Russia Ukraine war, page-172

Note that before the non answers to the non ultimatums were received by the Kremlin, 120 warships were dispatched for naval wargames to “all areas of their responsibility.” This in effect pre positions the 120 warships to their pre-war theatres of operation.
Shutting all of the natural gas flows to Europe in the winter compounded with any trouble at the strait of Hormuz is the ultimate nightmare for the US$ world. Qatar announced to the empire envoys that there is very little spare capacity to supply Europe with LNG in case Russia’s Natural Gas supply gets interrupted. Australia replied that they have spare capacity. Good luck with that! There are not enough LNG tankers in the world for such a fool’s errand.