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I lost track. Did the EU produce the million shells they said they were going to produce in a year to ship to Ukraine? I thought China was being very careful to avoid getting sanctioned due to involvement with arms supply to Russia. I guess the US must be China's biggest export customer for...

Russia GDP around $2 trillion Iran GDP around $500 billion North Korea GDP around $30 billion Actually, nowhere near $4 trillion. I did not check, just gave a generous number with a question mark. My point is that GDP of Ukraine + allies is vastly greater than GDP of Russia + allies.

Obviously when I write 'Russia + allies' I do not think Russia is alone.

Long range missile attacks on Moscow: extremely unlikely to provoke a nuclear response IMO. I can imagine Putin thinking about detonating a low yield nuclear device - somewhere where it does no damage, like over the Arctic ocean - as a demonstration that he is prepared to escalate to nuclear...

Putin has laid down many lines that cannot be crossed, backed by threats of going nuclear if they are. Many, if not all, have been crossed. I suggested only that Ukraine strike military assets in Russia and assets used to produce weapons and ammunition. I did not suggest firing missiles at...

What is the scenario? If you mean Russia being subject to Ukraine attacking Russian military assets within Russia used to attack Ukraine (air bases, command centres, ammunition dumps, factories producing military equipment and ammunition etc) I would expect Russia to intensify attacks on...

I don't like your manners too much. Perhaps you could cut back on the insulting arrogance? The timidity of the west has allowed Russia to set the rules in this conflict. If the west wants Ukraine to survive, the west needs to allow its weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike inside Russia. If...

When you attack another country that resists and other countries come to its aid, they are not pushing the aggressor into a nuclear war. You seem to think that resisting aggression when attacked is reckless and clueless. I don't. Perhaps you agree with me except in the case where Russia is the...

I don't ignore GDP figures etc but I treat them with suspicion unless published by an independent source committed to accuracy. However, I believe that some figures published by IMF (or was it World Bank?) recently were actually just figures given to them by the Russian government. I don't...

Bank rate, exchange rate values cannot be faked. Statistics compiled by government (Russia or Ukraine) can be faked. I think that both will alter the numbers to suit their propaganda purposes.

Funny thing who people hate. I spent a few hours twice with one of these so much hated Anglo-Saxons. He flew off a British carrier (1941/1942?) to deliver a fighter to northern Russia. Had a fight with German fighters on the way but got to his destination. He was later made a Hero of the Soviet...

Russian economy continues on its downhill path yesterday - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB today - ruble slides to 1USD = 103.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 Going down at that rate...

Russian economy continues on its downhill path - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 - inflation is not falling as hoped...

Russia is certainly burning through its stockpile of stored weapons. It has sufficient recruits to keep troop levels high but at the cost of burning through its workforce, stripping the economy of labour in order to send it to Ukraine. I do not think that Ukraine can regain on the battlefield...

If Israel lost assets/air assets in missile attacks, so what? That is to be expected in an attack by a large number of missiles. What is the point you are trying to make? That the Israeli air defence system is not impregnable? I would be curious to know what damage was done but I doubt it will...

Does it matter whether it takes 1 second or whether it takes 2? I imagine that RCS will be increased for 1 second or for 2.

What sort of something from England? Something from RR? I can't think what else you could mean.

I am astonished. Did he say when tests would start?

I don't think you can predict a country's GDP growth several years in the future with much confidence if it is in a very unstable and unpredictable situation - fighting an economic war. Russia's economic situation looks bad to me at the moment and likely to get worse and stay worse for some...