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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I always scratch my head at "new" sanctions. How has there not been every possible sanction already in place?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not even close. They still get machine tools and maintenance services for them from the West, as of list I checked. Y'know, so they can keep making missiles.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I've read multiple times that this is the strategy on purpose. Somehow it is deemed to be more impactful to deliver the sanctions step by step and also keep some ammo to be able to react to the worst crimes. I don't necessarily agree with that but my understanding of these matters is also limited.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're going after the thousands of shell companies they're using to get around prior sanctions

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I read the release.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not this specific link/story, but some of the recent sanctions specifically target things Russia has been doing to get around prior sanctions. Such as sanctioning specific dark fleet vessels, sanctioning new entities that have been created to evade prior sanctions, and putting pressure/restrictions on banks to not just rubber stamp transfers to obvious shell companies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing any mentions of new sanctions at the link. It talks about a crypto network having been disrupted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I was going off the title.

Seems like they're trying to lock down Russian access to crypto.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

i imagine captain "it was a perfect phone call" is frothing at the mouth

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very nice package. No mention of striking inside Russia unfortunately. :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I think that is going to wait till after the election. I believe Biden is worried it would give more ammo to Trump. Hopefully we see it then. These self-imposed rules are really frustrating to watch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice... But with winter approaching, Ukraine could also do with some non-military aid as well. Specifically, power generation capabilities.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I guarantee that's why it's so big.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Europe has also been providing aid very heavily of the non-military variety given they have more spare civilian capacity than military. This includes power generation and transmission to Ukraine, parts, etc.

The recent Perun video also talked about how ~50% of power generation is still online in Ukraine, due to it coming from nuclear plants. Still not enough to fully power the country, particularly if transmission is not kept online, but that is a better picture than I previously thought it was.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reading the article sounds like weapons, else mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Europe usually sends more of that stuff than the USA...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I didn't see anything specific to that in the official statement, but it could be in the confidential/internal use only docs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago