Russian strikes knock out more than half of Ukraine gas production ahead of winter
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/russian-strikes-knock-out-more-than-half-of-ukraine-gas-output-ahead-of-winter
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Russian strikes knock out more than half of Ukraine gas production ahead of winter
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/russian-strikes-knock-out-more-than-half-of-ukraine-gas-output-ahead-of-winter
Posted by ObjectiveObserver420
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>The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and the European Commission are already considering additional aid to help Ukraine’s energy sector, according to the people. Naftogaz already got a 500 million euro loan from the EBRD in August to finance emergency purchases, and received a 300 million euro loan from the EIB earlier this month.
Luckily natural gas is available everywhere and spot prices are at rock bottom rn, first time in like ever winter prices are cheaper than summer ones.
[https://www.energymonitor.at/en/gas/exchange/prices](https://www.energymonitor.at/en/gas/exchange/prices)
And yet Russia wonders what made so many of their neighbours join NATO. NATO are not the war mongerers. Russia is. Before the war NATO offered Russia several concessions such as limits on military exercises and a revival of the INF treaty. But Russia insisted on making unrealistic demands such as that NATO had to withdraw all troups from countries that joined after 1997.
Paywalled article, can’t source quotes.
This is the result of the Russian retaliation in the infrastructure war v3.0; that Ukraine has willingly initiated and is perpetuating by attacking Russia’s oil refineries.
Nobody is disputing Ukraine’s right to do that – but they will not be free from consequences, that Russia has warned about well ahead in advance; and they have a lot more toys to do it with. Ukraine will, however, pretend like this retaliation was completely unprovoked, stir a bunch of noise in the media, and request more weapons, sanctions and money.
In addition to gas extraction, Russia is also hitting rail based logistics (mainly the locomotives) and power plants. I suppose the goal is to make it obvious that Russia can deal a lot more pain if it decides to commit, but I’m afraid all of that is falling on deaf ears; Zelensky just doesn’t care who ends up paying for his escalation as long as the war can continue and he gets to stay in power.
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