r/europe • u/Kingsalyer_09 • 2d ago

News BREAKING: India emerges as Ukraine’s top diesel supplier in July, accounting for 15.5% of its imports. (Report) 🇮🇳🇺🇦

https://swarajyamag.com/world/india-emerges-as-ukraines-top-diesel-supplier-in-july-claims-oil-analytics-firm
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u/TokyoBaguette 2d ago

India buys cheap Russian oil then refines it and sells Diesel to Ukraine?

The spirit of Marc Rich lives ...

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u/ChrisTchaik 2d ago

This isn't exactly Sodom & Gomorrah.

Ukrainian tanks have been using Russian fuel (refined in Hungary) since the war broke.

There's no shame in it. Unfortunately, business precedes war. We still live on one planet & have to share the resources, no matter how tragic or ill-fit or ironic.

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u/Alikont Kyiv (Ukraine) 1d ago

Ukraine was also pumping russian gas to Europe for like 2 years.

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u/Tai-Pan_Struan 1d ago

This reminds me of the British/Germans trading rubber for optics/lenses in WW1.

Now it's Russians selling oil to be refined in Hungary so Ukrainian tanks can kill their soldiers.

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u/Tiny-Spray-1820 1d ago

I heard ukraine blew up those oil pipes delivering russian oil to hungary and slovakia. So how is that going to help their effort?

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u/ChrisTchaik 1d ago

They blew it up after 2 whole years and probably after securing another arrangement from Azerbaijan or elsewhere.

Or maybe they knew it would cost them anyway but felt they had to make a nice statement.

Point being, unless you're like Slovakia or Hungary just sitting on the issue, you shouldn't be blamed if wars come faster than new pipelines.

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u/Littlepage3130 1d ago

They'll probably get their oil from shipping through the black sea. Of course that makes them vulnerable to shipping disruptions, but that's a similar risk to what Russia has with its shadow fleet.

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u/Ember_Roots India 1d ago

Tell that trump mf is fcking us for it.