[Malcolm Armsteen]

'Purification of the national blood' - now where have I read that before?

[Boiler]

Biggest asparagus I've ever seen.

It's next left.*


*gratuitous HMHB reference, m'Lud.

[Bones McCoy]

Er, Obie. Defender's ability to launch a counter -offensive doesn't rely on attackers doing badly.

See Ardennes December 1944 for details.

But it Frequently does: See Isandlwana January 1879.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I'll see your Isandlhwana and raise you a Battle of Mortain 1944.

[Nigredo]

Meanwhile Putin is calling for purges of the disloyal.

Yebbut western imperialist hegemony

[Bones McCoy]

I'll see your Isandlhwana and raise you a Battle of Mortain 1944.

I will admit that examples where each side has tanks are more relevant to the current war.

[RedSparrows]

Meanwhile Putin is calling for purges of the disloyal.

Yebbut western imperialist hegemony

The Americans are making Putin act like a repressive, autocratic, ruthless prick. Don't you see?????

Plus, as we all know, it's long been an American dream to ensure each and every Russian lives in fear. Right? RIGHT????

[Nigredo]

Meanwhile, in Russia...

Bayraktar.

[Boiler]

Who is this 'Jimmy' geezer?

[The All New KevS]

'Purification of the national blood' - now where have I read that before?

A Dacre penned editorial?

[Boiler]

RT has had its UK broadcast licence revoked with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60791734

[Nigredo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe ... gn=KARANGA

Mad Vlad finally lets his demands be known.

[Cyclist]

From the BBC article Obie linked above

Ukraine would have to undergo a disarmament process to ensure it wasn't a threat to Russia.

Ukraine has never been a threat to Russia. Russia is a constant threat to Ukraine.


Those who melt their swords into ploughshares end up doing the ploughing for those who kept their swords.

[Nigredo]

This was always going to be Putin's approach to negotiations, have pie-in-the-sky demands that no nation could reasonably accept and then when the inevitable refusal comes in, posture it as "We tried to parlay but they are not interested in peace" and then carry on launching artillery at defenseless citizens hiding in makeshift bunkers.

[Boiler]

Letter from Ukraine, by the author Andrey Kurkov.

Have a listen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015jjq

[Spoonman]

The Russian Rouble has been recovering somewhat over the past week, now at £1 = ₽138.

https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from ... UB&view=1M

[Nigredo]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-s ... arzenegger

Ahnald has earned the Kremlin's ire.

[Youngian]

Looks like Arnie's off Vadim's chat show list. There's always Steven Seagull and Oliver Stone. No word from Chuck Norris, is he still a 'kick the Russkies' ass' Republican?

“That face is the cover page of American imperialism and colonialism,” TV host Vadim Gigin declared on state TV show Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovievon

[Nigredo]

A line in the sand drawn before a steep cliff.

[Nigredo]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-p ... -1.6396247

Putin with a casual bit of population transfer.

What a terrible fate to befall those 400,000 people.