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Being silly again, what has Italy to do with this? My post you quote has no reaction from me, it's just comment so I haven't a clue what you are posting about. .

Exactly what I've been preaching for weeks as the real objective. This hand modified map shows my forecast. And in this post I showed what you comment on. A limited partition was always the aim for nearly 20 years, to maximise the border access from Russia to the Crimea and the southern fleet. .

A correction John, I haven't said its all the Ukrainians fault, clearly they didn't start this. There's times though when the wisest thing is to accept the reality rather than committing suicide, winning in the long term is more important than needlessly dying soon. As for ending up speaking...

FIFA have made a very strange decision. They are allowing Russia to play football in international competitions but only on neutral soil and without any spectators. All very well, but many countries have said they will refuse to play Russia. The snag with that is that under the rules they...

Surround is no good, he's trying to win Kiev since cutting the head off is basic in any conflict. But it isn't a total loss if he fails to do that but completes the all important southern link between Crimea and Donetsk and manages to retain it. .

This map shows what I meant the other day with the map I added to in red. You can see how Russia isn't attempting to invade all of Ukraine, just half of it. And it shows the major aim I mentioned, joining Crimea to the Donetsk oblast is three-quarters way achieved already. That strip...

True, but what a cost this added defence expenditure will be for a Europe already struggling with the huge costs of Covid and very high fuel costs. .

So they can't stop them. The Russian southern fleet's permanent base is the Crimea in the Black Sea. However this is academic. The southern fleet doesn't have any key external role in the present conflict and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's friendship with Putin means they are highly unlikely to...

No. As I posted and you agree, Russia cannot hold onto Ukraine. They have neither the manpower nor the resources to hold onto such a large hostile population. They are only there to do as I described and will then withdraw if they succeed. Just as they did with Georgia 13 years ago. Of...

I do see things as they are, and it's why I see your "beneficial" as being anything but, since this could all go very wrong. I dont mean nuclear war, that is not going to happen. What I mean is that the current situation if Putin fails in Ukraine due to western material support will most...

A provision has been made excluding energy from this Swift measure so that the West can continue to buy Russian gas and oil. Because they have to of course. The Turkish foreign minister has said Turkey cannot stop Russian warships accessing the Black Sea via its straits, as Ukraine has...

Not only have I never said that, in fact it's almost all Putin's fault of course. That blame shared with who put him where he is. The USA, while knowing exactly what he is like. But this current conflict was entirely avoidable by Ukraine acting sensibly instead of deliberately stoking the fire. .

No it's Bulb, but the April prices will all be similar due to the same new high price cap they will be working to. Bulb UK is in fact in administration but is too big to be allowed to go bankrupt. The administrators are trying to find who is big enough for it's many customers to be...

One day you'll hopefully learn how to read and understand, instead of putting your spin on what I post. Of course Russia are the aggressors, but with a valid reason. I haven't said the Ukraine conflict would be quick. I said it would be limited to the small objectives I spelt out because...

Both what we did in World War 1, shooting our own soldiers. .

It's already here long before the end of the year: My new price from 1st April is 29.484 pence per unit. Plus a standing charge of 41.66 pence per day. The odd number endings are because they include the VAT. .

Sadly the same ignorance that so many display in here. Russia created post USSR autocratic Russia. It was on track to be a friendly ally of the free world, but the Americans prevented that happening due to their stupid impatience. Russia also put Putin, an unknown junior FSB agent, into...

I've answered that, the same reason the USA removed the threat of Cuba with force. No country can threaten a near neighbour without threat of reprisal, and Ukraine being a member and missile launch pad for a specifically anti-Russian organisation like NATO was a very real threat. One thing is...

Agreed, but entirely off the subject of the comparison. Russia has only twice invaded an independent country since the dissolution of the USSR, both in response to threats. The USA has made a continuous habit of invading others, killing countless thousands who have usually been no threat at...

Apologies, I misunderstood your post. Generation by cycling has been tried many times and it's always very unproductive and takes huge effort all out of proportion to the gain. The only practical use outside of some lighting I've ever seen was one where smoothies were being produced for on...