I like this photo. I think Ukraine and Belarus will be extremely tight going forward. It's such a natural alliance and Belarus will benefit a lot from the diplomatic, political and security protection that Ukraine can offer.

Ukraine has deployed next-generation drones. They are AI-capable and can't be detected or jammed. They also operate at higher speed and has greater range.

Kick the U.S. out of NATO, close European bases for American troops, close the air space too. Now lets see who will come crying.

Lethality per dollar maybe? Check which weapons deployed that can take out other weapons deployed and then measure investment per weapon in terms of which equipment it can damage.

Why measure defense spending as a percentage of GDP if those percentages are spent on weapons that can be taken out by $200 drones? Shouldn't there be some efficiency measure included when defense spending is compared?

I don't believe in nukes like that any longer. Think about Austria, a half nazi country. They might well fold to Russia without much pressure at all. Then what, will France nuke Vienna?

Let's face it. The only thing standing in the way of a Europe occupied by Russia is the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine has replaced the US as the security guarantor for Europe. Maybe time for ALL European countries to share the financial burden of defending our common freedom?

Positive: "With their motivation, innovative skills and sheer professionalism for hire, it is perhaps the Ukrainians who stand to gain the most from the current strife with Tehran."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Smart boy you got. He will live well. 😀

Thanks.

My daughter is half Ukrainian and was born in Kyiv in March 2022. I like that she plays with Lego. If she becomes a housewife or not later in life will be up to her.

One could already say that Europe is protected by the Ukrainian security umbrella. Calling whatever is given to Ukraine "assistance" is very unfair. Life insurance premium is a better way to describe it.

The Europeans should also ask themselves if it's smart to invest billions in legacy equipment when Ukrainian housewives can produce state of the art military hardware for a few hundred euros a piece.

I don't think it will be too long until Ukraine will ask its western partners for money only as the military tech they have so far exported isn't modern enough for the current war.

When analyzing the Russo-Ukrainian war we should also look at the trajectory. Look at Ukraine's capabilities now and compare with one, two, three, four years ago. Then twist it around and you can imagine the capabilities in one, two, three, four years. Ukraine is on its way to become a great power.

Ukraine had better think twice about helping the US in Iran.

Trump will sell secrets and strategies to Putin in an instant.

This is just the beginning. Ukraine is just starting to build a heavy long-distance strike capacity. Ballistic missiles coming, the long range cruise missiles will be mass produced, the lighter long-distance drones will be improved. The tide has turned, Russia will pay, Ukraine will win.

I get the feeling Russia is preparing a special domestic police operation to purge the country of anybody who has ever voiced even the smallest hesitation about Putin's greatness. As always in dictatorships the people is the most dangerous enemy.

Our mortal enemies. They want us to suffer, lose our freedom and become slaves to Russia: Trump, Orban, Netanyahu, and of course Putin himself.

Poland's president is pro-Russia.

Ukraine is becoming independent of U.S. support and meddling very fast, just as Europe will rid itself of its oil addiction equally fast.

I never lived in a home heated by natural gas. Fire wood, central heating, ground heating. There are many options.

With high oil prices we might finally be motivated enough to break the dependence on oil. We will of course continue to use oil but it wont be such a drama if there is a supply crisis. Oil producing countries will become less relevant, and the world will be safer and less corrupt as a result of it.

I have a business idea related to logistics so for some time I have paid attention to delivery trucks in my small hometown in Sweden. Those disel trucks delivering to shops, restaurants and package delivery points are usually 90 percent empty. Yet they drive around all day long. What a waste.

In Europe.
How much time would most people really lose by using bikes, public transportation and trains instead of cars and planes?
How much would companies lose from using trains instead of planes and trucks?
We can manage an energy crisis if we want to.

Trump spit on all domestic and international resources he needs to get out of his mess in the Middle East.

Russian internet.

This might turn into "bye bye oil". If the prices stay high it might be the final blow to the oil economy. It's not that oil will disappear but it might lose it's central role to the economy. Oil prices will eventually go down never to go up again. Oil producers will lose their power.

So Trump is actively supporting a government that is participating in killing American servicemen. Isn't there any law in the U.S. against assisting the enemy during a war?