Eurovision Song contest winner that,
Pity Russia are banned from entering
Similar sentiments to ‘Army Dreamers’ by Kate Bush. But from the dead soldiers perspective. It breaks my heart to think that the Mums of these four lads could be receiving the news of their Sons’ deaths in the future.
Just watched the new version of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ and feeling more than ever that all war is futile. Pray God for a speedy end to this conflict.
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so who wins from this war? Norway?!?!?
eyes @Magnus suspiciously
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The other big winner is the other side of the North Sea. The war has pushed natural gas prices through the roof and taken out the largest supplier. Norway and the UK are #2 and #3, selling everything they can produce at unprecedented prices. A huge part of the ‘windfall’ profits attracting public criticism is essentially that price increase. Companies that can flow through the price increase have flourished, companies that cannot have been getting squeezed.
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What do you want me to say ? Of course the war is profitable for natural gas exporters and Norway is the largest in Europe when Russia is taken out of the eqation, not sure what I am supposed to say to that really.
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Okay
(Seems like a political decision).
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I’d describe it as the “not being a c*** dividend”.
I’ve often had this discussion with Scottish Independence supporters. A significant faction of them see Norway as a model for an independent Scotland but Norway is one of the very few countries with petrochemical wealth that has benefitted in terms of democratic and human rights.
I don’t think the comment was any slight on Norway.
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It does seem to be that the Ukrainian tactic is to inflict repeated body blows to Russia rather than tactical positioning. It has a horribly First World War feel about it.
There were reports from the UK MOD that many Russian soldiers are now equipped with little more than a rifle and a shovel.
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You say its a political decision, but do you think it has anything to do with how heavy the losses Russia are taking that they would continue to try and hold on? I imagine the troops from either side around Bakhmut are only a fraction that are engaged in the war, but I do wonder whether a drawn out battle for Bakhmut with extremely high losses for Russia would affect any spring or summer offensives for either side.
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I read the other day that Ukraine had used for the first time US supplied jdam smart bombs. I came across it on twitter , but I’m unable to post links from there. There was speculation that a major concentration of Russian troops had been hit in Melitopol. I haven’t seen confirmation of that specific attack anywhere else , but it does seem at least that the AFU does indeed now have that capability.
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The consensus is that Bakhmut has minimal strategic value, but is allowing Ukraine to inflict casualties at an asymmetrical rate that will compromise Russian capacity in the near-term. Essentially, Ukraine is willing to fight the defensive side of the First World War as long as Russia is willing to keep attacking that way.
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While waiting for the Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks.
I am not personally convinced those will be a complete game-changer. They will provide Ukraine with a tank that can match up with the T-90s, and indeed with a significant advantage. But there are real questions as to the survivability of any current tank designs on a battlefield with advanced man-portable AT missiles (such as the Javelin).
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I didn’t read it as a slight, just that I don’t know what there is to discuss about that tbh. There is a gas shortage due to Russia’s removal from the market, so exporters have record profits.
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