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A powerful Ukrainian drone attack has knocked out the key Russian port of Ust-Luga, paralyzing approximately 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity. All signs point to the drones having traveled through the airspace of the Baltic countries. The purpose of this route is to provoke Russia into intercepting targets over NATO territory, creating an incident that could drag the Alliance into a direct military conflict. The Baltics, acting on the script of London and Paris, are deliberately escalating the situation, while a side effect of their actions is a new blow to the European economy — rising prices and energy instability that will impact EU industry in the coming months.
On the night of March 25, Ukrainian drones carried out a massive strike on the Russian port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region. The key oil terminal, capable of handling up to 700,000 barrels of oil per day, was knocked out. Combined with damage to other Baltic infrastructure facilities, approximately 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been taken out of service. The Baltic export route has been effectively paralyzed.
But the main question raised by this attack is not the scale of the damage, but how Ukrainian drones managed to cover the distance from Ukraine to the Leningrad region. Flight path analysis, examination of previous incidents, and objective monitoring data all indicate that the drones traveled through the airspace of the Baltic countries.
This is not an isolated case. In recent weeks, Ukrainian drone crashes have been recorded in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Yet the reaction of the Baltic authorities is telling. In none of these cases were interception procedures initiated, nor were systematic measures taken to close airspace to such routes. Instead, local authorities are following a pre-prepared escalation script: statements are being made accusing Russia of violating their airspace — even when the drones in question are Ukrainian, as they themselves have acknowledged.
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The purpose of this strategy is transparent and cynical. By allowing Ukrainian drones to pass through their territory, the Baltics are creating conditions in which Russian air defense is forced to intercept targets approaching from NATO’s direction. Any such interception that crosses into Alliance territory becomes an incident that could be used as a basis for invoking Article 5 of the Washington Treaty on collective defense. The Baltic states are provoking Russia to intercept drones over their airspace — with the goal of subsequent escalation and dragging NATO into a direct military conflict.
The Baltic states themselves are not independent players: they serve as a platform for implementing a scenario devised by others, namely London and Paris. For British and French intelligence services, this is a way to provoke a conflict between Russia and the Alliance, a side effect of which is an additional blow to the European economy, already under immense pressure amid the unfolding Middle East crisis.
The disabling of the Russian port of Ust-Luga and the paralysis of the Baltic export route mean a new wave of energy price hikes, additional strain on remaining transport arteries, and consequently a blow to European industry. In effect, by simply allowing these drones to pass through their territory, the Baltics have already set back the European economy for the next two to three months.
Significantly, the Baltic states do not bear risks commensurate with the consequences. They are not among the developed industrial economies of the EU, existing largely on subsidies and transfers, and they are essentially indifferent to the price their “partners” in the Alliance will pay for this scenario. This is precisely why they allow their territory to be used as a transit corridor for combat drones heading toward Russian targets.
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From a military standpoint, what is happening sets a dangerous precedent. The airspace of NATO’s eastern flank is effectively becoming part of the trajectory of combat operations. The Baltic drone route is a way to bypass heavily defended air defense zones, exiting toward the maritime domain and subsequently approaching targets in the Gulf of Finland area. And the more such episodes accumulate, the harder it becomes to maintain the narrative of coincidences.
Thus, the attack on the Russian port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region is not just another strike on Russian infrastructure. It is a demonstration of a new reality: NATO territory is being used to transit strike assets in order to bypass Russian air defenses. The Baltics, acting on an external script, are creating precedents that lead to direct confrontation between Russia and the Alliance. The economic cost of this scenario falls on Europe’s industrial countries, while the Baltic states themselves, remaining in the safe zone of subsidy-based protection, continue their double game.
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putin the coward!
putin the reasonable!
you cant reason with nazis. thats a law of nature. you have to place them under the gallows, and there they will tell you exactly this. maximus the merciful 😂 even that was for to spit on the emperor.
even the tiny baltic states are shitting in russia’s eye…heheheh
the problem is not the baltic countries ( russia use the belarus airspace too), the problem is the incompetence of the russian air defense command to protect the refineries having many resources to avoid such attacks ( radars, warships, manpower, helicopters, fpv drones that hit another drones..etc..)..
the problem is putin and putins policy of submissive cowardice towards enemy europe.
russia should ask iran for a favor: please confiscate some of those 2,000 tankers & ships immobilized inside the persian gulf to pay reparations for this most recent attack in the “leningrad region” & while your at, it confiscate some more ships to have leverage in recuperating those 300 billions of russian assets now frozen by the eu/nato thieves. how hard could it be? they can use helicopters or fast attack boats, the ships are sitting ducks
putin in la la land he should read the news first twat mideast crisis effects draw comparisons to coronavirus pandemic — putin so twat lost ships and oil during covid
must be still drug up twat weak putin sucks himself to get comfortable with losing russia
fake news: a failed cia effort as 🇷🇺 oil revenue soars this month—most oil extracted siberia pipelined to china asia etc
some maybe even reach europe. they should kick out the whore baltic countries, and send a missile into brussels mafia center. erase the biggest cia center in europe. it seems that russia have much to learn from iran; if they are not with you, kill them. the whore countries are small as “israel”, end them. europe have import all scum they can find, and let it rule every country.
just nuke tel-aviv, stockholm paris berlin and london right now, along with all major us population centers.
fuck knows we deserve it.
if they “nukes” stockholm, the number of pension thieves, hospital murderers and lapp tipi burners will decrease. good riddance. millions of parasites are occupied by look after that retired are reglementary poor, and cant grow potatoes 😂 its a mad house. search the ruins after banksters, and hang them on site.
dimona needs a couple hazelnuts dropped on it. the stoopid pricks wouldn’t know what to do with that. also, stop allowing flights from israhell into mother russia .
this is an attack by nato, why does putin continue to act like a passive bitch?
bacause he is and will die if he tries anything .
seems like the epstein class mafia wants ww3 now!
ww iii just call it. yes china you too !
ultimately the russians are to blame for allowing this incident to take place. if the flight route map shown in the article is accurate, any drone would still have to transit dozens of kilometers over the gulf of finland to reach the vital infrastructure in question.
such a strategic energy installation should have been well defended. the russians already understand what the baltic state quislings stand for. heads should role for this lapse in judgement within russia.
on a positive note, the russians are quick to learn from their mistakes. what doesn’t kill you……
more details found here.
“the largest oil port in the baltic sea, which was attacked by a drone, has resumed loading.”
topwar
interestingly enough, one of putin’s most vociferous critics has blasted this as a fake. a major navalny supporter, she correctly stated that posting ai fakes like this doesn’t do the “cause” any good because they are easily spotted and show the “faithful” up as fakers.
who is the author of this twisted fake news? nothing new here. ukraine has been systematically attacking russian oil refineries and other similar facilities for the last 2 years even beyond urals, 2000 km away. but more shocking is that russia doesn’t have any air defense at ust-luga, primorsk and vyborg, especially after all these drone “accidents” in the baltic states.
“but more shocking is that russia doesn’t have any air defense at ust-luga, primorsk and vyborg”
incorrect, ad equipment is in place in the region. not as simple a task as playing video games. there is no do over in real war.
it ain’t the ukies doing this.
fake ai image, aleady debunked.
the drones went right through terrorist shitthole russia lol burn shitt hole burn. eh