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Ukraine Risks Trump's Wrath After Bombing Partially US-Owned Oil Infrastructure In Russia
By Andrew Korybko | February 18, 2025
Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone strike against the partially US-owned Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) pumping station in Russia's Krasnodar Region early Monday morning. Few were hitherto aware of this project, let alone that it continued operating without any problems amidst the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine and the West's anti-Russian sanctions, but it's one of America's most significant regional investments. This audacious attack therefore risks provoking Trump's wrath.
Ukraine Risks Trump's Wrath After Bombing Partially US-Owned Oil Infrastructure In Russia
By Andrew Korybko | February 18, 2025
Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone strike against the partially US-owned Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) pumping station in Russia's Krasnodar Region early Monday morning. Few were hitherto aware of this project, let alone that it continued operating without any problems amidst the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine and the West's anti-Russian sanctions, but it's one of America's most significant regional investments. This audacious attack therefore risks provoking Trump's wrath.
Former Russian President and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a lengthy Telegram post on Tuesday where he argued that Zelensky knew about the US' connection to the CPC but still went through with this large-scale drone strike regardless. According to him, it was meant to be "a triple blow to American companies, the oil market and Trump personally", which was done in response to fears that the US leader will force Ukraine into making peace with Russia.
He might be onto something since The Telegraph revealed that Zelensky is angry at Trump's attempt to impose demands onto Ukraine that "would amount to a higher share of Ukrainian GDP than reparations imposed on Germany at the Versailles Treaty" if it agrees to the US' ownership of its resources. Russian MP Dmitry Belik speculated the day before Medvedev's post that adversarial elements within the US' "deep state" might have also cooked this provocation up with the UK to "get under (Trump's) skin".
Regardless of whether or not that's the case, the orchestrators of this attack likely also didn't know that the CPC is integral to the energy security of America's top ally Israel, which received a significant amount of oil from this megaproject over the course of its last regional war against the Iran-led Resistance Axis. Readers can learn more about that here, which analyzed data about Kazakhstan’s and even Russia's oil exports to Israel during that 15-month-long conflict, which few were also hitherto aware of.
Seeing as how a Continuation War with Hamas and/or Hezbollah could erupt at any time given the fragility of Israel's ceasefires with both of them, there's little doubt that Bibi will do whatever is needed to get Trump to ensure the security of the CPC just in case the region spirals back into conflict. This could take the form of Trump at the very least threatening behind the scenes to withhold financial and/or military aid to Ukraine unless it unilaterally abandons its policy of attacking Russian oil infrastructure.
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Leaks from Zelensky's inner circle? Too late. The Russians knew what was going on from the very beginning:
US economic sanctions against Russia slammed US companies the hardest:
"Why not create a military coalition between Russia and America and divide Europe?"
Attention, Europe!
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) February 18, 2025
Russian propagandist Solovyev has his own ideas on what Russia and the US should negotiate.
"Why not create a military coalition between Russia and America and divide Europe? Who needs it? I think it's a great idea. We'll set up our bases, without a hitch, at… pic.twitter.com/Y8HvdU02Ej
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