UK says Russia ‘starting to fail’ in Ukraine war

Lets get back to the war situation.  Secretary of State Blinken honored South Africa and tried to force the SA Government to support the warmongering USA in banning Russian imports.   He was so bad that even the SA media called him Blinky - notorious for lying bout the Afghan withdrawal last year.

He was given a lecture by the SA Foreign Affairs Minister about the need for peace negotiations in Ukraine - not undermining such negotiations by sending in weaponry to prolong  the War.   Putin accepted the Minsk agreement on 2-15 on the issue of Ukraine - the USA never did.   Putin wanted the implementation of the agreement and still wants is,   He will withdraw Russian troops if the agreement is indeed implemented - the USA at all costs do not want it because it would do exactly what the USA did in the Vietnam War in 1964. - up arms production factories and send unemployed people to fight their War in Vietnam - with weapons being provided to both sides to prolong the War.

Everything Biden touched in the USA turned to shit - so like in the case of Vietnam,  a War is needed to save the President  - but this time around not an active war involving the USA, but a proxy war.     Anybody favoring peace is made out to be Putin supporters. - but that is not so. I  oppose war in any area in the world - but the USA politicians gets kickbacks from thee Arms Industry and that is enough to keep any war going.           .      .       

"I can’t see how the elderly, just scraping buy, will find a few thousand extra next year"

They aren't, and they won't.... and not just the elderly

I can’t see how the elderly, just scraping buy, will find a few thousand extra next year.

It remains to be seen. The general population of Europe is right now largely now in favor of supporting Ukraine. There is an acknowledgement among them that though times are very tough right now, what Europeans are experiencing pales in comparison to what the people of Ukraine are going through. Winter might be enough to overturn that sentiment but that remains to be seen.

European governments are not sitting idly by and have taken measure and more may follow.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-40941425.html

A lot of anger may be also turned towards energy companies who are posting record profits at the moment because it seems they are raising prices far more than necessary to cover their additional costs.

Secondly not all of Europe's economic woes are caused by the energy crisis. Brexit in the UK being an example. Some may direct their anger that way as well.

Ultimately we are just going to have to wait and see what happens in winter. What I do know is the Russian economy will be hit far more severely and while Russia may not run of out energy, far more Russians well face unemployment and poverty than the populations of European countries. Whether they turn their anger on Putin when he can brutally clamp down on them is another factor.

…or magically turn the 3% “green” energy into 30% in the next two months.

So Putin merely signs another 137000 troops into service next January.
During the Stalin era troop loses meant nothing,the Germans found out.
I would estimate at least 50000 Ukrainians soldiers out of the war by now.

These would be front line forces,how does one replace them?

Don't ever speak on behalf of the UK bark... you were probably stupid enough to follow when "the UK" told us there were weapons of mass destruction so we could fuck up an entire region of the planet for those ugly fat fucking bacon eaters across the sea. Nothing fucking changes... lefties always sniffing out shit and pigging out on it. 

Listen to the military mathematics here...you have it all wrong.

This will shock you.

https://youtu.be/fD44Eb1xDhE

It is quite a lengthy discussion but extremely interesting.

All 3 know what they are talking about and they do it in an honest, professional and mature way.

An outstanding discussion, you will learn more from this than you will ever by reading reading the tripe and misinformation from any biased and tainted media.

How the fuck doyou have it so right on politics but so fucking wrong on rugby Seb?