>Northern Ireland's oil prices have shot up more than 35% in the week after Russia invaded Ukraine - so what does it mean for the UK's most oil-dependent nation?
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>A teenager who stabbed a girl 60 times in a "brutal, pre-planned and unprovoked attack" has been given a life sentence, police have said.
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>AUTHORITIES have condemned an attack on an ambulance in Bridport which they said has 'put lives at risk'.
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Has World War Three already started?
Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor
Some security experts believe it has, others say it is only a matter of time until Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignites the spark that triggers an existential, global conflict.
President Putin on Saturday described a decision by the West to impose unprecedented sanctions against his regime as "akin to declaring war".
He is right. The two sides are locked in an economic and political war.
The key question is whether the two sides have the restraint and/or desire to keep this wider conflict beneath the threshold of a full-blown military one.
It is a delicately balanced equation and underlines the fragility and the greyness of the line between what is conventionally viewed as peace and war.
In terms of potential flashpoints that tip the world into armed confrontation, there are many.
Individual allies, including the UK, the United States and even – since Russia's invasion began – previously more pacifist Germany, are attempting to track a middle line between direct intervention and doing nothing.
This involves sending in weapons and ammunition to bolster Ukraine's ability to defend itself.
The end result is not as effective as NATO directly protecting Ukraine's airspace but it is clearly helping Ukraine do what amounts to the same thing. The hope is that Russia will appreciate the distinction.
What if Moscow decides to view the downing of one of its aircraft by a missile gifted to the Ukrainians by America as akin to the US shooting it down directly?
Then look at what a defeat for Ukraine would do. It would have a profound impact on the balance of power in Europe and it could ultimately fuel the appetite of other authoritarian regimes – principally China – to use military force to impose their will over other nations.
Another factor that could make Russia's invasion of Ukraine explode into a wider war is by accident.
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The longer the conflict goes on, the greater risk of a stray Russian missile or rocket hitting one of the NATO countries that border Ukraine, or taking out an allied warship or jet operating close by.
Finally – and this is not an exhaustive list – there is the possibility of a miscalculation by Russia setting off a chain of events the erupts into global war.
That may well have already happened with Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.
But what if he decides to move further such as to target next door Moldova or directly test NATO unity by attacking a member of the alliance directly?
The ability of the world to absorb such shocks without security breaking down is finite and it is already being tested to the limit.
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Russia warns any country offering airfields to Ukraine would be entering conflict
Russia has warned that any country offering its airfields to Ukraine for attacks on its forces may be considered as having entered the conflict, a Russian defence ministry spokesperson has said.
"The use of the airfield networks of these countries to base Ukrainian military aircraft and their subsequent use against the Russian armed forces may be regarded as the involvement of these states in an armed conflict," Interfax news agency quoted Igor Konashenkov as saying.
It comes as Poland considers supplying its warplanes to Ukraine, with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, saying his country is "talking very actively" about providing military jets to Poland to backfill in the event it does send planes to Ukraine.
>You understand that most people come here because it's the only part of the internet that's not pozzed out of it's asshole by globohomo?
What did he mean by this?
Portsmouth News: WW3: Will there be a nuclear war with Russia? Britain's former defence secretary Penny Mordaunt says "no" - here's why | The News.
portsmouth.co.uk
imagine buying the normie image of Any Forums being full of 200iq black magic wielding autists lmao
my cawfee has yummy Coffee Mate flavored creamer in it. french vanilla :3
He probably works so somebody's government
this is the only place left on the internet you can speak freely without being perma banned
damage control
i know a lot more than mordaunt
do you actually believe this
Coventry Live: UK troops will not be sent to fight in Ukraine, Ben Wallace says.
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Big Cats?
Cawfee :3
I like my coffee like I like my women
Black and 30 minutes old
have you tried posting anything on reddit lately?
or facebook?
or twitter?
That's a big pussy
SussexWorld: Ukraine crisis: Defence expert warns invasion exposes weaknesses in West's military.
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old news
it doesn't mean they won't be sent somewhere else to fight when this war escalates
neither of your articles does anything to show that the early stages of ww3 haven't already begun
try again
post what?
kek
that is a large pussy desu
STFU NONCE