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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Right, which is why the EU isn't going to stop buying their energy, but if you're a Ukranian... why do you care? Why not just say damn the torpedoes? You can hurt Russia in a way they'll feel by cutting off part of their economic engine - if it hurts Germany at the same time, well, sorry, we're fighting for our country over here, we're not terribly worried about you.
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The pipelines bring in $1.2 billion a year in transit fees to the Ukraine. Which is why they were so pissed at the Germans for approving the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline (which Germany suspended two days ago).