This is Ukraine - Do not Panic.

[David L]

......................... and his level of corruptness is a complete red herring.

There may be some truth in that but.........

[Thenop]

Financial Times has published the full 28 point text.

Not only is it bad, very bad for Ukraine, somehow they managed to squeeze a NATO point in there that has nothing to do with the Ukrain war: point 3. This is what Putin anted all along of course, but the condition is ridiculously worded:
3. It is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries and NATO will not expand further.

It is expected that?
I expect no rain today, but if it rains, well so be it.
https://www.ft.com/content/79eefaf8-2fc1-47ac-9653-24cf6a0239f5?accessToken=zwAGRBZXxi5Ykc957vr4L8FHrNOWUyTPagI59Q.MEYCIQDFRbTZ3r9h_FailHecLc3bOyaIO9fOl_ax95MqvX_CKAIhANskpwAl75QOgKLywPuy92JeUbge6tdXGCfxrmP70gf-&sharetype=gift&token=fe6d45a8-f08a-4c1d-801b-f35aa9cf9879

[Slim]

Guys could I just gently encourage people to put any political content likely to cause controversy in the politics edition of the thread - no worries so far but there's a certain potential for friction. I appreciate that there's a lot of inescapable overlap. Comments welcome of course.

[David L]

Zelensky: "Europe guilty of complacency and inaction" over their efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

[Thenop]

one particular Dutch artist holds a peacful protest just outside the Russian embassy each year on this day - the day of the invasion.

this year he decided to hire 4 barrel organs and have them play the Ukrainian national anthem all day - out of sync of course.

I like these types of protests, doesn't harm anyone, very peaceful and very annoying for the intended target.

[dom]

If course the truth is the first casualty of war but lots of reports seem to suggest that Ukraine is in a very strong position at the moment.

Russia is struggling to replace its dead or seriously injured soldiers.

Crimea is close to being under siege by Ukraine. Ukrainian drones are becoming increasingly effective at disrupting Russian supply corridors.

Long may it continue