Ukraine (Mod Note & Threadbanned Users in OP)

Thats just great.

I cant believe there is almost no resistance there. If they couldn't dig in at least brigade at surrounding ground to defend power plant, they shouldn't try to fight at all. There was like four Noonan securities there and Russians just drive in, shoot around, and take over. Now I watching CNN is in Odessa. They preparing for desant from the sea. This could be like little Normandy (with opposite side, good guys will be at defence). Beach is unfortified, there is no anti-tank obstacles, no mine-fields!? Sometimes I really doubt about how competent is Ukrainians army officers...

Power plants are not designed to withstand military assaults,and this is a Soviet era station,I'm sure when the Soviets built it they didn't think they would be bombing it themselves years later.

Egypt saying at the start of the week they'd 9 months before they run out as their own production is far lower than they need, they mainly bought from Russia. They put a tender out and cancelled after they got in a few from the US and France as were all too expensive. Bread is a huge staple of most of Africa, it's something like 40% of the calories for Egyptians and a lot of them have to already have huge subsidies on it to make it affordable.

Russia and Ukraine's supplies weren't feeding the world evenly it was mostly going east and south, and with 20-30% of grains from there dependant on type of grain now removed from the market it's the bottom that's going to feel it. I buy Dunnes' cheap 99c loaves if that's 1.50 I won't care but the equivalent elsewhere now they've to import more expensive wheat is going to be a huge increase as it moving to more expensive sources to begin with that will now be in more demand.

If this last too long there will be another Arab spring.

Russia and Ukraine produce more grain than the US and EU combined, that along with the fact Russia is the largest exporter of fertilizer followed by China both of whom had already blocked exports. Canada is third so maybe they'll increase theirs local use and increase food production but that'd be at the expense of other markets and it still means the poorer parts will have huge shortages.

You and I aren't going to go hungry, the prices will increase but we'll pay and a moan about inflation is the worst it'll cause, the rest of the world has less choice.

Fukushima was due to leaks between the cooling water and the reactor and then the cooling water and the environment. Unless it's breached from the attack (which is possible) the worst that can happen is a huge cost to recommission it when this is all over.

Also on the sanctions, it is believed that Putin wanted/hoped for a quick war and to keep Russians in the dark about it. A "nothing to see here" type situation.

That's now ruined as the sanctions that impact people's everyday lives at least mean they can at least see something has happened. Even the simply stuff like apple Pay or Spotify etc. not working.

Putin will still try to control the narrative domestically, but he cannot hide it entirely and has acknowledged that something has happened.

If it's a punishment to repatriate them, it's a reward to allow them to stay and I don't see why any European nation should be rewarding Russian citizens while their country invades our neighbours.

Besides, we're already punishing the ordinary Russian citizens. The sanctions won't hurt the wealthy elite in any real way, it'll be the ordinary citizens who suffer.

They could be using some of their wages earned here to indirectly fund this murder machine if they are sending home money