It is not surprising that Tom Mitchell (Letters, January 29) has such a cavalier dismissal of the problems of people in other countries, when he clearly has no idea of where these countries are.

If the Ukraine has shifted location to the Baltic then I fear we all have a much bigger problem to worry about than anything vested upon us by our fellow man, be they politicians, generals, or troublemaking rabble.

Richard Carr, Station Road, Poppleton, York.