Special Thread: Yanayojiri Mgogoro wa Ukraine na Urusi. Nini chanzo na hatma ya mzozo?

[Mathanzua]

An extremely dangerous and reckless escalation indeed: Lithuania Sanctions" Russian Railroad,effectively cutting of supplies to Kalliningrad.An order from the US and NATO perhaps?​

Video below shows panic-buying by Russians living in Kaliningrad, a portion of Russia detached from the mainland, nestled between Lithuania and Poland. The buying began because Lithuania cut-off Russian railroad shipments to the oblast (state).
For more than thirty years, there has been an understanding between Russia and Lithuania that the oblast (state) of Kaliningrad would be supplied via the Russian railroad through a narrow strip of land called the Suwalki Gap, that runs from Russia, along the southeastern border of Lithuania. The agreement held that the trains would be left alone, and act as a supply tunnel of sorts to the Russians living in Kaliningrad.

All that ended 48 hours ago, when Lithuania took it upon itself, to say Sanctions against Russia (over its Ukraine special military operation) would be applied to trains to/from Kaliningrad.
This means that virtually no transit can take place between Russia and its western-most state.
People in Kaliningrad fear they may starve to death having been cut-off from Supplies. That fear caused panic, and panic-buying took place yesterday and last night, as shown in the video below:



I am told the large bags seen being loaded into shopping carts are 50lb bags of flour.

HAL TURNER EDITORIAL OPINION
It appears that Lithuania is trying to CAUSE Russia to attack them militarily over this new embargo. They want this to take place because Lithuania is a member of NATO and once an attack takes place, Lithuania will invoke Article 5 of the NATO treaty, collective self defense.
That would instantly place ALL the countries of NATO, at war with Russia, which is exactly what NATO wants, so as to be able to engage Russia directly to stop its operation in Ukraine.
The trouble with this thinking is that the President of Russia made clear "it will be a war that nobody will win." That's a euphemism for nuclear war.
President Putin, commenting publicly at the start of Russia's "special military operation" into Ukraine, made clear that Russia's conventional forces are no match for NATO Conventional forces. But, he said, "Russia is also a nuclear power. And our technology is superior to everyone else's. So if NATO invokes Article 5, it will be a war no one will win."
Knowing this, Lithuania STILL enacted a sanctions embargo against Kaliningrad.
They want nuclear war.
UPDATE 8:58 AM EDT --
"The UN needs to rectify the situation with the blockade of Kaliningrad, or Russia will be free to resolve the issue of transit in any way"- the head of the Russian Federation Commission for the Protection of Sovereignty Klimov.
(HT REMARK: This is almost identical to the wording used by Russia about resolving Security Guarantees, before it entered Ukraine. Clearly, this remark is meant to warn Lithuania (and the world) that Russia will resort to armed force to open the Kaliningrad embargo.)

UPDATE 10:27 AM EDT --
Senator Klimov: the blockade of Kaliningrad by Lithuania can be regarded as direct aggression

If the European Union does not correct the “impudent trick” of Lithuania, which banned the transit of almost half of the cargo to the Kaliningrad region, then Brussels itself will disavow the legitimacy of the documents on Lithuanian membership in the EU for Russia and thus “untie its hands” to solve the problem of Kaliningrad transit “by any means.”

Brief Recap with historical notes:
Kaliningrad's governor Alikhanov has already called on Russian federal authorities to prepare tit-for-tat measures against Lithuania in wake of the transit ban.
Alikhanov cited a key condition in the 2004 agreement that was part of Lithuania’s accession to the EU:
"that the Baltic state will apply in practice the principle of freedom of transit of goods, including energy, between the Kaliningrad Region and the rest of Russian territory."
"In particular, we confirm that there shall be freedom of such transit, and that the goods in such transit shall not be subject to unnecessary delays or restrictions and shall be exempt from customs duties and transit duties or other charges related to transit,"

Then, in April...
When the EU first proposed the blockage of goods as part of the last major sanctions package in early April, Kremlin officials warned of war given Moscow would have to "break the blockade" for the sake if its citizens.

"I think that for now, this is a game, testing the waters <…>.
In case of a blockade, as they are saying, the Soviet Union knows how to break the blockades, we (Russia as the successor of the Soviet Union - TASS) have vast experience," the senator said.
"If they want to go to the length of making us break this blockade to save the lives of our people, who live there, we can do this,"
Ahead of the new Lithuanian transit ban taking effect, the state railways service was reportedly 'awaiting final word' from the European Commission.

then Brussels ruled that:
"sanctioned goods and cargo should still be prohibited even if they travel from one part of Russia to another but through EU territory,"

In Moscow's eyes, this is tantamount to laying economic siege to part of Russia's sovereign territory and one million of its citizens

Also read this👇

Russia Demands Lithuania Lift "Openly Hostile" Blockade; Panic Buying Ensues​

The Russian Foreign Ministry has responded to Lithuania's partial blockade of Kaliningrad, writing in a statement that they consider the "provocative measures" to be "openly hostile" and warning that the Kremlin may take action to "protect its national interests."
Kaliningrad is sandwiched between the EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania. Supplies from Russia are delivered via rail and gas pipelines through Lithuania - which announced last week that it was banning the rail transit of goods subject to EU sanctions, which include coal, advanced technology, metals and construction materials.
"If in the near future cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation through Lithuania is not restored in full, then Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests," the statement reads.

They have demanded that Lithuania immediately lift the ban on a number of goods to the Kaliningrad region.


FURTHER ESCALATION👇

Ukraine SINKS Russian Rescue Ship on Black Sea​

The Russian Black Sea Fleet Rescue Tug "Vasily Bekh" has been hit by Ukrainian-launched missiles and SUNK.
The vessel was struck by two Harpoon anti ship missiles, a U.S. produced weapons system, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
The 187 foot long ship sank within 18 seconds of being hit.

At least ten (10) Russian sailors are dead, 23 others are wounded.
Video, below, was taken by a Bayraktar Drone operated by the Ukraine military, shows the two missiles striking from the left, and the ship going under almost immediately after the explosions:

The assault on the Vasily Bekh Rescue tugboat was first announced on the official Twitter account of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, and a few minutes later a video showing the assault was posted on social media.

Developing story.....

 

[King faisal]

Siwezi kukupa maarifa makubwa maana uwezo wako ni mdogo sana kijana. Nimekupa maelekezo mepesi kama mtori ili kuendana na level ya akili yako.

Wala ucjisumbue mkuu,pro nato hawana hoja zaidi ya vihabari vya kupikapika,wanavyookota huko na kuleta hapa vikiwa na uongo mwingi ndani yake.

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

tanzania tunaye maria wa space, chawa wa mabeberu

Maria Zakharova's (spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) comment on this remark:
"German sparks already spread to us a couple of times. We will not allow more fires."

 

[MR MAJANGA]

Inabidi utafute muda uwendelee kutuletea madini

Na mie nomba nizungumze kitu tuendelee kuwaumbua hawa matajiri wa mchongo 😂

Ndugu zangu turudi tena tuigusie ile principle yetu pendwa ya Demand and Supply.

Leo tuizungumzie katika muktadha wa mzani... Demand ikiwa mkono wa kushoto na Supply ikiwa mkono wa kulia. Halafu zile Movement za Up and Down za Mzani tuzipatie jina la Value ili mfano wetu rahisi uweze kueleweka kwa kila mtu.

Unapoweka jiwe la kilo 1 upande wa kushoto, hiyo tuiite demand. Kama upande wa kulia hakuna "Kitu" chenye uzito sawa na ule wa kushoto "demand" basi mzani wako utapanda juu, maana ake sasa value inaongezeka.

Utakapoanza kujaza upande wa kulia taratibu mzani utaanza kushuka hadi itafikia hatua unakuwa balanced. Yani kulia na kushoto kunakuwa sawa.

Kabla hatujaendelea niwahamishe kidogo, Wengi mmekua mkisikia neno Stable Currency, Stable Currencies ni fedha ambazo zinamaintain Value in long term. Haz'fluctuate mara kwa mara.

So ukirejea kwenye mfano wetu wa mzani ni kua, Upande wa kulia na kushoto, rate ya demand na supply zinawiana.

Hapa sasa ndipo ilipo hoja ya kuumbua taifa flan. US Dollar ni free float currency, ni Currency ambayo haipo pegged to anything. value yake inategemea Market force, that's demand.

Katika miaka ya hapo nyuma tumeshuhudia US ambavyo amekua akiforce matumizi ya hela yake duniani kote hivyo kuiweka USD in high demand.

Huu mwanya kwa ambao walikuwa hawajui, ndio mwanya aliotumia US kuchapisha fedha zake kila mwaka unnoticed kwa walio wengi.

Nyakati ambazo anaforce 'demand', nikiwa na maana ya matumizi ya ela yake. Upande wa kushoto anaongeza Supply ya dollar kwa kuichapisha zaidi hivo value kua almost the same ndani ya kipindi kirefu.

Ukirudi kwenye mzani ni sawa na kuongeza jiwe la robo kilo upande wa kulia kisha kujaza unachojaza upande wa kushoto mzani uendelee ku-balance.

Na hali hii inatoa majibu, kwanini Petro-Dollar ikifa, inasepa na uchumi wa US. Ndio Petro Dollar ikisepa maana ake demand inapungua, hapo ni sawa na kupunguza jiwe upande wa kushoto hivo mzani unashuka chini.

Nini kitatokea, ni kwamba zile fedha zilizokua zikiingizwa kwenye mzunguko kila mwaka hakutakuwa na demand ya kuzifunikia. Matokeo yake ile budget ya ma-trillions of dollar will be no more 😂.

Chukulieni mfano zile dolla trillion 3 zilizochapishwa ndani ya miezi kama mi3 hivi. Hizo zinaongezwa kwenye Uchumi wa US, Pro west waendelee kukaza mafuvu kutwambia Uchumi wa California ni mkubwa kuliko wa Russia.

Huh na sasa imekua rahisi kuwaeleza hili kutoka kwenye Ruble ya Mrusi.

Value ya Ruble imekua ikiongezeka kila siku kutokana na demand kua kubwa as we know, petro-ruble kwa mazeru zeru wa EU while supply ikiwa ile ile ya mwanzo (Means hakuna ongezeko la uchapishaji note za rubble) hivyo value yake inaenda inapanda tu.

Lau kama US asingekuwa anachapisha fedha, akaendelea kukomalia matumizi ya fedha zake bas leo hii dola 1 ingebadilishwa kwa pesa ndefu sana mithili ya Bitcoin.

Sasa hizo printed paper anazozijazia kwenye supply, anazidumbukiza kwenye uchumi wake, Day to day anaonekana ni Trillions dollar economy by far kuliko mataifa mengine.

Siku zijazo, Russia nae ataweza kujifanyia yake. Katika kuzuia ongezeko zaidi la thaman ya Ruble, atafanya kuongeza Ruble zingine kwenye mzunguko. Ili kuikeep Ruble ndani ya range ya value flan.

You know what it means 😂😂😂

Ni Skyrocketing of Russia's economy as government itakuwa na fedha nyingi sana za kutumia!

Hii issue nataman tungekua tumekaa mahala tunaizungumza, maandishi hayamalizi kila lililomo kichwani.

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

President Putin:
EU politicians have already dealt their economies a serious blow all by themselves. According to experts, EU’s direct, calculable losses from sanctions could exceed $400 billion this year - price of decisions that are far from reality & contradict common sense

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

US Central Command Commander General Eric Corrilla who is illegally occupying Syrian territory is upset because Russians attacked his AlQaeda fighters in Al-Tanf #Syria.

 

[wa kupuliza]

Nakubaliana na wewe mia kwa mia.
Putin ana subira sana,Kuna miamba hapo Moscow ni mitata hatari.
Hebu fikiria Kuna libunge limoja la Urusi lilipendekeza Urusi ipige vituo ama makambi yote ya USA yaliyoko ulaya
Hivi mtu kama huyu ndio ukimuachia nchi si ataanzisha vita na NATO mazima?

Halafu huyo mbunge alisema "hata kwny Vita ya Korea tulizitungua ndege za USA and it wasn't the end of the world."

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

The Ukrainian General Staff reports fighting at Ustinovka and Russian advances towards Belaya Gora & Mirnaya Dolina. This confirms that Toshkovka & Chikhirovka are under full Russian control. The Ukrainian reports seem to be premature but the operational direction is clear.

 

[East]

Mathanzua na MR MAJANGA Hawa ni mabeki Bora kabisa katika mada hii,Hawa ni mabingwa wa kuondoa magoli yaliyooelekezwa golini.
Hawa mmoja akikaa beki 5 na mwenzie beki mbili hapaitibadui
Wakati huohuo GalipVrl na ASK-Q wakishambulia.heee hee
NATO wanapoteana mazee.
Hapa sijataja viungo akina Bwana Utamu na wenzake.
Ha ha ha aa

acha watu tunapiga danadana za kichwa kuelekea lango la wapinzani huku wakishangaa na kujisahau kuwa adui anaelekea golini kwao.

 

[Bwana Utam]

Na mie nomba nizungumze kitu tuendelee kuwaumbua hawa matajiri wa mchongo [emoji23]

Ndugu zangu turudi tena tuigusie ile principle yetu pendwa ya Demand and Supply.

Leo tuizungumzie katika muktadha wa mzani... Demand ikiwa mkono wa kushoto na Supply ikiwa mkono wa kulia. Halafu zile Movement za Up and Down za Mzani tuzipatie jina la Value ili mfano wetu rahisi uweze kueleweka kwa kila mtu.

Unapoweka jiwe la kilo 1 upande wa kushoto, hiyo tuiite demand. Kama upande wa kulia hakuna "Kitu" chenye uzito sawa na ule wa kushoto "demand" basi mzani wako utapanda juu, maana ake sasa value inaongezeka.

Utakapoanza kujaza upande wa kulia taratibu mzani utaanza kushuka hadi itafikia hatua unakuwa balanced. Yani kulia na kushoto kunakuwa sawa.

Kabla hatujaendelea niwahamishe kidogo, Wengi mmekua mkisikia neno Stable Currency, Stable Currencies ni fedha ambazo zinamaintain Value in long term. Haz'fluctuate mara kwa mara.

So ukirejea kwenye mfano wetu wa mzani ni kua, Upande wa kulia na kushoto, rate ya demand na supply zinawiana.

Hapa sasa ndipo ilipo hoja ya kuumbua taifa flan. US Dollar ni free float currency, ni Currency ambayo haipo pegged to anything. value yake inategemea Market force, that's demand.

Katika miaka ya hapo nyuma tumeshuhudia US ambavyo amekua akiforce matumizi ya hela yake duniani kote hivyo kuiweka USD in high demand.

Huu mwanya kwa ambao walikuwa hawajui, ndio mwanya aliotumia US kuchapisha fedha zake kila mwaka unnoticed kwa walio wengi.

Nyakati ambazo anaforce 'demand', nikiwa na maana ya matumizi ya ela yake. Upande wa kushoto anaongeza Supply ya dollar kwa kuichapisha zaidi hivo value kua almost the same ndani ya kipindi kirefu.

Ukirudi kwenye mzani ni sawa na kuongeza jiwe la robo kilo upande wa kulia kisha kujaza unachojaza upande wa kushoto mzani uendelee ku-balance.

Na hali hii inatoa majibu, kwanini Petro-Dollar ikifa, inasepa na uchumi wa US. Ndio Petro Dollar ikisepa maana ake demand inapungua, hapo ni sawa na kupunguza jiwe upande wa kushoto hivo mzani unashuka chini.

Nini kitatokea, ni kwamba zile fedha zilizokua zikiingizwa kwenye mzunguko kila mwaka hakutakuwa na demand ya kuzifunikia. Matokeo yake ile budget ya ma-trillions of dollar will be no more [emoji23].

Chukulieni mfano zile dolla trillion 3 zilizochapishwa ndani ya miezi kama mi3 hivi. Hizo zinaongezwa kwenye Uchumi wa US, Pro west waendelee kukaza mafuvu kutwambia Uchumi wa California ni mkubwa kuliko wa Russia.

Huh na sasa imekua rahisi kuwaeleza hili kutoka kwenye Ruble ya Mrusi.

Value ya Ruble imekua ikiongezeka kila siku kutokana na demand kua kubwa as we know, petro-ruble kwa mazeru zeru wa EU while supply ikiwa ile ile ya mwanzo (Means hakuna ongezeko la uchapishaji note za rubble) hivyo value yake inaenda inapanda tu.

Lau kama US asingekuwa anachapisha fedha, akaendelea kukomalia matumizi ya fedha zake bas leo hii dola 1 ingebadilishwa kwa pesa ndefu sana mithili ya Bitcoin.

Sasa hizo printed paper anazozijazia kwenye supply, anazidumbukiza kwenye uchumi wake, Day to day anaonekana ni Trillions dollar economy by far kuliko mataifa mengine.

Siku zijazo, Russia nae ataweza kujifanyia yake. Katika kuzuia ongezeko zaidi la thaman ya Ruble, atafanya kuongeza Ruble zingine kwenye mzunguko. Ili kuikeep Ruble ndani ya range ya value flan.

You know what it means [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Ni Skyrocketing of Russia's economy as government itakuwa na fedha nyingi sana za kutumia!

Hii issue nataman tungekua tumekaa mahala tunaizungumza, maandishi hayamalizi kila lililomo kichwani.

Ila wewe jamaa bana
Sema ahsante sana MKUU
Acha PUT IN azidi kukaza maana tumeishayachoka manyanyaso ya Petro Rainbow[emoji35][emoji35][emoji35]

 

[TUJITEGEMEE]

Afrika kwa Mbali naona imemshughulikia Zelensiky kidiplomasia zaidi. Alialika viongozi 55 wa Afrika kumsikiliza ni wanne (4) tu wameudhuria.
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"This war may seem very distant to you and your countries," he told the AU. "But the food prices that are catastrophically rising have already brought [the war] to the homes of millions of African families."
Mr Zelensky's AU speech comes nearly 10 weeks after he first asked to address the continental body.
The BBC understands that 55 heads of state were invited to the virtual session, but only four attended. The rest of the countries sent representatives.
Source: BBC.

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

The Lisichansk-Gorskoye road is already cut off or at least fully exposed to Russian fire. If Russian forces successfully advance from Vrubovka & Toshkovka & capture Mirnaya Dolina, the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the Gorskoye-Zolotoye fortified district will be complete.

 

[King faisal]

Na mie nomba nizungumze kitu tuendelee kuwaumbua hawa matajiri wa mchongo 😂

Ndugu zangu turudi tena tuigusie ile principle yetu pendwa ya Demand and Supply.

Leo tuizungumzie katika muktadha wa mzani... Demand ikiwa mkono wa kushoto na Supply ikiwa mkono wa kulia. Halafu zile Movement za Up and Down za Mzani tuzipatie jina la Value ili mfano wetu rahisi uweze kueleweka kwa kila mtu.

Unapoweka jiwe la kilo 1 upande wa kushoto, hiyo tuiite demand. Kama upande wa kulia hakuna "Kitu" chenye uzito sawa na ule wa kushoto "demand" basi mzani wako utapanda juu, maana ake sasa value inaongezeka.

Utakapoanza kujaza upande wa kulia taratibu mzani utaanza kushuka hadi itafikia hatua unakuwa balanced. Yani kulia na kushoto kunakuwa sawa.

Kabla hatujaendelea niwahamishe kidogo, Wengi mmekua mkisikia neno Stable Currency, Stable Currencies ni fedha ambazo zinamaintain Value in long term. Haz'fluctuate mara kwa mara.

So ukirejea kwenye mfano wetu wa mzani ni kua, Upande wa kulia na kushoto, rate ya demand na supply zinawiana.

Hapa sasa ndipo ilipo hoja ya kuumbua taifa flan. US Dollar ni free float currency, ni Currency ambayo haipo pegged to anything. value yake inategemea Market force, that's demand.

Katika miaka ya hapo nyuma tumeshuhudia US ambavyo amekua akiforce matumizi ya hela yake duniani kote hivyo kuiweka USD in high demand.

Huu mwanya kwa ambao walikuwa hawajui, ndio mwanya aliotumia US kuchapisha fedha zake kila mwaka unnoticed kwa walio wengi.

Nyakati ambazo anaforce 'demand', nikiwa na maana ya matumizi ya ela yake. Upande wa kushoto anaongeza Supply ya dollar kwa kuichapisha zaidi hivo value kua almost the same ndani ya kipindi kirefu.

Ukirudi kwenye mzani ni sawa na kuongeza jiwe la robo kilo upande wa kulia kisha kujaza unachojaza upande wa kushoto mzani uendelee ku-balance.

Na hali hii inatoa majibu, kwanini Petro-Dollar ikifa, inasepa na uchumi wa US. Ndio Petro Dollar ikisepa maana ake demand inapungua, hapo ni sawa na kupunguza jiwe upande wa kushoto hivo mzani unashuka chini.

Nini kitatokea, ni kwamba zile fedha zilizokua zikiingizwa kwenye mzunguko kila mwaka hakutakuwa na demand ya kuzifunikia. Matokeo yake ile budget ya ma-trillions of dollar will be no more 😂.

Chukulieni mfano zile dolla trillion 3 zilizochapishwa ndani ya miezi kama mi3 hivi. Hizo zinaongezwa kwenye Uchumi wa US, Pro west waendelee kukaza mafuvu kutwambia Uchumi wa California ni mkubwa kuliko wa Russia.

Huh na sasa imekua rahisi kuwaeleza hili kutoka kwenye Ruble ya Mrusi.

Value ya Ruble imekua ikiongezeka kila siku kutokana na demand kua kubwa as we know, petro-ruble kwa mazeru zeru wa EU while supply ikiwa ile ile ya mwanzo (Means hakuna ongezeko la uchapishaji note za rubble) hivyo value yake inaenda inapanda tu.

Lau kama US asingekuwa anachapisha fedha, akaendelea kukomalia matumizi ya fedha zake bas leo hii dola 1 ingebadilishwa kwa pesa ndefu sana mithili ya Bitcoin.

Sasa hizo printed paper anazozijazia kwenye supply, anazidumbukiza kwenye uchumi wake, Day to day anaonekana ni Trillions dollar economy by far kuliko mataifa mengine.

Siku zijazo, Russia nae ataweza kujifanyia yake. Katika kuzuia ongezeko zaidi la thaman ya Ruble, atafanya kuongeza Ruble zingine kwenye mzunguko. Ili kuikeep Ruble ndani ya range ya value flan.

You know what it means 😂😂😂

Ni Skyrocketing of Russia's economy as government itakuwa na fedha nyingi sana za kutumia!

Hii issue nataman tungekua tumekaa mahala tunaizungumza, maandishi hayamalizi kila lililomo kichwani.

Mkuu shukran sana kwa hili Darasa,pia naomba uendelee kushusha nondo.

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

Russian Foreign Ministry statement on Lithuania's partial blockade of Kaliningrad:

 

[East]

Katika habari zote hii ndiyo ya maana:

Russia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
"It is inconceivable - one cannot imagine that millions of tonnes of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while in the rest of the world people are suffering hunger," Mr Borrell said.

Mwanaume gani anazuia msosi usisafirishwe na kusambazwa Duniani msosi - 🙂 kweli, kweli !!!

kinapitia wapi Kama ni ulaya nazuia yaani mpige vikwazo vya huduma zenu halafu mchekewe tu. Basi Kama wao wanaume watoe chakula.

 

[East]

Fuso Mimi sitaki kabisa kubishana na wewe,kwa sababu wewe ni ndugu yangu kabisa.

mkuu mbona unatuangusha utakuwaje ndugu na magari.

 

[East]

Hamna jinsi inabidi muendeshe baskeli tu hadi muanguke mufe mkwepe lawama😂😂😂

pia waongeze mashine za Epson na canon

 

[Msulibasi]

pia waongeze mashine za Epson na canon

Jesus give us war briefing

 

[D A E M U S H I N]

 

[Mathanzua]

The situation is serious: Germany plans to fire up coal plants as Russia throttles gas supplies.Going back to pre-industrial era?​

KEY POINTS

• Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday warned that the situation is going to be “really tight in winter” without precautionary measures to prevent a supply shortage.
• In light of that, Germany will seek to compensate for a cut in Russian gas supplies by increasing the burning of coal.
• Coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel in terms of emissions and therefore the most important target for replacement in the transition to renewable alternatives.

Germany plans to compensate for a cut in Russian gas supplies by increasing the burning of coal — the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel in terms of emissions.
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Germany has said the deteriorating gas market situation means Europe’s largest economy must limit the use of natural gas for electricity production and burn more coal for a “transitional period.”
Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday warned that the situation is going to be “really tight in winter” without precautionary measures to prevent a supply shortage.

As a result, Germany will seek to compensate for a cut in Russian gas supplies by increasing the burning of coal — the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel in terms of emissions and therefore the most important target for replacement in the transition toward renewable alternatives.
“That’s bitter, but it’s almost necessary in this situation to reduce gas consumption. We must and we will do everything we can to store as much gas as possible in summer and autumn,” the Green Party’s Habeck said in a statement, according to a translation.
“The gas storage tanks must be full in winter. That has top priority,” he added.
That comes shortly after an ominous warning from Russia’s state-backed energy giant Gazprom exacerbated fears of a full supply disruption to the European Union.
Gazprom said last week that it had further limited supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the “tense situation and high prices are a direct consequence of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine.”
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Gazprom cited a technical problem for the supply cut, saying the issue stemmed from the delayed return of equipment serviced by Germany’s Siemens Energy in Canada.
Habeck has rejected that claim, saying the move was politically motivated and designed to unsettle the region and ramp up gas prices.
It’s not yet known when or if Nord Stream 1 gas flows will return to normal levels.

‘Our product, our rules’​

In fiery comments likely to have sent alarm bells ringing throughout European capitals, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Thursday that Russia will play by its own rules after the firm halved supplies to Germany.
“Our product, our rules. We don’t play by rules we didn’t create,” Miller said during a panel session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to The Moscow Times.
Italy, Austria and Slovakia have also reported supply reductions from Russia.
Policymakers in Europe are currently scrambling to fill underground storage with natural gas supplies to provide households with enough fuel to keep the lights on and homes warm before the cold returns.
The EU, which receives roughly 40% of its gas via Russian pipeline, is trying to rapidly reduce its reliance on Russian hydrocarbons in response to the Kremlin’s months-long onslaught in Ukraine.
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Russia again cuts natural gas flows to Europe

“The tense situation and high prices are a direct consequence of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine. There is no mistake. What’s more, it’s obviously Putin’s strategy to unsettle us, drive up prices and divide us. We won’t allow that. We defend ourselves resolutely, precisely and thoughtfully,” Habeck said.
Germany’s storage facilities are currently at around 56% capacity, above the storage levels in the same period last year, Habeck said.
“The missing quantities can still be replaced, and the gas storage tanks are still being filled, albeit at high prices. Security of supply is currently guaranteed but the situation is serious,” he added.