Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Agreed. This time, Russian empire building has to be finished for good, no matter what it takes. Best way would be that its destruction comes from within. But I'd imagine, that if that happens, you will see a big input from China...possible total taker over? Certainly, if the federation breaks up, China will reclaim all its former territories, for sure.

But there's nothing preventing NATO member countries from responding right now. They just choose not to.

It's been claimed that there was 68 people killed in the crash apparently all Ukrainian POWs

It's also been claimed it was transporting S300 ammunition. Judging by the large explosion it could be true. You don't fly a 50 million transport plane for 60 prisoners.

Both claims could be true and Russia might have used the Ukrainian prisoners as cover to easily transport S300 ammo.

Yeah both could be true or both could be lies , the moment it went down it had missiles on it coming from Ukrainian sources and at the same time saying it was shot down by Ukrainians,

"Who will stop them"?

The British don't even have the codes to their own Poseidons and Polaris missiles. Do you think that Ukraine will just cobble together a nuclear bomb?

Where are they going to test it? Where are they going to get the uranium, the technology to enrich said uranium?

If America won't allow Japan or South Korea or Australia or even Canada or Mexico or all those countries like Estonia and Poland that are supposed to be attacked by Russia, to have nuclear weapons, why would they just let Ukraine have them?

Far too slowly to be of any significance. Putin will be "voted" in for another term this spring, a few brave citizens will protest and be arrested, the other 100+ million will shrug and mope on as usual

"Prediction, Ukraine have one more offensive in it,"

You have made this prediction before. I don't agree that Ukraine is happy to make the same mistake as putin and send thousands of their people to their deaths attacking prepared defensive lines. Ukraine has the committed support of the EU and NATO while putin has a heavily sanctioned economy limping along with the help of North Korea and Iran. putin is still able to make massively expensive attacks with most missiles his forces launch being intercepted and non military targets being hit at huge cost to his arms production capacity in urban areas in Ukraine but arms production in Ukraine is increasing and EU and NATO based arms producers are building up their capacities to make the weapons to deal with putin's terrorist state over the longer term. putin's war is only getting more expensive for him and unlike you I don't think time is on his side. The armed forces of Ukraine can just continue to make staying in their country a crippling expense for putin until he has no choice but to retreat.

I would think another counter is unlikely unless they get much better fire power.I have no idea what the losses are for Ukraine but they must be big and it looks like with the way things have stalled somewhat that they need to be prepared for a couple of years at this rate.Dispite all the optimism that Putin will come undone all the line there is no real sign of that yet.

Yeah, if the Russians are saying the plane had POWs onboard, then it probably didn't. And what are the chances that Ukraine just happened to shoot down the one plane that carried their own soldiers? I mean, it could happen, but..

Ukraine is now saying that there was a prisoner exchange scheduled and are now investigating