This description of the 40-mile Russian convoy outside of Kyiv is brilliant:

[tblue37]

"the 40-mile “convoy” north of Kyiv, . . . has been better described as a linear prisoner-of-war camp to which the captors are not obliged to provide rations"

From Elliot Cohen's article in The Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/strategy-west-needs-beat-russia/626962/

[Leghorn21]

1. Well done!

Also, there’s a *considerable* lack of indoor heat 🔥 and running water 💦

Hard times indeed

[lagomorph777]

2. I imagine it's become sport to stop by and blow up a tank or two.

[dutch777]

3. I wonder if the EU offered political asylum to all RU soldiers in Ukraine, what would happen?

They beat up any officers that try to stop them and voila! Easier to deal with 150k surrendering soldiers than millions of refugees. And add bonus $$$ for any tanks and other equipment they bring with them. Would be ironic if a purely capitalist solution thwarted Putin.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. I think Ukraine already offered asylum.

Money, too.

[Torchlight]

5. An apt description for the Allied position that spring.

For four months during WW2, Kesselring called the US invasion forces in and around Anzio, 'the largest self-sustaining prison camp in the world.'

An apt description for the Allied position that spring.