Russian warship, go f**k yourself!

Fair melting pot over there now

Can’t see FSB going with Wagner. Putin is one of theirs.

Army, maybe

What will Ukraine do now with the offensive which hasn't been going well so far for them.

The air force might be the hinge that the gate swings on

It's been a costly few weeks for Ukrainian soldiers and equipment. The mines soldiers and airpower are still in place for now so why risk it right now. They also don't know what's coming down the tracks

It's like "the sum of all fears" atm

Putin crawling back out of his bunker in St. Petersburg.

Lukashenko playing cute once again, was he after high-tailing it to Turkey?

Plenty politics in this yet, to say the least.

That quote from Larry Dunne, the Dublin drug dealer of the 70's and 80's comes to mind. ‘If you think we’re bad, wait until you see what’s coming after us’

Putin's army may seem like saints compared to that Wagner group.

I read an analysis by a fellow on Twitter last year, Kamil Galeev, that said this could play out very much like the fall of the tsar if Putin didn't succeeded quickly in Ukraine, that it was very similar to the Tsar's war against Japan prior to the Bolshevik revolution.

He also said that Lukashenko had a lot of sway over Putin and that he was almost indispensable to his regime and reputation as the restorer of the Russian Empire. He gave a few examples of the tail wagging the dog.

He gives very interesting and informed insights into the culture and basis behind the the politics, to me anyway.

Scary times over there.

Wagners apparent withdrawl smells to high heaven. IMO , I think it’s an attempt to open up another front - mark two - in Belarus in association with the apparent transfer of nuclear missiles.

Oh wait————. From what I understand the Belarus army , special undercover operatives, etc, have been Very, very, very reluctant to get involved in supporting Putins war. So if Prigozhin regroups and starts to attack UKr from Belarus , I wonder will the Belarus army stand idly by ? I do not believe , even for one second, that they will all go home to Mammy , as Putin suggested. The second option is the one that will be taken up - because that is the only one that will give them the opportunity to ‘practice their special skills’

And even more importantly, in Syria. Business as usual I suppose as Putin needs the cash now even more than ever. We will have to wait and see.

Looking at how hard it is to get through the Russian mine fields and trenches Ukraine were asleep before the start of this war. They could see the Russian build up going on for 11 months and did nothing to defend themselves. It looks like they were totally reliant on NATO tactics without all the NATO equipment.

They were doing everything to defend themselves with what they had. The Russians were firing up to 10 artillery rounds for every one Ukraine had. The Russians have been able to support attacks from the air, Russians have been using cruise missile attacks, knocking out the Ukrainian electricity grid. Ukraine was, at one point, losing up to 200 men a day on the Eastern front. Mines have been pretty low on the priority list considering.

Is it more the case that neither side wanted to use them as it creates a barrier that works both ways?

Russia was deemed incompetent for not being able to break through Ukrainian minefields in the winter but reality would seem to be that it's difficult for anyone unless they have free reign in the air, which isn't going to happen for either side. F16s aren't going to change that.