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That's why so many fled the country and they've put exit controls on their borders.

It's stretching it to call it a union of nations. It's a pragmatic coalition primarily based on economic necessity and it's popularity amongst member populations is founded on that. There's significant opposition in many member states to much of the non-economic stuff ég social policies...

Again it just has the feel of sabre rattling and posturing. China is publically pushing a peaceful solution based on territorial integrity but would it follow that up by arming the Russians? On from this maybe China believes the suggestion of backing Russia might force participants to look more...

It was blinken in Dec 2021 and Jan 2022 who said Russia was about to invade Ukraine despite Russian denials. Reasonable to assume America has intelligence assets at reasonably high levels in both Russia and China.(as they do in America). The caveat obviously is what types of military support...

American "intelligence" has been pretty accurate since before the war started. There's no secrets about which countries are buying oil directly and few secrets about those still buying through the likes of Turkey. But there's a clear separation between trade and providing military assistance.

Just poking the Americans. Buden's impromptu visit to Kiev seems to be a response to Wang Yi's visit to Moscow.

Maybe sabre rattling over these balloon incidents. Also claim they have a new peace plan that they have put to various western govts already. So adding arms whilst pushing a peace plan would seem to undermine said peace plan.

Some of it is cut and paste of his comments about CBS,SISU and CCFC 🙂

Comfortable win. Anderson just keeps producing

Rugby a mess. Leicester (Supposed biggest club in English rugby) needs a 13 million owners cash injection to stave off admin apparently. Supposedly loss of 2 home games made all the difference 🤫

Accepted defeat in Afghanistan. Also Russians say Ukrainians are brothers and fellow Russians. Shouldn't then Ukrainians also be unwilling to accept defeat and fight to defend their country? Holes in someone's logic

Now there's an interesting hire for you Commanders fans

Who knows what Russian people really think when expressing an opinion can result in arrest and prison? And new laws have been introduced since the invasion to double down on any form of dissension.

Worth considering these numbers are whilst Russian politicians are pushing for these troops to advance. When Ukraine has to push to retake territory in these areas their casualty rates will also escalate.

Got to rethink this bazball in my own mind🙂 Goes against the grain of years of thinking. But this is a decent bowling attack with home conditions yet nearly every batsman has an SR of 70+. When Broad hits one of his spells he is something to watch.

Not a surprise. Zero training for those recruited from prison and sent to be cannon fodder - should be a war crime in its own right.

Perhaps a consideration of the mentality of the Ukrainians and other former states merits your consideration? The rush of many to join NATO was to try and insure they never fell under Russian control again. The Ukrainian and Russian mentality on defending their homeland isn't so different. As...

One of the keys has always been Ukraine being able to reach coastal areas to put the Kerch bridge and naval transports under direct threat. That's a more realistic aim than any direct invasion of Crimea in the short-term.

Unlikely to be "willingly" demilitarised Sevastopol too important to Russian Navy

Key to all of this is what security guarantees Ukraine can get to end the conflict. Crimea is a major threat as that is where much of the Russian war materials are being brought in from. If NATO membership is a red line for Russia what can be put in place to protect Ukraine in the future...