Why & How & If

Lech Walesa, the anti-communist dissident who founded "Solidarity" and former president of Poland, suggests the need for a revolt of Russian minorities and the dismemberment of the federation: "It must be reduced to a population of less than 50 million"

"But it all goes back to the decision of a government, really one person – President (Vladimir) Putin, to launch this war,” Sullivan told VOA.

Why? Leverage. Until 🇺🇦 has more artillery, 🇷🇺 has more leverage.
Putin won't concede a thing unless he has to. He's played 🇩🇪 & 🇫🇷 well so far. Our arrogance & fear are his greatest weapons.

Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges retired from the U.S. Army in January 2018 and lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Since retiring he has worked as a Consultant for Defense and Geopolitical Security issues and as NATO’s Senior Mentor for Logistics.

Excerpted from the June 18-19 Schiller Institute conference, "There Can Be No Peace Without the Bankruptcy Reorganization of the Dying Trans-Atlantic Financial System."

LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.

Colonel Markus Reisner on the delivery of heavy weaponry to Ukraine.

Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian Armed Forces describes how the fighting in eastern Ukraine developed.

But they are afraid of Ukraine winning and the world changing, of becoming less relevant.

Russia presents a paradox. It looks robust. Still, it tends to collapse from time to time to everyone's surprise.