I believe that Russia is shortly going to default on some government bonds. This will put Russia in a similar situation as Greece was or Argentina was a while ago.

More than ten days now and perhaps 20% of the Russian invading force has been destroyed or disabled. I suspect that the Ukranian resistance is becoming more effective.

One thing upsets me. The Russian Army's tactic now seems to be one of surrounding cities, cutting of food, water and power supplies, then indiscriminately murdering the civilians with missile and artillery strikes. What do all the bleeding heart lefties have to say about this? I heard one Irish pollie claiming the US army did exactly the same thing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Yes, the behaviour of the Russian Army is disgusting. I hope the Ukranians knock out another fifth of the invading army in quick time, but in the meantime tens of thousands of civilians may die in Mariupol. Putin is a monster.

There is a lot of wishful thinking going on here. Have a look at the piece by Mehroz Siraj this morning on the uselessness of sanctions. Draconian sanctions on Germany led to WW11; Putin has been planning on a war with the US for the last 20 years. A Biden America is useless. The rest of the West, plus allies such as Japan, India, need to get serious about preventing WW111.

It is a war of attrition that Russia will lose. Now that the Ukranians have shown their courage and determination, the weapons are being supplied in quantity by western nations, along with other military support. Hopefully there will be lots of drones as well, so the Ukranians can conduct coordinated strikes against the cowardly Russian artillery. The Russian army will reach a point where they will have to retreat or face a turkey shoot, and it wont be soon enough.

What does Jules have to say about all this? Oh, that's right, his humanitarian commentary has to go through an ideological filter first.

One US gallon = 3.785 litres.

Gee. If only Putin had consulted Fester, he would never have moved against Ukraine.