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surely every team worried about possible relegation will change their accounting year end?

A single row seems to be generally considered ok for engineered trusses. https://www.labc.co.uk/sites/default/files/labcpd0914_techg_solar_panels.pdf It’s worth looking how the cold water tank is supported as that can add a big loading.

Statistically being a Russian General is that same as playing Russian roulette once a fortnight…

They should paint big red crosses on them, fill them with supplies and send them to Mauripol.

I doubt he opens his own doors. I also suspect that he has several years supply of underpants in sealed containers.

With luck some portions of that Russian army are going to collapse soon.

They can certainly manufacture soft drinks. For other goods they can import via China but they don’t have sufficient transport infrastructure in the east - there is now only one (Chinese) container company that will deal with them.

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They are going to the big us base in Germany…

It might be a strong arm tactic for the negotiations, the usa having them is a step nearer.

Well the poles are giving ukraine migs (at arms length) https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/statement-of-the-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-republic-of-poland-in-connection-with-the-statement-by-the-us-secretary-of-state-on-providing-airplanes-to-ukraine

You may be right the nato constitution requires that all territorial disputes are settled https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_24733.htm Which I have assumed precludes them joining given crimea but perhaps I am wrong.

Imagine the victory parade , tractor after tractor…

We are talking on the basis that the puppet pm is negotiated away, it seems to have been dropped but may pop up again. The puppet pm is a non starter and seems to have disappeared in the Russian statement. the breakaways and crimea are lost unless they want to invade over the line of control, yes it’s wrong but they didn’t control them last week. Get them demilitarised so there is no threat to rest of the disputed land in Ukraine proper and the shelling stops. constitutions can be changed , they could never have joined nato with an outstanding territorial dispute - it’s not allowed. the eu can be fudged in a few years.

You are right. Joining nato with an unresolved territorial dispute was never possible. Ukraine have shown Russia that it can never win a war against them so they don’t actually need Nato. Ukraine would surely demand that the breakaways have no forces other than customs as an example and no foreign troops or irregulars. it’s tough but diplomacy isn’t about right and wrong it’s the art of the possible. the bigger loss is the eu, but having dealt with war, maybe the west and Russia could agree to remove sanctions in 6 months and let Ukraine have some associate membership like Norway there is a shed load of face saving going on, I doubt Russia really cares long term.