Regarding "Russian temperament":

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/...archs-pile-up/


"Fell out of a hospital window" whilst tap-dancing in joy over a miraculous recovery, no doubt. Oops!

I see the Russian temperament somewhat differently. I see it as a mirror of the American people during the Viet Nam war. "Hell No, We won't go." "Hey Hey, L B J, how many kids you kill today?" In Russia it is "нет войне" (No to War). Thousands of young American men went to Canada to avoid the draft just as draft eligible Russians are fleeing Russia. A perplexed Nixon mingled with demonstrators at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. asking individuals "What do you want?" Nixon did not understand America's public attitude toward the Viet Nam war any more than Putin understands the Russian public attitude toward Putin's war.

Slava Ukraini

There are some who wonder if the corruption in the Russian military is so bad that the money that was supposed to be used for warhead maintenance that is needed to keep nuclear weapons from "going bad" on the shelf may have been stolen and that maintenance not performed. (This came in a discussion thread I read months ago... when Putin made his initial threats of nuclear weapons use but before the might of the Russian Army was shown to be, well, not so mighty.) If that's even partly true, they may have a lot of duds in their nuclear arsenal. But it only takes one good one.

fell out? you mean that a typical method in moscow, right?