▲ 587 ▼ Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Is Done Holding Back on Russian Oil Refineries (united24media.com) submitted 5 days ago by CityPop@lemmy.today to c/world@quokk.au 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago (4 children) They were holding back? 😳 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 58 points 5 days ago (3 children) According to the Ukrainian President, Kyiv refrained from attacking Russian energy facilities for three days in an effort to comply with Washington’s request. Russia, however, continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure during that period and killed more than 100 civilians over the past week, Zelenskyy said. Apparently they held back in good faith, which obviously was a mistake. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago Apparently they held back in good faith, which obviously was a mistake. Nah, it's good politics. Make it blindingly obvious who the problem is. And drone production continued anyway, which is where the bottleneck is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago It's how you remain in everyone's good graces and keep getting international support permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago Zelensky never leaves any room for doubt that Trump and Putin can later twist to their own propaganda. That's why he honored the "ceasefire". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 58 points 5 days ago (3 children) According to the Ukrainian President, Kyiv refrained from attacking Russian energy facilities for three days in an effort to comply with Washington’s request. Russia, however, continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure during that period and killed more than 100 civilians over the past week, Zelenskyy said. Apparently they held back in good faith, which obviously was a mistake. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago Apparently they held back in good faith, which obviously was a mistake. Nah, it's good politics. Make it blindingly obvious who the problem is. And drone production continued anyway, which is where the bottleneck is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago It's how you remain in everyone's good graces and keep getting international support permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago Zelensky never leaves any room for doubt that Trump and Putin can later twist to their own propaganda. That's why he honored the "ceasefire". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago Apparently they held back in good faith, which obviously was a mistake. Nah, it's good politics. Make it blindingly obvious who the problem is. And drone production continued anyway, which is where the bottleneck is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago It's how you remain in everyone's good graces and keep getting international support permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago Zelensky never leaves any room for doubt that Trump and Putin can later twist to their own propaganda. That's why he honored the "ceasefire". permalink fedilink source parent