Lavrov is on now saying the aim isn’t to just “demilitarise or denazify” Ukraine. Presuming that means the aim is to occupy the whole country. Ranting about Liz Truss, the French, America owning Euro… (View Post)

I can’t see a situation in which Putin wins a war. Unless he maintains a permanent Russian military in the country forevermore. Which, after sanctions, I doubt he can afford (View Post)

Triggered because it was so damned stupid. Not everything needs to be seen through a Brexit prism, no matter how much you disagree with current circumstance. (View Post)

It is rather sad that you’ve managed to turn a monumental humanitarian crisis into a shallow petty debate on Brexit. Shame on you. (View Post)

Feeds into the general narrative Putin thought it would be easy. Maybe he did think Ukrainians would welcome him and the army as liberators. (View Post)