Russia - threadbanned users in OP

NATO eastward expansion doesn't solve Putin's fundamental problem, that the Ukraine is no longer a Russian province.

Yes, are you?

Hopefully the Ukranians can keep hitting targets within Russia. Do they have the missiles to reach Moscow?

Yeah a lot of those issues are excuses made up for the camera to hide the main reason of Putin's love of the Soviet Union. It is like Hitler saying he just wants to unite the German speaking people or whatever. It is just something to make it palatable. I agree it should be possible to remove sanctions if Russia backs off. That is always on the table and Russia is already aware of this. Judging by the protests many in Russia seem to get the connection between them invading and them pulling back.

If you want to block NATO's expansion then you need some guarantee that Russia won't invade its neighbours at which point they are either useless or military (and they are in NATO in all but name). It is also removing some of the sovereignty of those nations as they can not make their own alliances due to an aggressive 3rd party. A better response would be to limit the range of weaponry stationed in those countries but let them in defense agreements. So that Russia can't be attacked too directly but also are aware that there are consequences for attacking its neighbours.

BBC report on possible plan of attack...

A source in Ukrainian counter-intelligence has told Ukrainska Pravda website details of Russia's plan to take control of the city to take control of the country. It's all unconfirmed but this is what they report Russia wants to do:

• Seize a major Kyiv airport and air traffic control to allow 10,000 troops to land, distracting the military with attacks on the border
• Sabotage Kyiv's electricity and communications to cause panic
• Provoke an exodus of refugees to prevent Ukrainian armed forces moving around
• Seize government buildings including cabinet and parliament and capture the state leadership, forcing them to sign an agreement on Russian terms
• Bring in pro-Russian leaders and split Ukraine into two parts, like East and West Germany

Love the planted question there from the Chinese for Lavrov who they couldn’t get on air, but conveniently had the question in writing.

Unbelievable the shite they are saying the past few days.

But makes some sense in contrast to the drivel of film stars doing Imagine in the early days of COVID!

That video is from a bloody video game.