You see a lot of these vehicles in the large Western farms. I'm sure it used to spray the crops with. Like in the American large farming States, most tractors have duel rear wheels instead of singles.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires top security chief and prosecutor

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INNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the head of the country’s security service and its prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments.

“In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the SBU have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,” Zelenskyy said.

“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the state’s national security, and the links recorded between Ukrainian security forces and Russian special services raise very serious questions about their respective leaders,’’ he said.

He dismissed Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, and replaced her with her deputy Oleksiy Symonenko. He also dismissed Ivan Bakanov, the head of Ukraine’s security service, the SBU. Bakanov was a long-time friend of Zelenskyy’s, according to Ukrainian news agencies.

Our field system dates back to the middle ages and drystone walling dates back over 2.000 years and there's little you can do about that. Since the war thousands of miles of hedgerows have been cut down to make fields bigger and thus more efficient but this act of devastation had serious consequences to much of the wildlife and the government had to jump in and control it. Hedges are now protected. On our lane there is a hedge that is just 40 yards long and really, doesn't have a job to do but it's protected by law and the farmer is not allowed to plough within five feet of it, which annoys him no end. The wood pigeons are out in force now, scavenging for the seed and there are hundreds of them, which the shooters are bagging all day. All you can hear is gunshots.

Rape seed or what is now called Canola because people were offended by the word Rape.

Really? One explanation of the word FUCK is that it is an acronym from the old English court system. Forcible, Unathorized, Carnal, Knowledge. Seems as if there were so many "FUCKS" in jolly olde England, that the word became offensive to the Lady's ears. So it was changed to Rape which was less offensive & a biblical term. Now the "snowflakes" are offended by the word Rape?????????????? Go figure eh

I think Soy looks worse than Rape before harvesting.

That's the worry, he needs something dramatic to save face. Possibly a tactical battlefield nuclear weapon or blowing up the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and blaming it on the Ukrainians. If he thinks his position is under threat he'll try anything.  

If you look at a map showing the huge territorial gains made by Germany under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk you'd be forgiven for wondering how Germany and Austria-Hungary lost the war just eight months later; especially considering the natural resources they now had at their disposal. But the sheer size of the area they had to manage was their undoing, they didn't have enough troops to control it AND fight on the Western and Italian Fronts. In the end the exploitation of their newly acquired land never amounted to anywhere enough to change the course of the war. 

It's what they call the Western Steppe. There is also an Eastern Steppe but that more around Mongolia

A sham, rigged referendum is no way out. The danger is that once these areas "vote" to join Russia any attack on them will be seen as an attack on Russia itself. I suspect Putin is doing this so he can call it a proper war and order full mobilization, something under his so-called Special Military Operation he can't do.  

A sham, rigged referendum is no way out. The danger is that once these areas "vote" to join Russia any attack on them will be seen as an attack on Russia itself. I suspect Putin is doing this so he can call it a proper war and order full mobilization, something under his so-called Special Military Operation he can't do.  

He is on record saying his threat to use nukes is not a bluff. 

A double bluff more like, he's forgetting we've got them too. Knowing how his devious mind works it's possible he could let off a small battlefield nuke and blame Ukraine which he said months ago are running a nuclear programme.  

Bull Art. The Russian based people start the war years ago and that's when the Russians came in to help and managed through a corrupt election to get a corrupt leader in place. Surely you remember him leaving the country in the dark of night with a plane load of Ukraine's money and gold.

A sham, rigged referendum is no way out. The danger is that once these areas "vote" to join Russia any attack on them will be seen as an attack on Russia itself. I suspect Putin is doing this so he can call it a proper war and order full mobilization, something under his so-called Special Military Operation he can't do.  

It can be a way out. There’s no need to rig the election, they would vote to join Russia. The world conveniently forgets that these Russians were badly oppressed by the Ukrainians. I think that if you give Putin an honourable way out he’ll take it, as he’s not only got the western world against him but many of his own people are now rising up against him. There is a groundswell of concern over his new mobilisation which could spiral out of control and he finds himself fighting two wars. Surely Ukraine would also settle for this? Although I don’t think they would have a choice as the west would surely make them take it. 

Why should Ukraine accept the loss of territory, especially when the Russians are being slowly pushed back. Putin may have a claim to the largely ethnic Russian areas in the far east that he's been gradually infiltrating for years, but he's also claiming land further west, in effect cutting off Ukraine from the Black Sea. He'll win referendums in those areas either through fraud or simply because he's shipped out thousands of Ukrainians and replaced them with Russians.   

Why should Ukraine accept the loss of territory, especially when the Russians are being slowly pushed back. Putin may have a claim to the largely ethnic Russian areas in the far east that he's been gradually infiltrating for years, but he's also claiming land further west, in effect cutting off Ukraine from the Black Sea. He'll win referendums in those areas either through fraud or simply because he's shipped out thousands of Ukrainians and replaced them with Russians.   

I agree Mark and if you have seen any resent pictures of Putin he's not a well man and his face looks very puffy. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't have terminal Cancer. So if he does start throwing nukes around in Ukraine because he's losing, then what does he care now if he's dying anyway. He has called up conscription to his people to serve and a lot of Russian are trying to fight it. 1300 were arrested today alone for protesting. They will end up in the salt mines of Siberia for sure.

Right now Putin is a very dangerous man. How many of his Oligarchs have fallen from 6 story building lately. Makes it look like all Russian building have 6 stories. A coup would be the best outcome but who has the balls to try it.

The call up of reservists sounds scarier than it really is, most of them have no genuine military experience and it'll take months to train them up even half decently. I expect to see mass desertions once they get anywhere near the front. 

The danger of a coup is just who'll take over, it could be someone even more determined on a Greater Russia.  

I know Pete hates the very existence of this man but this is a very informative viewpoint from Carlson so I do hope you take out ten minutes to view it because this is a fascinating and disturbing appraisal

The call up of reservists sounds scarier than it really is, most of them have no genuine military experience and it'll take months to train them up even half decently. I expect to see mass desertions once they get anywhere near the front. 

The danger of a coup is just who'll take over, it could be someone even more determined on a Greater Russia.  

I beg your pardon Mark, I was in the U.S.N.R. & was on full alert during the Pueblo crisis.