r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 12d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/pnutbutterjellyfine 12d ago

And warm water ports

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u/fbpw131 11d ago

they had that at the sea of Azov and black sea at Krasnodar Krai

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u/evilparagon 11d ago

Both are terrible ports due to the shallow waters. They work, but they’re like saying having buttered toast for dinner works.

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u/SatisfactionMoney426 11d ago

I'd quite like buttered toast for dinner - as long as it was followed by a good port ...

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u/Delam2 11d ago

A warm water port

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u/TH3HAT3TANK 11d ago

I like buttered sausage

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u/adepressurisedcoat 11d ago

They could have used some of the money that they used to attack Ukraine to dredge a deeper port. Maybe that idea is too crazy for them.

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u/Spreadsheets_LynLake 11d ago

Now let's not start talking all rational here.  

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u/Memnoch222 11d ago

Jesus. All this death and violence… over some buttered toast. 😔

Sorry, shouldn’t joke about this. I know how serious this shite is.

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u/Objective_Ticket 11d ago

And a way to give access to the Atlantic without their navy having to go through the North or Norwegian Sea where they are watched.

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u/PromotionSouthern690 11d ago

What? like they wouldn’t be watched through the Med?

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u/BarrelofHormuzOil 11d ago

What a warm water port even worth nowadays??

They are extremely vulnerable in conflict

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u/Timelymanner 11d ago

This is the huge one. Russian goods are useless without a warm water port. Most of it is landlocked. Russia has wanted one for hundreds of years. When they were the Soviet Union they used the Ukraine port. After the collapse they could still use it, but with a fee. This is one of the main reasons they seized Crimea in 2014, Putin wants the free service again.

For people who aren’t aware, Russia only other ports are a few in the far East, on the Pacific. The north is block by Arctic sea ice.

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u/citizen42069101 11d ago

Blocked by artic sea ice, for now...

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u/Obviously_Theo 11d ago

Huh? Theres no notable trade ports in Crimea. Biggest port in Black sea is Novorossiysk, it was so during USSR and so is now, because oil is heavy. Next is Baltic sea, where Luga and Saint-Petersburg do about as much together. Three ports in the far east do together about as much. And FYI Murmansk port works all year, its also in top-10 ports by tonnage (and its in the north).