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Agree with FF. really interesting read and re-enforces a lot of the speculation Ps what an absolute shitshow from Putin. He could’ve left office whenever he decided, with a decent legacy in the eyes of the Russian people and he goes ‘all in’ on something like this….pretty much unplanned

You could imagine that there is a real issue with lower level military (maybe even higher level) not being back to push back on orders and saying ‘no, that’s no possible’…for fear of imprisonment or possibly death ! That culture of fear works in some situations but I’d imagine it’s having a...

Happy to be proven wrong as it’s a major frustration for me but your* graph was entities (not individuals) and that is never only 16 edit - think it was your not Clint’s graph so amended

Not at all. We’re in nato so it’s kind of irrelevant. I’m not sure why people want to try to downplay what we’ve been doing to support the Ukraine military, especially before the invasion. It’s bizarre

MoD understandably won’t release what’s specifically been provided but by all accounts and from Russias reaction you can assume it’s probably pretty significant. Training and military support has been going on for a long time

We’ve been slow, especially against individual oligarchs but think those numbers are way off from what I’ve read. Even independent is suggesting hundreds. I’m not sure what the criteria is though...

To be fair, I’ve just read the 6 point plan and it’s all sensible…let’s see if he has the detail as to how to best deliver the 6 points though…always Johnson’s weakness ! For all the (understandable) mocking of the slowness around oligarchs you only have to look at the aggressive/threatening...

Either way that convoy isn’t progressing as planned

Hope this is correct/accurate !

I genuinely love the fact that you think we should do more militarily BSB. In my heart I’m 100% with you. But I can also see the other side of the argument. The potential risks involved, however small. The mistake Nato made was not trying to at least draw some lines in the sand (other than...

It’s frightening really. Even Merkel, who I’ve always thought was by far the best leader around, is having her legacy shredded by this mess. The fact is though, however shit our leaders, thank fuck we live in a (relatively) free country. The Russians are there with their psycho dictator who’s...

From the home office statement it appears that they thought this was operational. Quite happy for government to take flak for strategy and decisions (for example I wouldn’t just ignored lawyers and froze/seized oligarchs assets and dealt with consequences after) but delivery of this is with...

A true legend of the game. Lived a life as well !

Just heard the back end of another rambling speech of Putin. Blokes gone full on nutter Saying everything’s going to plan, Ukraine is holding thousands of foreign hostages, have shot two Chinese and they’re hiding military equipment in schools and civilian areas (suppose this justifies Russian...

Yeah, I doubt that £44k was the driver behind the decision. I agree that the government need to stop dragging their feet with oligarchs, fuck the lawyers, freeze/seize the assets and deal with them after

Yeah, just seen the wording ! Maybe he’s ringfenced a wedge for Putins missus after he hopefully takes a bullet

Georgia have also applied to join EU. The Putin master plan is working like a dream 😬

To be fair he said he’s donating all proceeds of Chelsea sale (guessing £1.5-£2bn) from the sale to the victims of the war. Maybe a bit of guilt money but fair play, more than other oligarchs are doing. Apparently he was also trying to help Ukraine broker peace deal. not sure of ulterior motives...

I think they might have a role to play. If they decided to reduce trade/implement sanctions I’d imagine Russia will be well and truly fucked so they could certainly apply pressure. I said yesterday China doesn’t want this escalating to a nuclear war any more than us so it’s in their interests...

I was thinking the same. We can see where they are, surely blocking/blowing up road in front will delay them further. Ideally you bomb/block back end of the convoy as well. So they’re just stuck. Wonder why this hasn’t happened or if it’s even possible ?