I can think of no country that welcomed Communism. Many, including the Baltic and Ukraine, fought guerilla wars for nearly a decade after the end of WWII, Romania and Bulgaria also had resistance mov… (View Post)

Part of the problem is that there has been no moral recovery from Stalin, who really was just as evil as Hitler. Instead of atoning for the crimes of Stalinism and Communism, Putin has mostly repeate… (View Post)

In short: Yes to most of that. It will take a very long time for Russia´s neighbours not to fear and hate them, but with the scale of the economic and demographic collapse no beginning, the outlook i… (View Post)

With the front now 20 km further east from Lyman and supplies cut off, then the situation for the Russians is desperate. Fighting now in Kreminna shows a total collapse of the line, as was suggested … (View Post)

Things moving fast around Lyman, Russian sources saying Ukrainians have pushed at least 15 km beyond the town and there is a certain amount of Russian panic that they cannot seal the line. As Lyman f… (View Post)