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Robert Walker
Is this partly why Putin is interested in a ceasefire? New Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile with range 3,000 km, payload 1,150 kg - also…
Another potential good news item that may help end the Ukraine war sooner rather than later.
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Robert Walker
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See for yourself: Zelensky DID NOT start the war - CARES about Ukrainians - is NOT in it for personal, gain - and Zelensky, Ukraine and…
- Also why Ukraine can't agree to an unsafe ceasefire - to help scared people counteract social media reinforced catastrophizing about the war
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Why there is NO RISK of war with Russia from UK, US, France etc providing security guarantees to Ukraine in a carefully designed ceasefire…
There is a simple clear precise point this diagram explains which almost none of the scared people I help understand at a first try.
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Zelensky legally can't give the rest of Donbas to Russia personally - so he can make a counter proposal - e.g. with a fair swap and promise…
First the context.
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Peace agreements almost invariably start with ceasefires - not only impossible for Zelensky to do a peace treaty first under the Ukrainian…
Also many wars end in a ceasefire without a treaty and others just fizzle out
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Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington DC on Monday - likely to try to convert possibleburger ceasefire to a definiteburger - situation…
Trump had a lengthy call with Zelensky and with Europeans and next he is inviting Zelensky to Washington DC to discuss the Alaska summit.
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Trump's Alaska summit with Putin was a nothingburger - but could progess to possibleburger then definiteburger - Trump needs to take it back…
Trump and Putin’s summit in Alaska was disappointing so far after all the positive mood music leading up to it.
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Update - Sorry this blog post immediately out of date will do new post about press briefing - it was a nothingburger but there are some…
SORRY OUT OF DATE AFTER PRESS BRIEFING - NEW VERSION
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Robert Walker
Mood music more positive for Trump Putin summit than since the war started - and how modern high tech drone patrolled front line could have…
ALMOST DONE - SOME CITES TO ADD
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Not remotely plausible that 3I / Atlas is a spaceship - a spaceship would be interested in Earth or at least some planets and take less than…
Before 3I / Atlas started to fly into the sun’s gravitational field it was flying at 58 km / second relative to our sun (it’s “hyperbolic excess…
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Wikipedia will NOT be blocked in the UK - Ofcom extraordinarily unlikely to require age verification for editors - only a few thousand…
- and the government can quickly add an exemption on the remote chance it is classified as catebgory 1 (not plausible)
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