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Ukraine just need to drop the NATO thing and just change their mind a few years later after the country has been rebuilt and flooded with arms from the West.

It won’t feel like a win but it’s got to be better than the alternative which is probably the destruction of the whole country. The Ukrainians are putting up a good fight but the sheer size of the Russian army will surely tell in the end. If they announced an end to the fighting with the Russians retreating to the Donbas tonight I’m pretty sure those sheltering in the bunkers in Kiev will see it as a victory.

Or before Russia turn off the gas?

Fat Frank doing as well as expected.

That would obviously change things but I doubt they have the forces to hold Ukraine let alone go further. As long as the west are giving the Ukrainians all the weapons they want I think we are playing it about right at the moment. Putin can't keep the lie going forever.

Big difference to be fair. It's tough on the Ukrainians but I think NATO is doing the right thing. As well as starting WW3, if we start killing Russians Putin will just claim he has been right all along and be the big hero in Russia which is probably what he wants.

Shit draw

Also, conquering the country is one thing but holding it is a completely different matter. We all saw the problems the US had in Iraq and Afghanistan, the issues they faced will be minuscule compared to trying to hold a hostile Ukraine supported by the whole of Europe and NATO. I’m struggling to see what sort of ‘victory’ is even achievable for Russia.

Had a lot more energy than West Ham, squad looks decent this year.

I thought we would get stuffed but fair play to Ralph, spectacularly wrong.

Not looking forward to seeing Valery up against Antonio. 😳

Why the fuck does a goalkeeper need a rest?

I don’t get what Ralph is doing, we’ve got fuck all to play for in the League. It’s basically our reserves v their first team.

Priti has to appear tough on immigration, even if it fucks over people fleeing a war zone.

It’s almost as if they need gas to heat their homes. if we were in their position do you really think Bozo would just turn off the gas?

Yeah it’s a disgrace that Russia hasn’t been kicked out of the World Cup yet. The Russian people will be being fed a load of bullshit, being removed from something like the World Cup would send a message that couldn’t be spun any other way.

To be fair, the season they went down they got fucked by injuries and their best players wanting moves.

The threat has changed because Putin is acting completely irrationally. As Boris says in that video, we have assumed that this sort of war was a thing of the past. To be honest, I didn’t expect to see two developed nations in Europe go to war like this again. I fail to see what Russia could possibly gain from doing this, it just appears that Putin has gone nuts - that’s the really dangerous thing.

Not sure we have much choice, the threat has clearly changed.

We’re obviously going to have to spend more, I wouldn’t have a clue how much but we are clearly not prepared for the sort of war we are probably facing. Tobias Ellwood seems to have a better grasp of the situation than Bozo, time to get shot of the bullshitter and have someone serious in charge IMO.

This hasn’t aged well…

It doesn’t say how many they need to cut so we just don’t know. Anyway wether they need to cut one or a few the threat is there.

Maybe you should let Admiral Sir Tony Radakin know he’s worrying about nothing: https://news.sky.com/story/russian-submarines-threatening-undersea-network-of-internet-cables-says-uk-defence-chief-sir-tony-radakin-12511437

Of course it makes it easier, but it would still make sense to do recon to have the exact gps of where they can cut it out at sea away from the UK.

To be fair, they would need a much more detailed map than that to locate a cable underwater. Unless that map is to scale and the cables are in fact 300ft wide and bright red.