It's becoming increasingly clear that western Europe is working in tandem with Zelensky because they have the same goal.

That is to keep provoking Russia to the point where they will over react and oblige the US to rejoin the war.

The plan is so divorced from reality as to be astonishing.

The Iran war has revealed US inadequacies in their inability to wage one full scale modern war let alone 2. The European leadership might be safe within their delusion bubble but the Americans actually need to be elected (unlike the EU) and so need a firmer footing in reality.

We in the EU, yes the UK is supposed to be out but voting doesn't really count for much these days, have not seen real growth for over 20 years.

Which means in real terms we are actually going backwards. This sorry situation has been exacerbated by some horrendous decisions of late such as cutting ourselves off from cheap Russian energy that tripled our own energy bills and was of no bother to Russia whatsoever.

Another detrimental decision by the EU was to sanction China and make Chinese electric vehicle imports unprofitable which again harms EU consumers far more than Chinese producers.

While the west is stagnant the Chinese are moving ahead in leaps and bounds. An interesting difference in the two cultures is seen in the use of AI.

In the west it is developed, encapsulated and a charge put on its use.

In China, which is also capitalist to a degree, it is free to use and encouraged, especially in business to increase innovation and efficiency.

One recent product launch to highlight the advantages of the Chinese approach is a new electric scooter on sale for $500 that has a 100km range and fully recharged for just 16 cents.

Another interesting difference between us and the Chinese is that they allowed their housing bubble to burst. It caused a lot of hardship at the time but time heals.

We in the west would never dream of doing such an obviously necessary thing, oh no, the housing bubble must continue for ever and ever no matter that houses have become completely unaffordable to new buyers.

We in Europe are currently doomed and starting a war with Russia really is not going to help.

A major reformation of the EU and dumping all the present leadership will help, or at least be a good start.

They are the real problem, not Putin.

In Ukraine the Russians continue forward to Kramatosk but also look to be moving to surround the whole conurbation which would entrap many thousands of Ukrainian troops if they are able to achieve it (see video below).

Not sure what’s going on with the Ukraine military Deepstate mapping, there was an announcement a week ago that mapping was to be halted, there has always been update lag on the site but in the last few days there have been lots of updates showing Russian advances, some that were over 2 months old. They often caused data lag in the past compared to independent mappers to scam the monthly territory gain/loss data.

Remember that Deepstate mapping is used by western sources to prove that the war is in stalemate and there is no movement on the frontline though those claims have fallen silent recently.

Lights out in Ukraine, looking more like North Korea. Should have come to terms long before this.


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