Britain's latest nuclear submarine, HMS Audacious, arrived in Gibraltar at the weekend joining a U.S. submarine which was already moored there. | A.Carrasco Ragel
We are living in exceptionally dangerous times and one false move could have serious consequences. As the Ukrainians continue to give the Russian army a bloody nose, President Vladimir Putin increases his anti-western rhetoric. NATO is continuing to bolster its forces in countries which border Ukraine and a massive naval show of force, lead by a Royal Navy aircraft carrier close to the Arctic, has just been completed. NATO jets and spy planes continue to fly close to the Russian and Ukrainian borders. Obviously, there is tension. Britain's latest nuclear submarine, HMS Audacious, arrived in Gibraltar at the weekend joining a U.S. submarine which was already moored there.
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Forget NATO, they will NEVER reach a concensus on doing anything to stop Putin & if you think Mr Putin doesn't already know that ..... ! I'm with Boris on this Rare occasion that I actually agree with anything he says but in suggesting that any, all or many individual countries could at any time decide to go to the Assistance of Ukraine as individuals & not linked to NATO . He quite rightly pointed out that a decision by NATO to take action will be too late, if ever ! For God's sake, how many innocent civilians are hoping to die before the Ukranians get the help they need ? Screw NATO " let's get It done" , again Boris !!
Please stick to reporting Mallorcan issues Mr Moore, your naivety on international affairs is embarrassing.
People can appease Putin or criticise him, you know what he doesn’t give a toss. Might and a balance of risk is all he considers. He underestimated the Ukrainian will to resist and the abject failure and attempted over reach of his military. For his own survival he will carry on until Russia controls the south eastern part and coast of Ukraine. To that end he will destroy Ukrainian lives, infrastructures and send his boys into a meat grinder battle until he wins or the Russian military remove him.
Jason, grow a pair. This is a pathetically appeasing viewpoint. If anything we should be more aggressive. We are watching genocide happen before our eyes and you are more concerned about your summer in Mallorca being ruined. Man up
Provoke Putin? This is a man who thinks nothing of doing away with critics through radioactive poisoning on the sovereign soil of other countries, imprisoning political opponents on fabricated charges and killing innocents en masse wherever he feels the need to do so. Strength and military might are the only things that the likes of Putin respect, and though this columnist thinks that a Hitler-style appeasement policy is called for, it will lead us down a path where we will ultimately be forced to confront Russia at a time and place of Putin's choosing. Have some moral fibre, man.
Pretty much the same advice given to battered wives then. Don't go out, don't talk to your family, don't socialize with your friends, don't answer back, and don't look him in the eye when he's beating you, otherwise it's your own fault!