KYIV. UkraineGate , 7 , June , 2022 | Political News.
For Russia, the struggle for the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline, through which the aggressor exported Russian ammonia through the Odessa port plant to other countries, could end badly.
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The Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline runs through Russia and through Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odesa regions. It is in these areas that Russia is stepping up its military action, trying to occupy these territories.
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“The ammonia pipeline is tied to Odessa and for Russia this is the only opportunity for export. The volumes and amounts of ammonia exports in recent years have been really very large.
But Russia must understand that in the case of the ammonia tube for them it can be quite a risky game. Because our military, until the pipe is occupied, can make a decision and blow it up. That is, Russia should understand that playing with the trumpet is not worth it, because it is a risky object for us and for them, ”the expert explained.
He added that in addition to military goals, the Russians had economic goals from the very beginning. This is evidenced, in particular, by the map of hostilities.
“The most obvious goal – to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea and from the possibility of supplying its products for export by sea – was one of the goals of the war that Putin declared to Ukraine.
In addition, now, if we look at air strikes, missile strikes, we can clearly see that in addition to military targets, there are also economic ones. For example, not so long ago the blow on the Nikolaev port where there is a grain which needs to be taken out was put. In addition, attacks were carried out on enterprises. They have no military significance, but they have been attacked.
In addition – disruption of communications, ie strikes on the railway, which carries very little military cargo, and, above all, economic. Next – Mariupol, where they now export the remnants of metal that were in port. That is, all this, except for the military, really has an economic purpose, “the expert concluded.
Let’s add
Adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues Oleh Ustenko believes that the war in Ukraine, which was started by the Russian Federation, was beneficial to a number of business communities in Russia. Among the Russian businessmen who could benefit from the war in Ukraine are Mykhailo Friedman (Alfa-Bank Ukraine, LetterOne International Investment Business), Andriy Melnychenko (EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company), Oleg Deripaska (owner of the holding Basic Element ”, former owner of HTZ) and Dmytro Mazepin (United Chemical Company Uralkhim).
As it turned out, before the war, Mazepin began buying shares in TogliattiAzot (part of the Uralkhim concern) and, despite the war and sanctions, gradually bought back almost all of the company’s shares. Although he constantly stressed that working with Ukraine is risky.
In addition, Mazepin held a series of talks with Putin immediately before the war and allegedly promised to “surrender” Odessa in 3 days in exchange for the Odessa port plant.
Source: Ukrgate
