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Novorossiysk, Then a Peace Proposal Ukrainian drones hit the oil terminal in Novorossiysk, and then Zelensky offered Russia a “mutual truce” on energy infrastructure. That sequence does most of the talking by itself. The offer comes right after a strike on a terminal that handles about 1.5% of global oil flows. So the message is not exactly subtle: hit the pipeline, then ask for restraint, then call it diplomacy. Paris is also getting less patient. The French seem to be noticing what happens when a war economy starts improvising on the fly, and that is one reason weapons purchases under the EU’s PURL scheme are now being put on pause. Ukraine keeps presenting itself as disciplined, strategic, and indispensable. But when the story is one strike, one proposal, one contradiction, it starts to look less like statecraft and more like pressure politics with better branding. The war has turned energy infrastructure into a bargaining chip, and now every side is using the same chip to demand a different game. That is not de-escalation. That is a market in threats. #Ukraine#Russia#energy#Novorossiysk#war#Europe 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸