Well, everybody lies...nobody tells the truth...it all comes down to power, and any advantage can be power...East/West/North/South doesn't matter.
I like the nazis everywhere meme...seems they are everywhere, here, there...lol.
Heck, even Russia made their timetable to accommodate a nazi meme...they are now announcing the war in Ukraine will be won by them on
May 9th, Soviet Victory Day! Isn't that speshul?! LOL! What happens when May 9th comes and it isn't "won"? Well, I'll make an easy prediction that Putin claims victory regardless the reality on the ground.
Probably explains why there seems to be more softening around Kyiv and consolidation in East and South.
https://liveuamap.comAnd most of this stuff from the US perspective was (and still is from the shadows) driven by Oblowya, Ritter is right about that.
I remain convinced that neither power will back down, that neither power can afford to concede...so either this becomes an extended conventional playground or it goes hot and if it is the former it just means it can go hot at any time in the future so logic dictates it goes hot at some point. And, the longer it goes on the more impotent the UN will get because veto-holding powers will ensure nothing happens from that quarter.
In related news...I agree with Rand, this over-expansive
change to the Magnitsky Act gives too much power to the executive to conduct mischief, perhaps even domestically given the other lawless proclivities used to date.
As for air situation in the area same snoop/track/shuttle activity from Poland to Romania.
