with others.
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Europe must do the heavy listing.
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Okay, so there you go.
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Even Prime Minister Starmer is saying the UK and Europe,
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meaning his European allies, which include France and everyone else,
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part of this little coalition right now that is anti
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America and wants to come together to do the heavy
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lifting in defense of Ukraine to push back on Russia.
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Even he admits they can't do it without the support
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of the US. Funny how they all stand strong and
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are critical of the United States for not stepping in
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or apparently doing enough, but yet they themselves will admit
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that they can't even do it on their own either.
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Put to support peace in our continent and to succeed
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this effort must have strong US backing.
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So there you have it.
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So the reality is protecting Ukraine pushing back on Russia
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is not going to happen unless everybody's on the same page,
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we all get involved. So the question is at this point,
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as much as Trump wants to broker a peace deal,
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which Putin is obviously not willing to engage in, not
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even willing to consider it because if he did, why
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would he even break the ceasefire? Putin does not care
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about peace. Putin cares about reclaiming Ukraine. Putin cares about
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pressing on past Ukraine and resurrecting the old ussr which
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has always been his dream, which has always been his dream,
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and he stayed this many times in the past. So
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is it now time for the US to step up?
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Is it time for us to get involved, to step in?
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And what does that look like? Do we need to
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send troops or do we need to resupply Ukraine with
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advanced weaponry so that they even have a chance against Russia.
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Now Russia themselves are in trouble financially, they can't afford
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to keep this war going. There are many out there
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who've assessed that Russia's economy is now in a state
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of well a wartime economy that without this war, they
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can't necessarily stop the war, for example, because then their
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economy will just crash because the only thing keeping it going.
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So how do we end this war if we're not
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going to use troops, if we're not going to use
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continuous a continued supply of weapons to Ukraine, it would
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have to be economically financially. Are sanctions enough No, because
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sanctions have proven to do nothing. People who want to
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do business with Russia and Russia in general, who wants
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to sell their goods or find ways to make money,
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We'll find a way. Hence why bricks was even started
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to begin with, It was a way for Russia to
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work around sanctions. And so there's always a way. Russia
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will find a way to continue to carry out its
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campaign and its efforts. They just don't care. They're going
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to find a way.
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But the EU can help out even more.
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One of the biggest, the biggest exports that Russia has
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is natural gas, and so Europe committed not too long
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ago to cutting this off. They're like, look, we're going
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to hit them where it hurts. We're gonna hit Russia's wallet,
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We're no longer going to buy their gas. But the
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issue with that is the European nations have not been
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very strategic and putting together a concise plan which all
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European nicians will agree on and stick to. While some
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nations have cut out the purchase of gas altogether from Russia,
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Poland being one of those nations, others have not. Others
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have not weaned themselves off. And from a report that
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I got from Brugle, I believe it's pronounced Brugle, it
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is spelled b r u e g El, they actually
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touch on this topic and here's the state of play.
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I'm gonna read a small snippet of this report, but
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they go on to say that in twenty twenty one,
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Russia supplied the EU with one hundred and fifty seven
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billion cubic meters or bcm of gas, about half of
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the EU's gas imports. Again, I'm going to say that again,
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half of the EU's gas imports came from Russia. They
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go on to state that the EU imported most Russian
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gas via four pipelines, which was Nordstream, one Ukrainian gas Transit,
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Jamal and turk Stream, and liquefied natural gas shipments, So
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by twenty twenty four Russian gas imports they had fallen
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to fifty four billion cubic meters or bcms, which accounted
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for eighteen percent of the EU gas imports. But they
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also go on to state that this drop was primarily
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driven by Russian supply cuts rather than actions that were
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actually taken by U countries. So the EU is not
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doing them any favors or themselves any favors by continuing
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to do business with Russia, by continuing to give them
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money to bolster their economy by buying gas from Russia.
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They continue to do so, and while there was a
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little bit of a dip at the end of twenty
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twenty four, imports and purchases from Russia into the YOU
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actually went up. So if the goal is to find
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a non military solution, or to not commit to a
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military solution and pushing Russia back and getting them to
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abandon their efforts against Ukraine, then the EU needs to
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be united and completely cutting off Russia, stop purchasing from them,
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stop giving them money in any way. Now, Russia may
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find other areas and other countries to do business with,
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namely Iran, for example. But Europe themselves buys a lot
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of gas, a lot of natural resources from Russia. And
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at this point, if they're truly serious and truly committed,
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and yet not committed enough to actually send troops as
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they say they would. All through last year, by the way,
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through twenty twenty four, there's been whispers from the UK
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and from France, etc. That Oh, we're ready to send troops,
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We're ready to commit, We're ready to stand ground with
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Ukraine against Russia. Get nothing, even after last night's attack. Nothing,
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not a peep, nothing, So you have no power.
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You are liars.
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You're not ready to do what it takes to push
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back against Russia. Why because the reality is nobody wants
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a World War three event, and yes, that is a