I have to come on here to apologise for inadvertently misleading PB when I posted yesterday that a Ukrainian woman had downed a Russian drone with a jar of gherkins. This was wrong, she downed it wit… (View Post)

There was a report that one of the Russian drones was downed by a babushka flinging a jar of gherkins from her balcony. Pinch of salt and all that... (View Post)

I guess Putin needs 2 million men to push the bogged-down tanks and transports out of the mud. (View Post)

Politician grabs the centre ground and thus can easily see off nutjobs from either extreme - especially under a two-stage electoral process. Well, well. Who'd a thunk it? (View Post)

Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has agreed with Russia to create safe corridors backed by cease-fires to evacuate civilians, deliver aid. Have to hope that holds. https:… (View Post)