I'm clearly no expert but I can't see Russia doing well out of this. As the West found out in the Middle East, you can't simply go into a country and expect things to settle down quickly. Less so in Ukraine which has the biggest army in the region after Russia,
every man has done 12 months military service and beyond the regular army, Ukraine has 900,000 volunteer reservists.
Furthermore, the US has supplied billions worth of weapons since 2014. European countries have also provided military equipment and apparently training too...
If Russia does capture the entire country, is it really likely it can hold onto it and not face intense resistance?
In addition, reports of some Russian platoons surrendering to Ukrainian forces and others deserting doesn't exactly indicate morale is high in the Russian army. On the other hand, quite the opposite sense is given from reports of the Ukrainian army.
Perhaps this is all nonsense and I'm being optimistic?
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🧵: Se habla mucho del dinero de los oligarcas rusos en Londres, pero Barcelona tambien estan muy presentes.
Comencemos: el superyate de Abramovich (dueño del Chelsea) está actualmente amarrado en OneOcean Port Vell. Una foto que tomé hace unas horas: #StandWithUkriane
Se informa que otros tres multimillonarios rusos tienen sus superyates en Barcelona. Sin embargo, es solo parte del cuento.
El 50% de la Marina es de Vagit Alekperov, presidente de LUKOIL, la segunda más grande petrolerea de Rusia después de Gazprom.
Según varios informe, Alekperov se reunió con Putin el jueves pasado y otros líderes empresariales (via @stephenburgen).
Se informa que los otros oligarcas son:
Sergei Chemezov: CEO de Rostec Corporation, una empresa de inversión estatal rusa centrada en la defensa y technologia
🧵: whilst there’s a lot of talk of Russian oligarch money in London, Barcelona has plenty of its own to think about.
Let's start: Abramovich’s superyacht is currently moored up at the OneOcean Port Vell - A pic I took of it a few hours ago: #StandWithUkriane#Abramovichout
Three other Russian billionaires are reported to have their superyachts in Barcelona. However, yachts are the tip of the iceberg.
50% of the Marina is owned by Vagit Alekperov, the president of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL -
the second largest in Russia after Gazprom. Alekperov reportedly met with Putin last Thursday and other business leaders (via @stephenburgen).
The other oligarchs with yachts in Barcelona are reported to be: