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I think your assumptions on his strategy are incorrect. He had almost certainly intended the invasion earlier in February , but XI requested behold off. Then the Biden strategy of leaking his plans meant he had to create a quasi legal framework. Probably a fatal flaw because the Spring came...

Ok. An average cyclist can generate 109 watts indefinitely ...well for hours and hours . At 200watts, it is is starting to burn. Those King of Mountain sprints is about 500w, but not really sustainable

That was then ,this is now. I doubt anyone would have expected the shoulder mounted LAWs to be as cost effective as they are proving to be... 20k to take out 5 enemy and a million quid tank .

I had a caravan in West Kerry in the 1980s ..it was a holiday home . Adjacent to which was a patchwork of hayfields . Actually we would enjoy a day or so with the local farmer saving the hay , and putting it into stacks .. no balers in fields then. Anyway I took a spin into a few tiny...

If so I apologise. But They still need people digging trenches, driving tractors, ploughing fields, cooking food , and fighting fires . Clearing rubble will be an ongoing problem for the next 3 years.

I am really conflicted about this type of thing. It is desirable to have contrary viewpoints being aired. RT ,of course was propaganda, but getting a cross section of different propagandas allows one to discern truths.

No flecc.. In your attempt / pretence of being fair you are being disingenuous. The Ukrainian decision is that no male aged over 18 and under 60 may leave the country. There is no requirement for them to join a military unit. Until recently ,..and maybe even now , there was national service...

Cheeky !. And very clever. . If it were delivered on 1st April I would have chuckled.

Flecc.. The significant difference is that the UN Council has accepted that there is a War, with Russia being one of the Belligerents and that changes the rules of passage There are many many aspects of this invasion which I find puzzling, .. . There could be a significant power struggle...

Funny or not, but that is exactly what crossed my mind when I heard it on the BBC.

The world is so different now. Then there were standard compasses with maybe 5 degrees of accuracy, and location was by triangulation from a few Radio frequencies and directional antennas So blackouts made sense. Now with GPS , accuracy is to a few metres. If anything the bright lights assist...

I am picking up info that that is happening . stories are that the conscripts understood two months ago they were going on manoeuvres, but they have been transferred into a war , and sometimes without food or proper maps or fuel... . They are allowed phone home by their captors...

Unfortunately I think this will go into an end game of either . 1. WW3... 2. Putin being pushed out of the Kremlin,by some internal group..maybe the Generals, maybe the Mothers and Grandmothers of Russia, because they are now getting telephone calls from their captured or surrendered sons . I...

NATO countries are fully within its rights to loan, rent, lease or sell any of their property to the Ukrainian Government. They can supply any munitions as well. What they cannot do is man piloted aircraft and engage in a shooting war with Russia's Aircraft or soldiers. .. Well they could but...

Except it would appear that it was not a" pro western minority" . Those living in these regions but west of what was the line of control pre Wednesday , even if Russian language speaking and ethnically Russian appear to have identified with the current Ukraine. Now I don't know whether this is...

Even closer than that for Ireland . The majority of civilian aircraft in Russia are leased from companies operating out of Ireland.

why argue about Donbass..?. I know little about it, so I am unwilling to comment. But the huge point is that partition is rarely a solution, and Crimea is a self limiting peninsula, whereas the Donbass is potentially open ended

Other than Crimea , ..which is or was a spiritual homeland , and is the location of their Navy, and really could and should have been ceded to Russia , I agree with you. How would you feel if the Isle of Wright was handed to the French,along with the Channel Islands? The best outcome from...

That was exactly what I posted about .and why it was such a wrong statement It was utterly crass on her part.

Now the situation in Crimea in 2014 was much different than even the Donbass . The entire Crimea was as Russian as say Portsmouth or the Solent is British. It also has as spiritual value to the Russian mindset as Stone henge. The fact it was allocated to Ukraine at the dissolution of the USSR...