r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 11d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/CustomerConsistent78 11d ago

Disgraceful that the rest of the world sits and watches, waiting to see the result. If Ukraine can bleed Russia enough to weaken them significantly. All at Ukraine's expense. Every day it continues is horrible, and I'm nervous of whatever escalation this might be. It's also scary that this escalation may still not be enough for anyone else to act.

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u/Dude_PK 11d ago

Do you not read news? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/french-president-vows-paris-full-support-for-ukraine-help-to-intercept-drones-/4078680

And there's more than that but you can find it yourself.

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u/apparat07 11d ago edited 10d ago

But, they still fund the Russian war machine for years by buying Russian Oil and Gas. Make it make sense - why fund Russia's ability to wage war if you're opposed to it?

Also, it's not just Europe - South Korea sold 176k tonnes of diesel and jet fuel to Russia in July and August. So, I guess both Koreas are supporting Russia ability to wage war in one way or another.

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u/AmadeusFlow 10d ago

They have no choice but to buy Russian energy because Europe has aggressively pursued the most backwards and broken idea of energy policy for 30 years.

It's a matter of necessity, not politics or money. They have no alternatives

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u/cvc4455 10d ago

Without their backwards and broken ideas of energy policy for the last 30 years where else would they be getting their energy from today besides Russia? Would it be the middle east or where would they get it from if they had better energy policy for the last 30 years?

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u/AmadeusFlow 10d ago

Nuclear is the obvious answer. Germany shuttered 3 reactors just a few years ago, when the over reliance on Russian energy was already plainly an issue.

It truly is baffling decision making

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u/figrofel 10d ago

Obviously nuclear

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u/oddministrator 10d ago

France is the world leader in nuclear energy.

Nobody else comes close. Roughly 70% of their energy is nuclear.

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u/allofthealphabet 10d ago

And Germany is world leader in shutting down nuclear power plants, they closed their last nuclear power plants in 2023.

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u/Curious-Snowfox 8d ago

Germany could have strong solar production, if they hadn't killed it by cancelling all subsidies basically overnight. As a result, investing into solar on a EU wide scale could even have helped the german economy instead of what it is now

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u/xlite2020 10d ago

There are other places they could diversify for gas coal and fuel, besides russia. Australia for one. But Europe influenced us with their energy policy too.

We now pay around 40% more for our own gas than japan pay for our exported gas.

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u/fasterfester 10d ago

Not sure where you got that 40% more stat, but you should fact check yourself.