Ref Ukraine

[River Song]

At last - I've been monitoring this forum for the last week or so and seen virtually nothing about the Ukraine so thankfully peeps are waking up.

NR < I also am a bit of a news junkie and I haven't seem a note of any gas cut off threat. Having said that Russian has done that before. As someone else said, winter isn't over yet so fuel supplies for prepping are the key item today. I'm going out later to get some more.

The whole thing is about 'spheres of influence', fixed by Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at Yalta. Russian lost a lot after Eastern Europe fell during Gorbachev and Yelstins reign and Putin is not going to allow any more.

My guess is that he will be allowed to take Crimea but warned about the rest of the Ukraine. The West will NOT go to war over this unless WE are directly threatened. However, hopefully Russia will pay a very heavy price for this economically (unless we want to be seen as complete pussies). I note that as of this morning, the Russian Rouble is being dumped. Whatever it is, its got to be more than just not attending the G8 meeting or cancelling the visas for a group of vetenarians.

It's also interesting to note the actions of the Russian troops in gaining control. Cutting off power to certain areas and controlling comms. In prepper terms we need to come to terms with this.

For now ......

Allons-y