Beyond all this, the US itself is pushing for a continuation of the war, for the sake of global economic collapse, that's the aim.
- It's all for a purpose, the dollars going to crash and then they will bring in a digital currency which further consolidates power by bankers and elites over the rest of us.

It cares not how many Ukrainians die for this aim.
Zelensky is a narcissist, sociopath and a paid actor playing his part, drunk on his ego and the applause he's receiving by Western countries egging him on.

Russia can't conquer and occupy western Europe but it is quite capable of destroying all the US carrier fleets and nuking everyone.
They will take all of the Donbass and negotiate for peace, demanding that Crimea and the Donbass are part of Russia, The West will not agree and Russia will then take more - everything east of the Dnipro, but this will likely end up causing a nuclear war.

Putin's not going to give up territory, that he was forced to take at the cost of dead Russians.
This is the Wests fault, for not sticking to the terms of the UN agreed Minsk agreements and poking the Russian bear, because this war is in effect exactly what the West wants.

Dear Paul,

Thankfully -

There are many in Australia who fully understand why
it is important to support Ukraine.

As one poster wrote on
the web: -

"Nothing changes when you're dealing with
evil contempt. Nothing!!"

The US overthrew the country and spent 8 years killing Russians in eastern Ukraine in order to force Putin to intervene, this is exactly what the west wanted, whilst standing back and pretending it had nothing to do with it, and claiming it's the good guy, the defender of democracy and nations national sovereignty.

Russia has nuclear storage facilities 20klms from the Ukraine border.
It says it won't provide long range weapons capabilities to Ukraine, then a few weeks later goes and does exactly that.

The US is not trying to initiate peace, and if it's not doing that, it's because it what it really wants to do is to see the situation deteriorate further.

Russia will probably turn the gas to Europe back on, if only in a small quantity, to not look like it's willfully trying to worsen the situation, and to also keep a few cards up it's sleeve if Europe and the West continues the path it's going down.

But Europe will try to gain further gas resources from Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean.

"If Russia takes on a NATO member it'd all be over in a month with the Russian army being utterly destroyed. Even Putin isn't delusional enough to think he'd stand a chance."

Could a European Union Army Defeat Russia?
http://youtu.be/AWVOiPT1bus

"There are many in Australia who fully understand why
it is important to support Ukraine."

Just useful idiots, no offense Foxy.
Just happy ignorant people sitting at home on their comfy lounges.
They will quickly reconsider their positions if they're conscripted to stand in front of Russia's artillery or the nukes start dropping.
- People with misplaced ideals, but aren't willing to stand in front of Krasukha rockets.

The actual CORRECT position Foxy, is to support peace and a negotiated settlement.
- Anything other than that, and people will continue to die in most horrible ways.

AC,

No they are not "useful idiots," but people of principle
for for freedom and their principles - who
have experienced what it means to lose
their countries, family members, and everything
they held dear.

http://palaistheatre.com.au/whats-on/gala-concert-ukraine

Nothing has been learned in Australia from the energy crisis, and therefore the economic crisis, in Europe and their altered attitude to coal and its absolute necessity; and so our ALP Socialist regime's Climate Change Bill is being rightly described as: "the formalisation of energy recklessness and the victory of radical ideology over reality".

Albanese has said, "Those who do not support climate targets will be held accountable for it".

The Bill will financially benefit a range of large ‘green’ corporations and destroy industries primarily comprising family businesses and ordinary individuals. Market interference ruining people's lives for no benefit to the climate at all. And the benefits to Communist China, producer of most renewables, will be enormous, and the CCP will have control of our energy.

Naive and stupid is the only way to describe the ALP Socialist's energy policy and its effect on the economy and our physical security.

"Locking into law what is failing catastrophically around the world reveals a Labor government that has no interest in exercising caution and care with the Australian economy" is the best way to sum up this absurd, suicidal Climate Change Bill.