image for 1000 words

Thanks to “LR” for a great picture :-)

And this what that independence did to the population of the Ukraine (in millions, official Ukie statistics)

This image was posted yesterday in a Greek aerospace blog. Supposedly taken on January 31st; it shows the Russian AF deployment in Syria: source: https://ptisidiastima.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/syrian-russian-base-3…