Ukraine: Cold war is over

There is no point in me trying to do an up to the minute blog post cos everything is and will change by the hour.

Let's put it this way: War is happening in Ukraine, it may not be declared as such by Russia but it has and started around 3 am UK time with movements involving sea, land and air from Crimea, Russia and Belarus in a  military  operation to "demilitarize and denazify"

Excuse me while I fill a paper bag: Whatever one may think of Ukraine's politicians and President, they are not Nazi's, they aren't opposed ethnically to Russians, rounding up, ill treating and killing them nor are they antisemitic.

They are not and have not waged war on Russia or anyone else: they have had Russian weapons and disguised soldiers fight them before and weapons leave bases in Russia crossing the border with no one asking what tanks and rocket launchers are doing leaving.

Find me a base anywhere in the world where I could walk out with this stuff without being arrested or killed even UNLESS it's approved.

It's not about beefing up the so called independent Peoples Republics Russian President Putin "recognized" two days ago security, already rockets have been fire well into Ukraine such as Kiev, the Capital.

It is nothing less than than a take over by war on a continent largely free from it since WW2, a total rejection of the right of a peoples to self determination and national sovereignty and a potential threat to other actual Nato member states that will drag more soldiers and weapons on their soil directly facing Russia.

Cold war is over: It's on fire now. It's not WW3 but could easily escalate.