The eu announced this a few days ago, around 60 MIG 29s plus some other

Last I read it was "talking" and it's about jets the Ukranian pilots can fly meaning jets before 1990. Not confirmation if those jets are still operational or just valuable source of metals for recycling. Also no confirmation if some jets are being loaned yet. Anyway, those are USSR made jet aircraft, not NATO

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/rus...ME2keSkxfiaIpr

Gents, brace yourselves. The sanctions have hit Russia's most competitive export industry

"...Russian creators on OnlyFans, a subscription-based content platform, were locked out of their accounts over the weekend and were unable to access their earnings, according to multiple content creators who spoke with Rolling Stone..."

Source is the Independent, UA Pilots are reportedly in Poland to ferry the aircraft and it’s Putin‘s and our worst nightmare, the planes are coming from former Warschau Pakt countries. I’ll bet Putin takes this as a personal insult. The his can‘t go through without a reaction from Russia.

I do not know if this will actually happen but on Facebook today
"In a statement on Facebook, the Air Force Command of Ukraine's armed forces said the country will get 16 MiG-29 and 14 Su-25 planes from Bulgaria, 28 Mig-29 planes from Poland and another 12 MiG-29 jets from Slovakia"

Of course, if the Russians have bombed all the Ukraine airfields then what will UA do with the aircraft?

It is probably time to stop trying to placate Putin, only strong pushback will work.

Instead of these it should be rather a few reapers with hellfires and civilian contractors piloting them, bought and hired on the free market, no NATO involved.

Gen Hertling just now on CNN re that convoy

https://twitter.com/MarquardtA/statu...ZJcSn5Ukg&s=19

Unfortunately it's a bit of fake news, at least as of now. The Ukrainians have made a request and went ahead publicly claiming an agreement was reached. All three countries, Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria were caught by surprise and are either not responding (Poland and Slovakia) or are officially saying it can't happen (Bulgaria's Su-25 are in really poor condition and Bulgaria can't give any of it's Mig 29 as it's a few hundred KM from the active war zone and Russian planes routinely enter it's airspace)

Nice gesture from Salt or pinch of salt discount

“Hello Mr.,

Salt is waiving charges for calls from Switzerland to Ukraine and roaming charges for calls within Ukraine and from Ukraine to Switzerland until 15 March 2022.

Your Salt Team”

Economic news

Trading on Moscow Exchange's stock and derivatives sections will remain closed today.

The Russian ruble is now worth one US cent.

Law of unintended consequences strikes again as cryptocurrency prices are climbing after Russia's ruble sank to another record low and it is claimed many Russians are switching to crypto, especially tether which is somehow linked to the US $.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced capital control measures to stop an exodus of foreign businesses from the country, Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA reported.

Another unintended consequence, some are forecasting the central banks will delay their interest rate rises due to inflation.

1 - Fly them from the NATO fields, with NATO supplied weapons and NATO fuel, NATO tailsigns but Ukrainian Pilots.
2 - Wait for one to get shot down over NATO land.
3 - WWIII.

Well, like all the WE countries, the EE countries have their own useful idiots. Russian propaganda is operating for over 20 years all over the world and that's why I don't understand why are you so surprised. There are thousands of Russian sites pretending they are impartial news sites and operating in local languages from various countries, what isn't clear here.....the freedom of speech was abused and used to justify the existence of Russian financed media outlets and internet sites and that is not even the biggest evil, the biggest evil is that the world has done business as usual with Putin's Russia without any conditions, as if they were all on the same side ideologically. They also fed another monster I shall not comment on this thread though, just watch it.

Anyways, these countries are unexpectedly and unprecedentedly in the best position they could have ever been (as our grandparents could have only wished or hoped to happen when they went almost through the same thing) being NATO members and EU members.

But...we (all) shouldn't abandon Ukraine because if we do that there will be long term consequences that you and me know very well all about. Ukrainians too. Our solidarity with UA is like a marathon, not a sprint. Prepare for a long, harsh and frustrating winter. I just saw an amazing interview with Kasparov, this man is risking his life for saying whatever he has to say and it's worth watching.
Happy First of March, btw.

Who do you expect to challenge him in this "election", Bo Xilai?

Wii ne di Poo

Ato... You just want to watch the world burn...

I'd really prefer it didn't, I don't have enough loo roll stocked up.

UN diplomats walk out as goebbels...er...sorry, lavrov starts talking

Nice of them to keep up with Sunrise and Swisscom.

At some point Lavrov will ask Putin....: "Vlad.... could it be... that WE are the baddies!?"