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Yeah, then if the claim is true they have to find puppets willing enough to put their lives on the line as a "new" government. I heard an Economist editor last night talking about Putin and suggesting that he probably wants to go in flames over this. She also talked about the oligarchs being a potential weak link that can be squeezed hard and about how the Kremlin can decide it has had enough of its leaders.

Im so proud of Poland throughout this- amazing country and people. The very best of Europe, only for them things would be a lot worse. They are Ukraine’s safety valve

https://twitter.com/fawndn99/status/1497851570503004164?s=21

The only sophisticated electronic capabilities we’ve seen is Russian soldiers climbing poles disabling highway cameras. Pathetic.

I am still hoping for some talks because the civilians will most likely suffer very heavy losses if the Russians really target them . Putin can still throw a lot more at them and he will get even more desperate as there is no going back for him .He is most likely finished soon enough but can do an awful lot of damage before he goes .

Pictures emerging of Russians using civilian areas to base their artillery pieces to shell Ukrainians.

At least the mask has well and truly fallen from the Russian government officials. For years, Putin and his cronies have striven to put on this cool, calm, logical persona with a touch of menace, like they're always the smartest guy in the room, playing their sly little mind games. Putin slouching in his chair, legs spread while sitting with other world leaders, tacitly demonstrating a lack of respect for his counterpart by not even having an attentive posture. Now, we have a glimpse of the real Putin, foaming at the mouth, rambling about neo-nazis and drug addicts in the Ukrainian government. We thought the U.S. were telling a whopper with weapons of mass destruction, and they were, but here's Putin with his own version of that.

And that Russian ambassador to Ireland who appeared on the six one news.... who the hell was that guy? He looked and sounded like the secondary villain of some old Euro-thriller starring Michael Caine. That guy's calling in life is to be racing around the narrow streets of 1980s Bruges in a tiny car in search of a mysterious black briefcase. If he doesn't at least own a pair of black leather gloves and a pistol with a ridiculously long silencer, I am going to be sorely, sorely disappointed.

Because they are busy doing other things. It's not a wave of a wand and it takes time for countries and governments to formulate and agree on policies.

I very much he survives this and ends up getting a standing ovation as he enters Brussels for Ukraines accession to the EU.

When you see videos like that of Ukrainians just walking slowly up to a tank, or the lone guy who stood in front of a moving tank , or the guy single handed trying to block an entire armoured column by just standing in the middle of the road ... It's amazing ,and must just sap the moral of Russian troops ,

And the granny with the sunflower seeds ... I reckon Ukrainian granny's could win this war - who the hell wants to beat up a granny ..

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Such a lovely photo. I really hope his family are out of the country and he makes it through this.

A fairly decent synopsis of the rightful isolation of Putin. UK Foreign Secretary Lizz Truss also suggesting this is the beginning of the end for him. As this goes on it looks like this monumental miscalculation could be the case.