Meanwhile, I'm still a-thinkin'

With cakegate and similar distractions, the main news in many media sources gets shoved below the fold or its equivalent. 

UKRAINE

No great surprise that I can fly from Luton to Sikorsky airport in Kiev in 3h15 minutes by WizzAir, for £25 return.

Or maybe not. Here we are on the edge of something similar to the Sudetenland situation, with Russia up to the borders of the Ukraine and many NATO forces poised in opposition. The UK has even become a lead nation for one of the battlegroups. 

Above are illustrated the comprehensive red Russian positions, best summarised as planes and missiles all along the border, along with 100,000 ground forces. North east of the map there is the bat symbol of the Spetznaz GRU, the Special Forces unit. They are skilled as infiltrators behind enemy lines and in the use of unconventional warfare, including hybrid use of signals, which could be interpreted as a variant of cyber warfare. There are also stationed the 45th Detached Brigade, a super-fit elite of airborne troops, grounded with GRU training and also in some cases with U.S. training from Fort Carson, Colorado. 

The majority of Ukraine’s forces are located in Western Ukraine, as the positioning of the forces is left over from the Soviet period, when they were placed to maximise Soviet defensive potential against NATO forces. 

We can see five mechanised infantry brigades, two artillery brigades, a tank brigade, a rocket brigade, four tactical aviation brigades, two army aviation regiments, and an air mobile brigade. Also worth highlighting the forces located in the south, near the Crimea: one mechanised infantry brigade, a tactical aviation brigade, an air mobile brigade and an army aviation regiment.

and

DOMESTIC NEWS EXTRACT

UK domestically has several other news-worthy stories:

• Housing subsidy failure
• Brexit supply chain delays
• Inflation at more than 5% and rising
• The National Insurance taxation increases
• Fat cats making money from the margins of NHS 
• Chumocratic awards of money and peerages

I could go on, but I see someone has just published the cake recipe.