https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/chinas-oil-imports-soar-country-prepared-supply-fuel-demand-europe

It is a somewhat ironic twist in the Europe-Russia story that Russian oil will not literally stop flowing into Europe, whatever Europe does to stop that flow, even if it is willing to pay a steep price for it. As already evidenced by fuel flows from India to Europe, the latter has no problem with Russian refined products as long as they don’t come from Russia itself.

This will likely continue happening because whatever geopolitical games are being played, physical demand for oil products is likely to remain robust until prices become prohibitive. Even then, demand destruction will not happen overnight. A case in point is France, where strikes have paralyzed more than half of the country’s refining capacity, and yet people are queuing to fill up their tanks.

It is a double irony that the European Union might need to rely on China for its winter fuel supplies. After all, following the example of the U.S., the EU has also spoken against China’s rising domination of various global markets. It is not seen as a friend in Europe. Yet it is a vital supplier of commodities without which the EU will collapse.

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1218 pm air raids! Here we go!

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❗❗🇺🇸The US military may not be able to win one war — let alone two — as the Pentagon struggles to keep its forces equipped against potential threats from China and Russia, according a new report on American military strength.

Across the services, the report rated only the Marine Corps as “strong” in the think tank’s assessment of force capacity, capability and readiness. While the Army achieved a “marginal” rating, the Space Force and Navy were labeled “weak” and the Air Force bottomed out at “very weak.”

Years of underfunding and “poorly defined priorities” has led the military to become “weak relative to the force needed to defend national interests on the global stage,” the conservative Heritage Foundation said in its annual “Index of U.S. Military Strength.”

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Erdogan claimes he reached an agreement with Putin in order to create a gas hub. Europe will be able to buy Russian gas through Turkey.

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Love to see it! Air raid alerts!

0135 pm local time!

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There are currently no reasons for the evacuation of the population of the Zaporozhye region, the situation on the front line is under control, the authorities of the region told RIA Novosti

-ukraina_ru

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❗Local channels report that rockets have been spotted in the sky over the Kyiv region, which allegedly fly towards the capital Kiev

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❗A DPR military man released from Ukrainian captivity showed how he was tortured in a labor camp in Lvov.

Nationalists from Azov (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) cut out the letter Z on his leg.

The soldier was released as part of the exchange of prisoners according to the formula "110 for 108".

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⚡️Local sources report explosions near Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia region.

The Ladyzhinskaya Thermal power plant is located there.

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⚡️Near the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed due to the active actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense reports

The losses of Ukrainian militants amounted to more than 90 servicemen and 14 boats.

The remnants of the landing force were dispersed by artillery fire in the waters of the Kakhovka reservoir.

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🇺🇦In the Vinnytsia region, a Russian rocket attacked the Ladyzhynska CHPP

A missile attack was already carried out on this object on October 10-11. Now thick smoke is rising from the place of arrival. Rocket strikes were confirmed by the authorities of the region.

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Flight of a cruise missile in the Chernivtsi region.

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⚡️ Explosions are reported in Kiev electricity lost in part of the city.

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💥In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a series of powerful explosions occurred near the Burshtyn thermal power plant. Local residents write about four rocket attacks

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #YURI: Russian Armed Forces Counterattack near #Kupyansk - Situation in the Morning of 19 Oct, publ. 14:09⚡️

The Russian army, taking advantage of the fact that the AFU has moved part of its forces from #Kupyansk direction, launched a local counterattack in order to improve its position in this area.

The day before, our units took control of the village of #Gorobyevka, which was a prelude to today's strike in the direction of the #Dvurechnaya railway. And if successful, the #Dvurechnaya bridgehead will be finished, which will be an important moment to restore, at least partially, our defence line along the #Oskol River.

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⚡𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲

Several rocket attacks are reported in Chernigov ,Kiev and other areas of Ukraine and there are several more missiles that are still flying.
It is worth noting that at least some of the photographs taken by the Armed Forces of Ukraine show that Russian missiles are not downed , but the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles explode in the air. These explosions are then just for reports are passed off as successful hits.

So far, the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot ensure the protection of critical facilities of the energy structure from missile strikes (and we are not talking about the Geraniums yet🌚)

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