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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

an action in progress

Indeed present progressive.

As in the sanctions that we have applied in the present are working to progressively drain the economy.

If the three sanctions packages were already draining the economy why oh why did she need 17 more? She didn’t say will be draining after we implement 17 more. If you say “are draining” you’re talking about what you have already done and not what you’re planning to do. How hard is it? You really keep swinging and missing.

And if you had actually read this article from 2024, which we talked about extensively, you would have known that the Russian economy was in fact not being drained at all.

It also has nothing to do with the fact that I don’t understand how sanctions work. Everyone knows that loopholes have to be closed. I don’t need a mansplainy “explanation” of something that is completely obvious.

European sanctions have reduced Russian fossil fuel export revenues by about $300-500 million per day

For the umpteenth time, that was not the three sanctions packages. Straw man. And learn the meaning of the word “are”.

Strawman. "draining the economy" is not about making things a little more shitty for ordinary Russians.

Maybe quote the entire sentence if you’re gonna cry strawman. Now you’ve created one of your own.

It's about reducing Russia's ability to finance the war

Just let the war keep festering then for longer? You still can’t answer the question because you know you’re wrong.

People like you were told in at the very start in 2022 that the real world doesn't work like TikTok instant gratification, and here you are more than 4 years later still not having gotten the point.

Dumbass still doesn’t understand what “I’ll believe it when I see it” means... Maybe look up a phrase before you start commenting if you don’t understand it? What I’m saying is the opposite of instant gratification, you dunce. And I’ve never been on TikTok.