Ukraine [merged]

Harry Monk:
Ukraine is a strange country. It’s a bit like Belgium, which can’t decide if it is France or the Netherlands. Most folk living in eastern Ukraine don’t even recognise Ukraine as a thing, speak Russian and insist they live in Russia.

Russia invading Ukraine has been inevitable for a long time, Russia’s fear is that Ukraine increasingly cosying up to the eu means they will lose access to their last all-weather sea ports.

Russia invading West Ukraine would be like the British Regulars invading Scotland to remove Sturgeon from power, and install a Viceroy of Scotland instead.

Kiev’s people hate Putin, Autocrats, and other obvious right-wingers with a passion - Putin might be able to easily capture Kiev if he had a mind to, but he would never hold it, just as the Soviet Union were not able to dislodge Kiev from allying up with Hitler in WWII.

That Liberals pretty much everywhere, let alone in West Ukraine hate people like Putin, they clearly have something in common with the EU, but I’d suggest NOT with NATO.

American presidents, and with it their foreign policy - come and go.

The EU though?

Even when we don’t let it ■■■ anymore - it still won’t bloody go!