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Or fall out a window.

This is incorrect - see Demographics of Crimea - Russians have only been in a majority since the turn of the 20th century, and very few lived there at the turn of the 19th. The traditional inhabitants of the peninsula are the Crimean Tatars.

Because in his Churchillian replicating mind it elevated him from Johnson the national politician to Johnson the world statesman

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You have to remember Putin is a product of the KGB and the secret police apparatus. He will have access to all Western media but will apply the mind of the secret police state to all information from the West, so that the meaning behind the words become more important than just the words...

The problem he has is one all ruthless long time authoritarian leaders have - you remove those who disagree with or question your decisions and are left with those who will just tell you what you want to hear. Information becomes highly filtered because nobody wants to be the bearer of bad...

And if they are leaving there will now be doubt about how safe the bridge is. There is also the question of Russia trying to work out where Ukraine will strike next - will they go to Melitopol to take advantage of the bottleneck caused by the damaged bridge or is this another ruse to get Russia...

There are some decent Russian vloggeers on youtube worth watching - this one kind of answers your question - the last few minutes are particularly illuminating regarding different perceptions of their media by Russians

I know this is tongue in cheek - but that attitude was prevalent within a portion of the Conservative Party at the time. By that point every Communist would have been rattling their sabres very loudly - and if they didn't, Stalin would have them shot. It's a very odd comment by Corbyn, I could...

Their chance to avenge Poltava 1709

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/08/ukraines-iron-general-zaluzhnyy-00023901 Interesting read about how Ukraine has been in preparation for this war since 2014.

This is an interesting view, from a Russian who lives near Vladivostock in the Far East. Uploaded to youtube 9 days ago.

Ties in with what I've been reading elsewhere, namely the Russian Army's logistics are not working and are reaching the limit of their supply reach. Put simply the Russians are invading down highways and need about 200 trucks a day to travel x amount of miles (Can't remember the exact length) to...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60681147 This will hit the Russians where it really hurts.

Officially it is part of the Republic of Moldova but is not controlled by them. It is very much an artificial creation, originally by the Communists in 1924 when it carved out a few areas on the eastern bank of the Dniester River and called it the Moldavia ASSR (an autonomous unit within the...

There is a precedent for that - Fanta was created by the German branch of Coca Cola in 1940 when the US trade embargo at the time cut off supplies of cola syrup. Coca Cola regained control of their German branch after the war and with it the new product which they later reinvented to what we...

These are largely my thoughts too. The fighting to the end will be important though for the Ukrainian national psyche more than anything else (see Poland 1939 for an example) - going down to a brave defeat will reinforce their nationhood rather than reduce it. I have a feeling Putin has...

Ukraine's forces are smaller in number than Russia as well as lacking completely modern equipment. They do not have the capacity to defend all their borders without spreading themselves out to thinly. A convential quick moving war will not really suit them as the the country is largely open...

Question is, will Putin get Ukraine completely under control? Much now depends on how willing the Ukrainians are to keep fighting to the bitter end. The longer the conventional forces hold out, the harder Putin will find it, even if he does eventually win, as he will then be in charge of a...