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Natural gas becomes cheaper. The Ttf natural gas futures is below $40 threshold. Far from the panic peak $306. Ttf is the most important gas price index for Europe.
The market predicts Russia’s gas export will crash by half this year.
Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures Pricing
Contracts are for physical delivery through the transfer of rights in respect of Natural Gas at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) Virtual Trading Point, operated by Gasunie Transport Services (GTS). Delivery is made equally each hour throughout the delivery period from 06:00 (CET) on the first...www.ice.com
That is always a bet on the future. If you buy gas today for July delivery then you pay $38. If the price in July rises to let’s say $40 then you make $2 profit. The opposite also happens you make loss. Utility providers usually buy gas months ahead. Some bought gas when gas peaked $300 last summer. They give today these huge costs to households.
To ease the pain the European government jump in. In Germany the central government pays 80 percent of the increase. So I pay a price cap of 40 cent per KWh with 80 percent household cap.
Generally featurewise it is on par with other 5th gen. planes .It has some stealth feature flaws in some angles but certain modifications can be made to compensate for these issues. F15 also does not have S or Y intake shape but possibly uses engine blockers to improve its stealthiness in silent eagle model.
Doing what they were designed to do. Better than spending the next 20 years doing target practise. If they destroy one russian target in Ukraine, it is money well spend.
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Ukraine receives first batch of self-propelled French CAESAR howitzers from Denmark
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received self-propelled artillery systems CAESAR from Denmark. The howitzers have already been put on combat duty.
Ukraine receives first batch of self-propelled French CAESAR howitzers from Denmark
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received self-propelled artillery systems CAESAR from Denmark. The howitzers have already been put on combat duty.gagadget.com
Defense Minister: Danish Caesar howitzers already in Ukraine
The Caesar self-propelled howitzers pledged to Ukraine by Denmark are already in use by the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on April 28, according to Suspilne news outlet.news.yahoo.com
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Crimea is the target for the counter offensive for sure - at multiple levels it would undermine several of Russia's strategic objectives in one swoop.
The reckonining for Russia is coming ....
Doing what they were designed to do. Better than spending the next 20 years doing target practise. If they destroy one russian target in Ukraine, it is money well spend.
What you expect? Ukraine should surrender? Even if Zelinskki surrenders the gas price will stay high. The time of cheap energy price for Europe is over. The damage is beyond repair. Europe has cut off all links to Russia.Despite the "Help" from the EU governments, prices are still high. There have been mass protests as well with the cost of living crisis. To make things worse the governments are withdrawing their support soon. I guess they've run out of tax payers money as they've sent a large chunk of it to the clown of Kiev.
The EU have pledged 0,2% of the combined EU GDP to Ukraine. The pro russians like to spread the narrative that Ukraine is bancrupting the West, but in reality the donations are peanuts.What you expect? Ukraine should surrender? Even if Zelinskki surrenders the gas price will stay high. The time of cheap energy price for Europe is over. The damage is beyond repair. Europe has cut off all links to Russia.
0.2 percent for Ukraine is ok. I see Germany will increase military spendings to 3 percent, same level as during Cold War confrontation. Russia will increase to 10 percent. Putin is the new messiah. He wants to kill Ukraine, EU, Nato, US. Let’s see who goes bankrupt first. The world is overpopulated. Global warming coming.The EU have pledged 0,2% of the combined EU GDP to Ukraine. The pro russians like to spread the narrative that Ukraine is bancrupting the West, but in reality the donations are peanuts.
Most people don't realise the inflation is ALWAYS going to come with or without the Ukrainian war. I mean we just comes out of 2 years worldwide lockdown, with logistic and manufacturer base closed during 2020-2021, it's mostly certain those sector will not be able to catch up with post COVID world, especially so for energy sector, when country world wide headed into lockdown, plants aren't working, the need of energy is low, I mean, if you drive, you will know during COVID we have one of the cheapest gas price since maybe 1980. And that should tell you something, because the market is awashed with energy product. And you know what will happen when this happened? They scale back gas production and oil drilling.That is always a bet on the future. If you buy gas today for July delivery then you pay $38. If the price in July rises to let’s say $40 then you make $2 profit. The opposite also happens you make loss. Utility providers usually buy gas months ahead. Some bought gas when gas peaked $300 last summer. They give today these huge costs to households.
To ease the pain the European government jump in. In Germany the central government pays 80 percent of the increase. So I pay a price cap of 40 cent per KWh with 80 percent household cap.
What you expect? Ukraine should surrender? Even if Zelinskki surrenders the gas price will stay high. The time of cheap energy price for Europe is over. The damage is beyond repair. Europe has cut off all links to Russia.
You don’t understand.Precisely, you've just demonstrated the point I'm making. The EU has no independent policy and is singing to uncle Sam's hymn sheet.
It is the globalist agenda to bring down the EU and unfortunately our leaders are blindly leading the EU on a downward trajectory for the sake of the whims of a clown sitting in Kiev. Anyone who thinks that Russia had ill designs towards Europe are deluded. Yes things may be different now that we've postured so aggressively towards Russia.
Russias only quelm was a hostile Ukraine and nothing else.
I'm of the opinion that the sanctions have done nothing but backfire of the West, and its the everyday citizen paying the heavy price for it. I'm of the opinion that it really isn't worth backing one of the most corrupt regimes in the world at the expense of the livelihoods of Citizens in the west. It's the clowns fight, not ours.
Anyhow, like I keep stating, Ukraine will slowly but surely be eaten up by Russia until the clown of Kiev decides to end hostilities and come to the negotiation table. Until then, it will be continuous misery for all parties involved.
LOL Who says after Putin it is the end of Russia? Russia isn't based on one man. What you are witnessing today is a firm ideology and belief. There is an army of Russians who believe and support the Russian ideology. Putin is just one guy. You cannot wipe out an ideology by removing one guy. Also remember that Russia is seeking vengeance for many transgressions. It was the US/NATO that started the Cold War against Russia. An attempt to balkanize Russia has already been made during the Cold War. If anything, Russia is well within it's right to seek compensation through one or the other way. Ukrainian territory is only a start.
You say this as if Pakistan is a great ally of the West. The last time I checked, the Western powers abused, accused and dumped Pakistan despite terming it a non-NATO ally. Even our so-called adversary Russia hasn't done such a horrible thing. Also remember that the Western nations along with Pakistani generals are exactly the reason why Russia is today closer to India. Had our greedy generals chosen a more balanced approach, which they often refer to, we would have had better relations with Russia. Instead our generals decided to polish US/NATO boots. Look where that got us. A bankrupt nation who is a non-NATO ally of of the West LOL Such incredible benefit for Pakistan being a major non-NATO ally of the West. I am just flabbergasted. The Pakistani generals and political leaders are pleading on their knees for a mere billion dollars to avoid defaulting. Where are the Western allies of Pakistan?
This is according to you. But according to America and international media Indian army is nothing without Russia 60 percent depends on Russia. And show me a deal of weapons between Pakistan and America. And Pakistan helps out Ukraine a country who helped Pakistan back in the day. Pakistan knows that Russia will always side with india. So pakistan looks after it’s true friends