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Very well said

My view on false flag. If Putin was going to do it, he would have done it away from Moscow I don't see why he would need any pretext now to fire missiles at Ukraine or carry out further human rights violations. He just doesn't gain from it. We know he wants to look the strongman and this makes...

Deported to where? The front line in Ukraine?

Nothing would surprise me with Putin and the FSB. But I would urge caution. The number of conspiracy theories on X is reaching ridiculous levels. I'm waiting for journalists in outlets I trust to report on this before giving it any credence

Along with supporting the military of Ukraine, we must also be supporting the industry with things like specialist machinery and training

Will it ever matter what the truth turns out to be?

Interestingly and I think relevant to this thread, Russia and China have blocked a UN security council ceasefire resolution on Gaza. Look Africa. Look Global south. Look Muslim world. Who are your friends here? Ukraine and the West, or Russia and China?

Hang on America. Hang on. If we're not buying Russia's oil, how does hitting their refineries affect oil prices?

And that's from a pretty low basepoint

We must re-arm

But this is sort of a revealing insight to the Russian psyche isn't it? And probably not just Russian, Chinese, Indian and much of the global south. A feeling that the US and rich European countries want to impose their way of doing things and sneer at them when they don't. A feeling that the...

Just incredible levels of bravery. Pause and think about these people when people say to you that Russia is gone forever. There is another Russia in there. It's putin who is the bastard here.

I wonder if there's something on this. So much of it is about Poland I reckon. Strongly catholic and one of Ukraine's biggest supporters. I reckon Putin is trying to set hearts and minds in catholic eastern europe against the war and remarkably the pope has intervened on Russia's behalf...

If the church is happy to wade in on geopolitical issues it should expect to be criticised and held accountable for it's view in the same way a politician would

You're probably right. But given where we are it seems a risk worth wishing for

Even this large amount of money is symbolic in the scheme of the amount needed to wage a war on this scale. It won't tip the balance. I as a UK tax payer would be furious if my tax money had to be paid to Russia because they won in a UK court because my government hadn't carried out due...

Sholtz has been a disaster yes. To a degree he is just reflection German reticence which I understand in an emotional sense given the history at play here, but not a logical one. But giving up an intelligence and PR coup to Putin. Jesus wept. We need to be presenting a united front. Europe...

Don't forget that in amongst the grotesque insularity and outrageous nationalism, that Russia has deeply impressive and highly courageous young people willing to speak for it's future. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/28/russia-alexei-navalny-putin-pussy-riot

I don't believe that European countries are currently capable of scheming on this level. Scholz is looking after his arse electorally. So is Macron. There's no deeper plan

Most likely scenario I think is some sort of frozen conflict in Ukraine which rumbles on for ages but neither side makes significant gains, but they continue to suffer horrible losses, until a new de facto border is arrived at and in the years to come agreed on by succeeding national leaders...