My thanks to John, Stephen and Uilleam for the comments. You're right, Stephen; it's a shame it still has to be written.John and Uilleam - I yearn for peace everyday and desperately want to end the death and suffering. However, I'm coming to the conclusion that sadly (beacuse it will lead to thousands more fatalities) the only way to get to peace is for Ukraine to be well enough equipped to kick the invader out for good.

And thanks to Manish, K Lynn, Tom and Hugh for liking this.

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Thanks for your work for peace Stephen.
I wonder, will the flow to UK politicians etc of Russian derived money ever be stopped?

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As relevant & brilliant as always, Stephen! Just a shame it still has to be written!

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Asking nicely won't do the trick, I'm afraid. Only the will and the money to outlast the violence.

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Thank you, Graham. I hope that the Ukrainian flags return after the festivities. It is probably inevitable that Ukraine is less in the spotlight because of the conflict in the Middle East, However, as we all know, the war still claims lives every day - four civilians were killed in Nikopol by Russian shells yesterday and the daily casualties among the Russian troops (and presumably the Ukrainians) are shocking. The current 'stalemate' is far from being a truce.

And thanks to Tim, Steve, Nigel and Hélène for the likes and support.

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There is a small market town near here where the houses on the main street have resolutey displayed Ukrainian flags from little flagpoles that are always in situ.

Sadly they have now been converted (as they do every year) to illuminated Christmas trees. They look delightful!

But there is 'one', one still hanging the blue/yellow standard of Ukraine.

The flame still flickers!


Thanks Stephen, amongst all the recent sometimes ghastly rhetoric, for keeping WOL's Ukraine flame alive!

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