Category: The Madness of Putin

10 March – Talks between Ukraine’s and Russia’s foreign ministers failed to bring a diplomatic breakthrough as hundreds of thousands of civilians remained trapped in Ukrainian cities under Russian bombardment. Russia renewed attacks on the southern port of Mariupol on Thursday, a day after a children’s and maternity hospital in the city was devastated and… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 20

8 March – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the bloc has bought enough liquefied natural gas that it should be independent of Russian imports up until the end of the winter. Von der Leyen also told Germany’s ARD television that sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine were… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 19

5 March – Civilian evacuation from Mariupol failed as Russian forces began shelling the city as well as the agreed-upon evacuation routes. Ukrainians continue to protest against the Russian occupants in the eastern city of Kherson. Hundreds of people attend protests there, carrying Ukrainian flags and posters saying, “Kherson in Ukraine.”To attempt to stop them,… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 18

Russian forces violated a temporary ceasefire they had negotiated with Ukraine which would have allowed civilians to evacuate from Volnovakha, a town in the eastern Donetsk Oblast. Despite the ceasefire violations, about 400 civilians were evacuated from the city. https://www.facebook.com/100078836973226/videos/1026562418211757

Dombrovskis, the EU Vice-President, said sanctions would include export controls, for example. “Coming with strong sanctions against Russia is going to have some impact on the EU economy and we need to be ready for this,” he said. “But here we have the security and territorial integrity of Ukraine at stake, and we have the… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 16 – 23 Feb 22

The EU is ready to launch a second set of sanctions against Russia if its troops move beyond Ukraine separatist regions, said Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission’s executive vice-president. “If there is further Russian aggression and further incursion into Ukraine territory we are willing to step up our response also in terms of sanctions,” Dombrovskis… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 15 – 23 Feb 22

23 February 2022 – NATO member states Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have triggered NATO Article 4 to launch consultations within the alliance over Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened,”… Continue reading The Madness of Putin Part 14 – 23 Feb 22

Over the past thirty years, the West has fallen prey over and over again to mirror-imaging its adversaries, and as a result, it continues to find itself repeatedly in a situation where the same mistakes are repeated over and over again, and the same national security problem set is forced upon us yet again. Nowhere… Continue reading The Madness of Putin – Footage 1