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This can’t be stressed enough.  That the former Warsaw Pact countries saw Ukraine getting invaded and essentially all of them said “fuck that.”
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Bulgaria, one of the poorest EU members and long perceived as pro-Moscow, helped Ukraine survive Russia's early onslaught by secretly supplying it with large amounts of desperately needed diesel and ammunition, the politicians responsible have said.
Sofia did not supply Ukraine directly, but allowed Bulgarian intermediaries to sell to their counterparts in Ukraine or Nato member states, and kept open its air links with Poland and land routes via Romania and Hungary, Peskov told the paper.
They were especially sensitive since the fuel Bulgaria was shipping to Ukraine was produced from Russian crude oil, at a refinery near Burgas on the Black Sea operated by Russia's Lukoil.


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They were especially sensitive since the fuel Bulgaria was shipping to Ukraine was produced from Russian crude oil, at a refinery near Burgas on the Black Sea operated by Russia's Lukoil.

The funniest part if you ask me. >

Whole this war is filled with this shit. Russia is supplying Europe with gas through Ukraine and paying Ukraine for this. Madness. >

It's not that uncommon.
The USA carried on selling military vehicles to Nazi Germany for months after they declared war on them.  It takes time for all the gears in such big and complex economies to shift. >

Was that the US shipping vehicles to Nazi Germany, or are you confusing that with the Nazi operated German subsidiaries of the Big 3 producing vehicles in Germany. >

So Bulgaria purchased crude oil from Russia, processed it at its Lukoil-owned essentially Russian refinery and sent it to Ukraine.
Funny stuff. >

And they did it hidden away from their allied pro-Russia coalition lol >

Or so they claim. The "pro-Russian" (Russian subsidized) would get their funding suspended, if their boss found out they knew about it and didn't stop it. It's hard to hide such exports regardless. >

If anything can bring Europe together, is figthing against Russia, even secretly. >

Precisely. Russia is amazing at being able to mobilize vast swathes of diverse countries against it. I'm from a country bordering Russia, I don't want to dislike my neighbour, but the Kremlin's actions leave one little choice. >

At this point it's either hate Russia, or be genocided by them. >

I really hope the world ends by meteor strike and not a fucking race war. I just want to have a fuckin garden and raise my kids and the whole fuckin world is on fire. I don't get to know that my children get to even have a future because everyone is constantly threatening war instead of pooling resources and information. >

Despite all this, the world is a more peaceful place than it has ever been. Violent death is way down, and you and your kids never had a better chance to die of old age. >

Not when food becomes unavailable to common folk. >

Or drinkable water. >

I'm semi thankful I live near Superior, but I feel with rising ocean and red states going haywire the Midwest is going to be a refuge of sorts for a lot. The water is only going to amplify that. But at least ig lake Superior gets drained I can agate hunt easier right? Lol >

I feel ya.  I lived in Milwaukee for 30 years - my other half’s brother (and his two daughters & family’s) all moved from Kansas to MKE  like 10 years ago because of ‘global warming’.   I laughed when I heard him say that,  when he got done explaining he wanted his grandkids to be adults in a state that was not actively drying out - I got it.
The Great Lake states are going to be real sexy solely because of their water supply in the near future. >

I grew up in Wyoming and live in Maryland now (go where the work is...). I've always planned on moving back West when I retired, but what with the wildfires and drought, that's completely off the table now, let alone 10 or 20 years from now. >

Yesterday it came out that supposedly we gave Ukraine 14 Su-25 that we had.
Our Minister of Defence came out and said that no planes have been sold in the past year to appease everyone 
4D chess >

It's like Lukashenko promising Putin to send "up to 7 divisions" to invade Ukraine.  And then sending 0.  Which is.... technically... "up to 7."
This is what happens if you push the literal rest of the world too far. >

Forever friends >

Most former Warsaw Pact countries seem to understand the importance of helping Ukraine stop Russia now