On oil , one interesting suggestion I read today was to revisit the question of Iran and they are said to have huge stocks in storage. Not that I expect that to happen but we may need to look at inventive ways to resolve this.
Wel as it so happens I happen to have a donkey+ flour+ turf for sale at present! If you wanted to get in touch we can perhaps arrange a deposit? Xx Caitriona C.
Good thinking meep. I will not be able to afford petrol in the lawnmower so I’ll have dandelions galore.
im off to google how to turn it into wine 😉
No, they have absolutely no scruples whatsoever. Putin's leadership is benign compared Xi Jinping's.. and if they suddenly decide to "Protect" their Chinese majority area's, what can Putin do? Jump on the moral high horse???
ukraine shouldnt have given up their deterrent of 2000 nukes plus the bombers they owned
We will end up with an east ukraine and a west ukraine , or a fully east ukraine.
i said it before ukraine will need to secede the parts of ukraine already gone or face total invasion by Russia, doesn’t look like they are going to stop.
if they secede the regions already gone, draw a line and request US and EU military troops on the ground behind those lines then they can save some of the country,
If the US , EU get there before Russia then Russia can’t attack through them and the same goes for the US EU Assisting if Russian boots are already there, that will basically start a war.
get there first and then it’s up to the aggressor to take the first shot.
Normally think Putin is well spoken and articulate and i would put his IQ miles above any leader in the west in recent times, Except for Merkel and Obama.
He was practically foaming at the mouth in that Nation Address Yesterday and seems to have snapped.
The sanctions already been announced are Laughable, with US using the line any further invasion.
it gonna be a tough few years for everybody I can imagine.
Iran China and Russia are all wary of dealing with the West/US at this stage. They have been effectively pushed closer together by fear of colour revolutions and incursions into their territory. And sure Israel would never allow sanctions to be lifted on the Iranians while the threat of them developing nukes is around.
Exactly, life is often A choice between shi7 and less Shi7
I’ll get my legal rep, Ciara Ruschitzko, to look over the contract first 😉
The Ukraine will need to be wary of reacting as that is exactly what Russia wants to give Putin an excuse for an outright invasion. Things are not at the moment going Putin's way as Bidan has been savvy enough to call out Russia from day one limiting Russia and its plans. If Putin gets stroppy he could do something totally nuts altogether so hopefully, Russian army generals will be smart enough not to listen to every word Putin says. It could all go the way of a certain German Chancellor from 1934 and we know how that went! Russia needs to stand up to Putin.
I'd say all of that is about to change Josey....Remember when the Japanese Military leader, Yamamoto was being praised for the success of the attack on Pearl Harbour, and being called "A Genius", he replied, " A real genius would have achieved that victory without war. And now, for 6 or 12 mths, we will run rampant throughout this part of the world. Then the US will have mobilized against us, and our easy run will come to an end, and the final outcome is not guaranteed. How true were his word's. So in effect, this is the west's Pearl Harbour,
The west's Pearl Harbour? LOL
Nobody gives a sh*te about Ukraine. It will be off the front pages in due course, similar to Georgia.
I reckon he's on the way out, and is having one last stab at USSR 2.0 and if it fails, giving the big nuke button a press
No offense to Georgia, places like Romania, Sweden but Ukraine has been globally strategic for centuries.
There is nearly a billion people in the world who depend on the Ukraine for calories, from 10% to well over half.
is this the new approach now that your "western media are warmongers" approach died a death?
If this is really Putin on a solo run, then unless he can personally launch nukes and pick their targets, he may not get very far with the nukem option. That said, I don't believe he's that crazy, but just if he were, there are a whole lot of other people in Russia who don't feel like they've nothing to lose.
For Russia the invasion is the easy part. Holding on to the territory while incurring persistent losses from an unfriendly and well-armed local population will be were it gets tricky.
Ukraine is one of the most, if not the most, strategic and geographically important country in Europe. A country of nearly 50 million people. It's also a massively important bread basket.
Re Orban: There's a general election in Hungary in 6 weeks or so. Unlike in previous elections, the opposition is not completely divided, so it is not a foregone conclusion that he will win. He'll likely take whatever decision is going to be the most popular with the electorate.
It'll be a testing ground for new weapon's. Russian drones Tech needs work so this is a good time to test it out.
Oh, are sure about that Blue,?
What invasion? There's no invasion! Ah that's all scaremongering by the media! Why would Putin want to invade Ukraine?
There's genocide in Ukraine, blahblahblahblah.
Yawn.
What the hell is going on with the comments for the DailyMail articles?
Do the people in the U.K. really think like that?
Yes I agree, a full military defence of Ukraine will be very bloody, Ukraine will not be able to hold out long against the might of Russia. Thats why I think in order to save bloodshed their may be some kind of surrender to let Russia take control and put in their own pupet government.
But I agree the guerrilla warfare that will come after this is going to hurt Russia more and they will need to keep significant forces on the ground to keep down any insurgency.
Haven't read them, but I can imagine, those making comments may have two tabs open on their browser for well informed opinion, Daily Mail and Boards, joking aside, but it's the Daily Mail, does it need anything more said about it.....
There's accounts trying to deny the truth on these threqds, they're everywhere and have been for years. Take every opinion or comment you see online with a pinch of salt.
He backed all eu sanctions
All 27 members backed them.
Putins speech to the nation last night seems to have spooked a lot of Russians. He didn't appear to be like a leader who has grasped the full reality of where he is leading his people. If I was Vladimir I'd be checking my dindins for traces of novichok from now on!
finland and sweden should join Nato
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