Russian warship, go f**k yourself!

Do you ever question any of these wild stories off twitter? Nuking shannon airport ffs, it'd be the equivalent of going hunting rabbits in a tank...

Have you seen Putin in interviews recently? He shows no signs of stress whatsoever. No dark areas under the eyes. When you are at the top for that long, there is nobody to keep you centred. No one to tell you the truth.

His generals, on the other hand, look weary.

Right, would you disagree that Russia is "going full fascist"?

They've just criminalized independent journalism and protests, seems to be going in that direction..

A lot of roads in America are designed to be used for planes if the runways are out of action

Leave him off or sit down and reach a compromise of sorts.

The first would be easier as compromising would mean that the west would be treating Russia with something resembling respect

If the Ukrainian people didn't want to fight, their entire army (which is under a democracy) would have collapsed like the Afghan military. Quite the opposite it happening, so from a Ukrainian perspective they don't want to become a vassal state to a power that has been stealing territory from them and conducting hybrid warfare against their country for years. The West is showing we are fully supportive of that decision.

if they want to offer themselves on a plate to a brutal regime, they can, but they are choosing not to.

As for the oil/gas, I agree, but we need to be able to get substitutes/alternative suppliers/etc and the infrastructure alone could take years

There oil and gas will be stopped by mid summer. Germany and Austria need to get out of this winter. There is a plan being put in place to use all the LPG storage and switch off russian gas before next winter.I expect the closing of the German nuclear plants will be changed as well.

Putin has lost already.

You can see it with the protests in Russia itself. And this with the guaranteed jailing and possible death in prison. And people still protest.

Even now Putin looks for terms to end the war but with less than originally looked for.

Units in Belarus refuse to travel to Ukraine. Fighter jets are being shot down over Kyiv. Russians leaving units in Ukraine.

Safe ways promised for refugees with russian mines laid down.

More sanctions, more unrest in russia.

It's over. What's worse for Putin is the previous occupied territories of Ukraine will be returned when this is over.

Angela Merkel described Putin as an 18th century leader in the 21st century.

He's way out of his dept.

For russia to come into the 21st century Putin needs to go. Which he will.

No will not. Three months ago on another forum I forecast that the Russian army was not the force that many taught it was. I was a bit out in my prediction it a lot worse than I taught. If the Ukraine had an airforce it would be a lot worse for the Russians.

I would not be surprised to see Ukraine suddenly have an airforce. There is a lot of VSTL ( vertical short take off and landing) fighter jet models in NATO forces. These are ideal in combat as they are not tied to airfields. They can be landed and take off again from small roads. Moved 1-2 mile's away and hidden for a while before taking off again.

There is a rumour that there is Ukraine pilots training in the west at present. If there is these are the jet fighters that will be used. After the jet fighter takes off again at night you move your compete set up 40-50 miles to a new landing strip.

The west has decided to fight this war now. It knows it cannot walk away. Putin like many saw Biden as a doddering old man. He is probably the shrewdest US president in decades.

When he was in Congress and the Senate he had a name for beings deal maker and getting things accross the line. He is dragging Germany France and Italy slowly with him. He has not spoken to the leader of Saudi Arabia since his inauguration. Neither will he but the Saudis will be pumping what oil he wants before the summer. Iran is on the way in from the cold and it's oil as well close the gap on Russian production.

Of the head.

Russia has had a huge intelligence failure from the start of this conflict. US intelligence has had it on the nail since it started.

As well there seems to be truth that the Wagner group contract soldiers who were coming in by plane to capture/kill Zelenski were wiped out as they landed near Kyiv.

This time Ukraine were able to name the actual general they killed. They were confident enough to name him as if he was alive the Russians will have him.on TV tomorrow with a copy of today's paper