To be fair, it wasn’t in a railway carriage this time.
Are the straits open/ closed, depends which side you lean towards. From day 1 this war has read like Billy Liar. Iran certainly seems to have the upper hand, Trump and Co. appear to have monumentally messed up.
Quelle surprise.
No surprise mate, just jaw dropping that there are folk who still believe the biggest most beautiful one man demolition derby aka shitgibbon.
In the end I guess it depends on who the ships’ insurance companies believe.
Think there’s a risk Putin may misjudge that, I’m guessing the EU contingent of NATO would want to send a very clear message to the loon and his warped mentality could escalate that to…

Yeah, given how much Ukraine has stretched them thin, that seems like a very unwise strategy. I’ve seen reporting to the effect that Putin’s Generals are lying to him hugely about what’s actually going on though, which might explain why he thinks this is a viable option.
Which of them is likely to tell him that it’s a stupid idea ?
Open windows are NOT your friends.