For me, it has been difficult to watch unfold, the hold-ups in US congress, Germany fumbling through and the rest of Europe dithering. I am not thrilled with Australia’s effort either, we should have got the Taipan helicopter to Ukraine to save lives.

The Trump syndrome to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin has been ratcheted up, Trump was a failure as President and will be a bigger failure in a second term. Now Russia is gaining ground in Ukraine, land that had been liberated by Ukraine previously. This is the most stupid thing ever, the Ukrainian lives lost liberating this land two years ago have been disrespected.

This is a failure of NATO, western Europe and the alliance in general. Whilst the Russian threats have been empty so far, they are considered extreme. Western Europe is finally starting to smarten up that Russia is a threat to them also. Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are very concerned as they are so close to Russia, all Russian troops need to do is cross the river. Putin is testing NATO, he is probing to determine how far he can push.

Poland is well aware of the threat, their military is already pretty big and will defend their country. Should Russia have a crack at Poland, Russia will absolutely lose that war as Poland sees this threat and there is no way they will be unprepared. Poland is building a highly respectable military force and Russia will not win a conventional war against Poland, they will try, but I believe Poland would stop any Russian advance through their territory.