Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Every day you tell us a obt more and more and more weaponry is on its way to Ukraine and the difference it is going to make. Yet they are still getting pulverised. Why???. Interesting read in this morning's CNN re failures of the Ukrainians to get much of the weaponry or their inability to use it when they do.

Germany could send their entire armed forces to Ukraine and they'd still get gas. The Russians have a threat equivalent to them holding your per dog over a bridge in one hand whilst holding a knife to their own throat in the other and yelling if you don't do as I say I'll cut my throat and the dog gets it.

It's as farcical a threat as their Nuclear chest beating.

I thought it was a man but you are right.She is choking Valery Gerasimov.One more to identify??

Lavrov back left

Italy and UK have offered to demine the black sea but russia want Turkey to do it.France has offered to escort the ships out.Zelensky won't demine unless it has security(NATO presence maybe) in case of a russian attack once the sea is safe to navigate.There is a lot to talk about there.

I have no idea why Scholz is going????

Names and a calendar scrawled on a door and wall with a bit of charred timber.

In the same way that Russia chest beats about nuclear threat - they're also worried about a nuclear response .. if NATO went full on intervention into Ukraine- ( ala Korean war ) , that wouldn't automatically trigger a nuclear response ... It probably would trigger a full Russian mobilization.. and it would mean long range attacks on Russian supply and military assets in Russia itself ( unless both sides just quietly agreed to go home .. unlikely ) all of which ups the risk .. and even if/when the Russians were beaten back to the border - it wouldn't be over - there's no real defensible line at the border , and if the Russians who've just mobilized don't agree to just stop the war what then ?

( Which is kind of Russia's problem now , the Russians can decide their "special military operations" over any time they like ,they're on Ukrainian soil after all ... But the Ukrainians can keep fighting to get it back .. )

How many times has Putin threatened the west about interfering in Ukraine and each and every time he's done nothing. And will do nothing. Hes a coward who can't face the thought of dying so he sure as hell isn't going to assure his own death.

I think its you who needs to stay away as ever little bluff would have you folding just in case.

Russian artillery shelled Sydorove, Mayaky and Zakitne at Sloviansk direction, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

I lived in Tashkent for awhile, lovely Country and people. Would not mind going back there agai, even under the present circumstances.

Presumably they'll have no problems keeping the Tupolevs flying and in spare parts. Although some of their MBT components were from the west I think?

Russia keeping the pressure on Germany by dialing back the pressure on their gas pipeline and reminding them who's boss?

Wouldn't put in past the cnuts.

Only way to end it is maybe to give up the disputed zone to Russia, but not Mariupol , or any of Ukrainians coast. Give Russia the Dombas region, but rename it The Dumb Bastard region, only if with this deal Ukraine gets full EU and Nato membership.

A compromise, but they can't get an inch of Ukraine soil with out such a deal, or Putin will only regroup and go again in time. Needs to end here, and only EU and Nato membership ends it forever

You can't cede as much as an acre of land to the fcukers or the precedent is set for them to come back for more. In fact they really need to push them out of Crimea too as complete punishment for their invasion. Not only will they have gained nothing they will have lost an extremely important piece of real estate. Leaving them in Crimea means Ukraine is always at risk of attack from the Black Sea and Crimea itself. I'd shell it til there wasn't a single living thing on the penninsula rather than leave the Orcs there.

When all that is done, set up a ring of defenses all along the border and beef up their radar and anti-aircraft/missile defenses.