Think you answered your own question there - spares. India's land and air forces run primarily on Russian equipment. Also, India's military leadership is probably a lot better than Russia's and their… (View Post)

I hear St Petersburg is wonderful and I have a lot of respect for Russians as individuals. Putin, on the other hand… (View Post)

I think the Russians are hoping the West tells Zelenaky to take a deal. The issue is it may be in the West’s interests to have the war continue. Let’s say you are the West and you are taking a hard-n… (View Post)

Looks like Mykolayiv is no longer under attack. Will be interesting to see if there is any major push towards Kherson: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukrainian-counteroffensive-near-mykolaiv-relieves-s… (View Post)

Well, you could see a path here. The Central and Eastern European nations would probably welcome it because it would increase the weight in the EU of “their” bloc. It would certainly make the EU more… (View Post)