"He is doing his job and acting in Russia's national interest."

• Do you really think that? I tend to think that he is ruining his country, and that he won't survive that war.

"Not only is this completely pointless - How will they get this equipment into Ukraine now that the airspace is closed and the borders controlled by Russian troops?"

• Via Slovakia or Hungary, or via the Black Sea and Odessa?

"It is also very dangerous because it gives Russia cassus belli against Germany & the Netherlands."

• That would be an even crazier suicide mission than Putin's attack on Ukraine. Not that Germany is militarily strong, but it's part of the EU and NATO.