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Newspaper headlines: 'Get out' of Ukraine and Russia could invade 'any day' - BBC News I am currently in Ukraine and despite the headlines, as well as the warnings by the British and American embassies, life goes on as usual on the streets of every city in Ukraine. I am not disputing the intel that the UK government and other major governments have as regards to the situation with Russia, but part of me feels that the US in particular, is stirring the pot to a degree. Even the Ukrainian government alluded to the fact that the US was causing alarm with their rhetoric and that people should remain calm about this situation. It doesn't seem either that our British government has helped that much in resolving this issue. Truss's meeting with Lavrov was a disaster. I understand that we shouldn't bend over to please the Russians, but threatening them will only lead to them becoming even more antagonistic, which will push everyone away from a peaceful outcome. The fact that the Russian media has said that Moscow finds it easier to hold diplomatic talks in Kiev rather than London, I believe speaks volumes. I think Truss also needs to sharpen up on her geography, as apparently she confused lands that legitimately belong to Russia as being Ukrainian sovereign territory and she allegedly also confused the Black Sea with the Baltic Sea. We shall see how this situation ultimately pans out in the coming days or weeks, but I personally think there is a much higher chance that Russia doesn't invade. It would be very counter productive in many ways for them and I don't think that they would be that foolish as to conduct a full on invasion of Ukraine.

Our grandson Connor, 15, won last night and into the final on Sunday, not tonight as I thought. The moment of triumph when he won and knew he was going into the final.

That last point should be pretty clear with the West fighting on the same side as Al Qaeda and ISIS in Yemen - but it’s still something a lot of people overlook or just don’t realise

That’s mental. This cat was found in a barn at a local farm after she was born, the mother died shortly after giving birth. The people who found her and her brothers/sisters took them to a local shelter who put them up for adoption basically as soon as they were considered old enough. I think when I got there half of them were already gone, I think there were 4 or 5 of them when I went in to see the kittens. When I got there all she wanted to do was get pets from me so I thought, “this cat seems to like me best, she’s probably the one to take home.” I think I paid less than 40 to take her home as a kitten. Bargain! And thanks, she is a very pretty kitty I agree

@Michael Nearly all your points are on the alternative news sites in the US. The mainstream call them conspiracy sites I think they are more objective though of course some articles are heavily biased as well. I also can't tell how it will proceed as neither of us know if any dark actors are on the ground to provoke a reaction. I recall a couple of years ago Putin's driver was killed on a motorway, his car suddenly went out of control and mounted the central barrier colliding with oncoming traffic. It raised questions though was not widely reported.

@JoshBRFC, off-topic but you are a boxing man, that young lad in the pic was our eldest grandson when he was 10 years old, he is now 15 and in a junior boxing tournament in Motherwell, Scotland, he fought in the quarter-finals tonight and won and is in the final tomorrow, happy old man I am. He fought this guy last week who was taller than him and won, he has a great pair of hands and the future looks good and his trainer/coach said he has potential.

Muhammed Faisal Aladdin Ali Yusuf Khan

It's a two-pet job to clean the dust from under the cabinet.

Sounds bad, if true I