In 1991 a referendum was held in what is now #Ukraine asking whether the nation should stay united with #Russia . The states in red had voted for #Russia & those in Green for the West .
Interesting to note the green circle of #Kiev in what is otherwise a red state.
They didn't . In 2014 the US organised a regime change operation called "maidan" . This was followed by a removal from office of all Pro Russian leaders . The pre Maidan President had to escape from Ukraine & take shelter in moscow.
Maidan itself was hijacked by Neo Nazi militia . The govt & security setup of Ukraine today is pretty linked to Neo Groups. Few dare vote against them .
In the Southeast sector #Russia has no #logistics problems with supplies getting trucked in via the DPR & LPR .If anything the #Ukrainian forces stuck here have logistics trouble with supply lines stretching to #Lviv nearly 1200km away ,nothing is getting out of #Kiev ,#Kharkiv .
To their credit #Ukrainian forces seem to have Prepositioned significant ammunition , troops & equipment in hardened dispersed storages in the east which they're using to fight on .
Of late #Russians have been Targeting these stores unerringly.
Imho while Civilizational dialogue, investment & film forums can proceed #narendramodiji should only share space with #XiJinping after Chinese pull back forces beyond finger 8 & return to status quo ante as in 2019.
That should be our minimum condition .
The Chinese foreign policy towards India has hitherto always been conceptualized ,finalised & implemented not by the Beijing MOFA but the PLA. We have a unique situation now with #XiJinping being the first president to directly command the PLA since #MaoZedong .
#mustread thread for anyone who wishes to understand #defence in depth & how #Finland is far more militarised & prepared as a society for war than even the #USA .
Much here that #India can imbibe especially in the #himalayas .
Much to learn here .
3) Prepositioned stocks of small arms including ATGMs & Manpads that can be distributed if required . 4) Bunkers in all major & minor settlements alongwith vehicles for pre-planned escape routes .
The "Integrated country strategy" with #SriLanka will likely be our template for #BharatVarsh as a union of #Indic civilization.
Interesting to note that instead of imposing ourselves we've let the #SriLanka govt outline the details of the integration process on their terms.
A detailed description of what they're looking at below . In essence seems to be much like a federation of union of states .Better for the people of both nations .
Dear @PMOIndia@MoHFW_INDIA#India is now manufacturing between 80-100Mn doses of #vaccine monthly or some 3Mn daily.
Would request to see if at least 30Mn-40Mn can be preferntially allotted to the 10 biggest cities by end May.
Will bring down positivity & caseload massively.
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I've left 70Mn doses for all the other regions . Also consider that the majority of cases are concentrated in cities by simply vaccinating at least 50% of top ten cities we can control the number of cases quickly .
Question is what would #India spend on?
Did we have a successful vaccine ready prior to December 2020?
Answer is no.
The #USA gambled $16Bn on 7 vaccines in June 2020 . 3 succeeded, one in trials & 3 failed.
The #USA essentially lost $6-7Bn in the gamble.
Acceptable odds for us?
You make the mistake of thinking BB was successful in the first try . Dr Krishna Ella tried & rejected two prior vaccine designs before settling on Covaxin . Also covaxin needs BSL4 & BSL3 facilities so cannot be made everywhere.
Also other older facilities are being upgraded to BSL3/4 for Covaxin but these will come online in a few months from now , not before. Haffkine in Mumbai should produce Covaxin from December 2021, a facility in Odisha from June 2022 .