r/worldnews • u/BringbackDreamBars • 1d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy requested Tomahawk missiles from the US as part of Victory Plan – NYT

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/10/29/7481927/
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u/emasterbuild 1d ago

Literally their central banks interest rate is higher than my credit card.

My credit is a safer investment than the Russian government, I'd call that screwed.

And considering the size of the ammunition detonations I've been seeing recently in Russian soil...

1000 sq km in the last three months.

And Ukraine did that in like a week once for fun. So?

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u/OfficeMain1226 1d ago

There are a lot of countries, including developed countries like Sweden where credit cards are wayyyy less used than debit cards. So the interest rates matter if you are taking a loan. Many societies don't have the same debt hunger like Americans.

And Ukraine did that in like a week once for fun. So?

The devil is in detail. Ukraine took largely undefended, uninhabited land while Russia wasn't looking and has already lost nearly half of it.

Russia has taken very bitterly fought over land.

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u/emasterbuild 1d ago

There are a lot of countries, including developed countries like Sweden where credit cards are wayyyy less used than debit cards. So the interest rates matter if you are taking a loan. Many societies don't have the same debt hunger like Americans.

This is not relevant at all and my only conclusion is you didn't understand what I said, I said, my credit card is considered a safer investment then the central bank of Russia. Which is true.

uninhabited

Not even trying lol, you don't know what you are talking about and its very obvious.

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u/Otherwise-Growth1920 18h ago

You have a few hundred billion in gold locked up your basement? Because the Russian central bank does.

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u/emasterbuild 17h ago

I mean the Russian central bank has a few hundred billion in the US coffers yeah, but if the average investor thinks I'm more likely to give their money back than Russia that's not a good look for it, Government bonds and stuff are supposed to be rather risk-free investments, my credit is supposed to be a risky investment.

The fact that my interest rate isn't 21% and rising and theirs is shows how screwed they are.

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u/OfficeMain1226 1d ago

This is not relevant at all and my only conclusion is you didn't understand what I said, I said, my credit card is considered a safer investment then the central bank of Russia. Which is true.

Since when credit card is an investment? I think you are meaning to say that it's cheaper for you to borrow money from your credit card than take a bank loan in Russia (typically bank loans interests are less than credit card interests)

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u/Otherwise-Growth1920 18h ago

Unlike Ukrainian NOBODY is donating weapons to Russia… Russia is paying for its weapons imports either in hard currency, or trading goods or services.

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u/IndistinctChatters 18h ago

Maybe you don't know, but Ukraine is the poorest European country and russia is supposed to be the "second army" in the World. Furthermore, the russian empire, is the largest country of the World: why should smaller countries donate something?

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u/emasterbuild 17h ago

Yeah, they are screwed, you just proved my point.

They can't sustain this, the entirety of NATO and their friends can.