Alan,

We all have a foundation for our opinions. I find parallels between the rhetoric of Putin's regime and that of Nazi Germany. I look at the US role in the defeat of Germany and Japan and see the subsequent peace and prosperity of these nations as reasons not to view the US as an evil empire. Conversely, I look at Stalin's mass murder of Ukraine when they sought independence from the Soviet Union, and of the many ex-soviet nations now wary of the Russian narrative portraying them as belligerent Nazi regimes as a prelude to justifying an invasion.

But that is only an opinion. Of interest to me is the conflict. There is an internet blackout around Kherson currently. This could be due to the Russians, but it also may be part of a Ukranian counteroffensive to drive the Russian army out of the south of Ukraine. If successful it could get them close to Mariupol. A counteroffensive in the south would make sense, but the Ukranian military's strength and whereabouts have been very well guarded secrets in the conflict. Conversely, the Russian army can't even hide their copious war atrocities. I wonder what Julian Assange has to say about Russian war atrocities? Perhaps he thinks it's okay, because let's face it, Americans do much worse don't they?

Hey Fester,
I don't support communism, that's socialism at the barrel of a gun.
I'm glad you've taken the time to look at that video.

I'll have a crack at what you said to individual though:
"I get the impression that you you think the death and destruction in Ukraine is the fault of Zelensky, his nazi conspirators and the west because they dared to resist the Russian invasion."

- I think the party at greater fault here is the United States, who overthrew the country in 2014.
Look at the mess they've made, are liberal interventions really a good thing?
The world should have said stood together and said 'We've had enough of this', after Libya and Syria.
Maybe the NAZI's win too, since they're driven by hate.

Hey Alan B,
"Nobody wins in a war. except perhaps the undertaker."
There are several parties who benefit.
The US benefits, when its aim is to weaken and destabilise the country.
But most of all, war is a BIG WIN for central bankers.
Ukrainians will be paying for this war for generations,
- That is unless the US can find some context to make Russia legally responsible and pay reparations.
Wars are also great for human trafficking and organ harvesting...

None of the civilians ever really win anything.
Citizens are the ones who pay with their lives or those of their parents and children,
- and if that's not enough, they'll pay for the cost of it if they're lucky enough to survive.
It took the UK 50 years to pay the US back for loans associated with WWII.

The answer to Putin's lust for power is to break his army.

Indications are that already 25% of the original army manpower is dead or wounded and the same % of tanks, trucks etc.

In a couple of months facing the state of the art Nato equipment, Russia's army will be compatible with a small African nation.

Amen, Shadowminister!

You casually dismiss the Russian justifications for war without even addressing them. This war was totally unnecessary and would not have happened if the US and NATO had been prepared to accept that Russia has legitimate security interests. And now, instead of striving for a diplomatic solution they are pumping weapons in Ukraine hand over fist. This will only result in more bloodshed and the destruction of Ukraine. Almost everything reported about the situation has the strong stench of propaganda. Unfortunately most in the western world and particularly our leadership have lost any ability to think and have no understanding of history.

"Indications are that already 25% of the original army manpower is dead or wounded and the same % of tanks, trucks etc.
In a couple of months facing the state of the art Nato equipment, Russia's army will be compatible with a small African nation."

They want you to think he's losing, stalling and desperate, so that the white helmets can stage a chemical attack and blame Russia for it.
- Just wait for it -

Why don't you look at the live war map?
http://liveuamap.com/
He's taken and occupied territory about half the size of England, in 10 weeks, and that's after a pullback from the push from Belarus to Kiev and Chernihiv.

8 years ago today 200+ people died in the attack on the Odessa Trade building.
http://youtu.be/aXrbfjbqTsg