Thread on interesting coincidence in regards to #NordStream2. As Malcom Nance says "coincidence takes alot of planning" I will not lay blame on any nation as there is much unknowns ATT. As another saying goes a lie travels halfway around the world before truth puts on its shoes.
2/ Not even 12 hours after the explosions of NS2, officials from 🇩🇰 and 🇵🇱 gathered in Szczecin Poland to inaugurate the #BalticPipe. Why is this important?
the Baltic Pipe will bring Natural Gas from 🇳🇴 to 🇩🇰 and then 🇵🇱 where is can be distributed across the 🇪🇺.
3/ The Baltic Pipe was first conceived after the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Poland saw NS2 as a danger to Europe and worked diligently to come up with an alternative to prevent energy blackmail by Russia, along with creating competition on the market to lower costs.
4/ The Baltic Pipe will be able to bring 10 billion cubic meters of gas yearly from the fields on the Norwegian continental shelf and contribute to strengthening energy security in southern Scandinavia, Poland and other countries in the region.
5/ Here is a map made by @pr4glik showing the Baltic Pipe and NordStream 2 overlapped images:
🔵 = Baltic Pipe
🔴 = NordStream 2
🟡 = Detected Explosions
6/ 🇵🇱 PM Morawiecki at the ceremonial opening of the compressor valve "The era of Russian domination in the gas sphere, marked by threats and extortion, ends today. We are entering a new era of sovereignty, energy freedom and increased energy security." tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-…
7. Some minor corrections in tweet 2. *where it can be. and tweet 3 in 2016 in response to 2014
8/ Will the Baltic pipe be able to offset Ns2? No NS2 can bring 110 billion metric cubic meters of natural gas a year, while Baltic pipe can only bring 10 billion. This will however reduce dependence on Russian Natural Gas from NS2 by around 9-10% yearly which is a lot of money.
9/ I am no expert on Energy or European Politics if anyone would like to enlighten me more send a Dm or comment below would love to learn more!
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The Main Intelligence Directorate of the UA Ministry of Defense assesses the threat of Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine as
"very high"
This was reported by the representative of the GUR Vadim Skibitsky:
"The strikes will likely target areas along the front lines where there are a large number of personnel and equipment, as well as important command centers and critical infrastructure. To stop them, we need not only anti-aircraft, but also anti-missile systems"
What is most striking in the assessment is the probability of "very high". For those with little or no experience let me break this down for you and then take a look at the rest of the assessment.