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i.e. precisely what they did in Syria. Quelle surprise.

This is a PR exercise for Russian domestic consumption.

No, it won't be apartment blocks, but surely there would be discussions about hitting military targets within Russian. But as mentioned above there are also options for other countries, expelling diplomats and addressing the farcical situation at the UN.

Watching the RT clips yesterday, you get the sense that Russians are being prepped for a policy of genocide in Ukraine, as if to say Ukrainians, who were neighbours and cousins at the beginning of the year, are now lost to the West. There was almost an air of excitement, as the panelists discussed flooding Europe with refugees. You can shrug it off as mindless agitprop but it's disturbing to hear such vitriolic spewing even from these impotent fools....

They are being launched from as far away as the Caspian Sea.

No, he couldn't do this all winter. Missile stocks are finite (and the sanctions mean they can't just restock).

This is a primarily a PR stunt. It will backfire as it will hasten the delivery of new weapons systems to Ukraine.

Sounds very much like fake news again. What's the ultimatum supposed to be? Surrender unconditionally or we nuke Kyiv at midnight?

Usually they are launched from the Russian side of the black sea or air launched from the same area or Belarus,

I've seen claims of 75 launched and about 40 intercepted by air defenses , but I'm seeing cruise missiles flying over Kiev and no anti aircraft fire

Yes to this:

And this is why Russia Will never win in Ukraine.

The people

Clearly Ukraine can't overtly send missiles into Russian cities at present. However they can mount 'special operations' and disclaim all knowledge - the Crimean airbase and Kerch Bridge plus various factories that have gone on fire elsewhere. They could potentially do this anywhere including devastating bombs on Russian commuter trains and the like. The Russian regime must realise that nowhere is safe and protected fully. Very hard to defend against operatives who look like and can speak like ordinary Russian citizens.

Clare Daly talking with Pat Kenny right now.

She is agreeing that Putin is as bad as the dictators.

Wants to follow the Mexico proposal - dialogue and peace.

A negotiated peace settlement, is not rolling over apparently.

She seems to labour under the illusion that Putin will honour the "negotiated peace settlement" he puts his name to and do as the Ukranian people wish. I will be polite and simply describe her as naive.

I'm disappointed in Pat. He isn't challenging her on her voting record - in our name don't forget with her there as an Irish MEP.

"The terrorist country, Russia, has carried out massive missile and air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, also using attack drones. In the morning, the aggressor launched 75 missiles, 41 of them were shot down by our air defence," General Valeriy Zaluzhny said

Considering how Russia threatened the 'end of the world' response to any attack on Russian territories that has been a lame response from them. Can't be long now and Russia will not have a leg to stand on.

She trusts the Russians apparently.

And war atrocities have been committed by all sides, not just the Russians.

How is Pat treating her? Please tell me he has shredded this demented embarrassment of a witch.

You don't seem to have addressed much, just fantasies of how your political football team doing well over next few months will inevitably lead to what you desire for some unholy reason (halt of the US support for Ukraine!). Even if the Republicans do quite well in the elections, which is bad, I don't think this will come to pass.

Anyway, the hypocrisy of the Trumpy US right (i.e. people such as you, sharing lovely Ben Garrison cartoon of vampiric Zelensky grabbing a bag of money!) whose Republican predecessors happily cheerled wasting of trillions of US dollars and thousands of US soldiers lives on a war of choice in Iraq calling Biden/democrats "hawks" for stumping up the tiny by comparison cost for aiding Ukraine here is sickening.

I think you've judged "Europe" incorrectly too as regards response to hardship, and this war is much closer to home here. Much of population in Europe won't have the liberty that US public may have of just not paying very much attention to it and tuning it out completely. The kind of resolution Europe needs to this is the cost for Russia becoming so intolerable that they can't carry on any more whatever fantasies of Putin and his clique demand. We're getting there slowly I think. An appeasement of Putin/ending support for Ukraine and hoping for a pat on the head won't help Europe with their energy/fossil fuel problems now, and most voters know that very well.

Also your faux military "analysis" + long paragraphs of nonsense claiming Putin/Russian military has some very "clever" strategy with targetting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine are worthless. It's a simple one you don't need to have any expertise in military matters to recognise. Creating terror + panic and sapping will of Ukraine to fight on. It's also happening because Putin/leadership are furious about progress of the war, rhetoric against Ukraine by Russian nationalists etc. has become thoroughly genocidal and Russia is lashing out any way they can. You should have stuck to being scourge of Greta + providing "alternative" Climate Science IMO.

There's still a lot more they can do to the Ukrainans ,

The glove's need to be removed and Target Russian cities in direct retaliation every time a Ukrainan city gets hit and Russian city should be hit in direct response