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I have never condoned any war, especially those started by US defense contractors. Ukraine however has the right for self defence. It seems to me that you blame zelenskiy for what happened to his country. Had he conceded to most Putin's demands, Putin having amassed 200,000 troops on its border...

V. Putin who changed its constitution to make himself its life president, like Kim in North Korea. Now Xi Jinping does the same. These countries have now dictators. What Ukrainians did was to realise what its powerful and unpredictable neighbour can do and sought the protection of NATO and EU...

NATO won't start a war and Putin should not try to take the sea of Azov by force but by negotiation. There is now a real possibility that Putin will be dead and gone before both sides agree to who will control the sea of Azov.

How can Ukraine threaten Russia ever since it gave up its nuclear weapons and join the nonproliferation treaty? The only possible threat is not military, it's its relatively free society which is absent under Putin.

Russia is one country with way more nuclear weapons than what is necessary for deterrence. The way forward is mutual reduction of those weapons, not invading another country.

Putin has always counted on European countries' reluctance to engage into a war with Russia. Had he been more successful in Ukraine, he may expand Russia's military power even more. Ukraine may rid us of him and his politics of strong men for good.

that may be but it will certainly Putin's last war, especially if the Ukrainians can hold on to Mariupol.

Russia "telling its armed forces war must end by 9 May ", according to Sky News. No doubt there, flecc is doing a mind trick on Mr V. Putin.

I wonder what kind of weapon was used to set the Orsk in Berdyansk on fire. Any idea?

the Ukrainians would probably need thousands of Switchblade drones to make an impact. They have been given only 100 though.

there were 35 abstentions. I can't say how many of them support Russia and how many don't. However, I don't think all will support Russia like you implied though. The vote at the UN Security Council is a bit clearer: 11-1 with 3 abstentions (China, India and UAE). I certainly wouldn't bet on...

both are neutral in the Ukraine war. They won't automatically side with Russia in the next conflict because they have strong interest and ties with the EU. The vote at the UN general assembly (02-MAR) was 141-5, the 5 are Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea.

I thought NATO is cautious simply because it does not want the war to be unnecessarily bigger. NATO countries wants peace dividend and less spending on defense (except the USA because of their important defense industry). I am not convinced that India and China is going to align themselves with...

Do you mean like facing the prospect of WW3, they would side with Russia? I doubt that, especially if that dinosaur Putin is still in charge.

that's probably due to proximity. Both might, when oil and gas price comes down. They have a golden opportunity to buy Russian oil and gas at a discount at the moment.

the majority is very much on the side of Ukraine. About 140 countries voted in the UN against Russia. Over time, the images of the atrocities will spread and only increase the perception that the Russians acted without just cause.

You said that 2/5 or so of the world population are currently pro-Russia . How much of that is due to their dislike of the USA's politics? USA's politics can shift, so is public opinion. It won't be long before they will be confronted with the extent of destruction of Ukraine. The latter is not...

best outcome is Russia wins Crimea and Donbass and loses Putin.

I was hoping for an earlier date, there is about 10% of Mariupol left now, not long to go.

you are probably correct, but I am after a date of a negotiated settlement.