(August 24, 2024 at 4:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 24, 2024 at 8:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: There are still a couple of European nations which rely upon Russian gas. If Ukraine cuts off the gas flow, they risk alienating those countries, which could harm their application to join the EU.
It isn’t a question of them cutting off the gas flow. Speculation (and that’s all it is at this point) is that, since they have control of the metering station, Ukraine could actually increase the flow without Gazprom knowing. Gazprom loses money, so they pay less taxes, which means the cash-strapped Russian war effort loses money.
Boru
See, I like that. More like stealing it than shutting it off. Carry on!