President Biden has warned of a “heavy price” to be paid by Russia if it uses chemical or biological weapons. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/11/politics/joe-biden-warning-chemical-weapons/index.html...
Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured Mykolaiv airport A lot of abandoned military hardware around there (Mylolaiv is a port up river from the Black Sea, between Kherson and Odesa)...
to Russia and Belarus "Those who want to leave Kyiv will also be able to be airlifted to Russia, the ministry said, adding it would use drones to monitor the evacuation." Ethnic cleansing and...
It’s back despite popular demand Again I apologise for no link And also for swearing at a mod in Russian (!) Possibly an AB first. It was for me at any rate The Ukraine Air Force has been active...
... as part one has now fallen off the bottom of the page Sorry, I don't have a link, but CNN reporter is walking down a road on the outskirts of Kyiv, showing the remains a Russian invasion column,...
I thought I would start a separate thread on the situation in Ukraine as several of the other related threads are getting a bit fractious and have long since deviated from the original question. That...
How would he be handling the Ukraine crisis? https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/20/europe/biden-putin-macron-ukraine/index.html I was going to post this in “politics” as it isn’t strictly news but a...
Surprise surprise Russia is now talking up the conflict in E Ukraine. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/shelling-breaks-out-in-east-ukraine-as-west-and-russia-dispute-troop-moves These are...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60204847 Presumably now Liz Truss has been stricken with Covid, or at least tested positive. A cynic might say first the Met rides to the rescue and now an LFT...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60106416 On Friday the UK govt updated its travel advice for Ukraine, not only advising against all travel to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Donbass, but...
One of my more perverse habits is occasionally to go to the review section on Amazon of a book I’ve just particularly enjoyed, to read the one-star reviews! Yes, I know … There was one I read recently...
… by a temporary visa system for foreign drivers? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58673567 I thought a certain Swift character known for his travels might have beaten me to this one ;-) At least...