As of 20th September, more than 49,000 people have arrived in Ireland
All of this amounts to an enormous Russian humiliation. That, and that alone, is why he is now again bluffing about his willingness to use nuclear weapons.
“[We have] lots of weapons to reply.”
Worse than death?
Punishment
No cap.
Critical infrastructure.
“The local community is becoming increasingly angry.”
Carol Nolan PQ
Russia’s greatest strength, politically, was the notion that it could not be beaten. This weekend, its army was routed. That will change the political calculus considerably.
“Vultures” are flying in to take advantage of women’s misery
Simon Coveney says that neutrality means taking sides “from a military support point of view” in conflicts which don’t involve us. @Ben_Scallan says someone get this man a dictionary pronto.