I’d love to see them crawling to a stop because they have no more lubricant. That’d be a seriously ingenious way to stop a war.
Wouldn’t really stop it. They’d find fake companies in other countries to import it, they’d try to copy it themselves maybe, and if none of it worked, they still have loads of infantry. At the end of the day they’re more likely to replace all their logistical vehicles with human mules than stop the war. Unfortunately.
Only a handful of companies worldwide make chemical additives for mechanical lubricants – motor oil for tanks and cars. Almost all of them stopped selling the chemicals to Russia at the start of its full-scale invasion, leading to widespread shortages and complaints from motorists.
Dekleptocracy found that one Chinese company, Xinxiang Richful, now satisfies a large part of Russia’s demand, supplying up to eight million kilograms a year.
So something that can’t be done, yet they talk like it can be.
I don’t think it’s an accident. They’re missing them. They want to be seen like they’re doing something while not actually accomplishing anything of note
