It would seem Vladimir Putin’s 'Special Military Operation' in Ukraine is going nowhere. And in that sense his self-styled name of the war gives it an ironic touch. But the war is killing far too many people, both Ukrainian civilians and military and Russian soldiers too. It is now estimated that over 500,000 Russians troops have been killed in the war. These are not only from Russia, they are also from North Korea and Bangladesh.
It is reported that Putin has now become paranoid about his safety and is running from one bunker to the next, while all the time Russian soldiers are being killed.
The Russian war in Ukraine is now lasting longer than the Soviet fight with the Wehrmacht, which ended with a Soviet victory.
Putin had expected a quick victory in Ukraine, it was to be done and dusted in a matter of days. His plans mirror with those of Hitler who expected to take Stalingrad in two weeks.
Mr Putin’s Special Military Operation Ukraine is not going to plan. How long will it be before his generals tell him so?
The Ukrainian drone attack in St Petersburg yesterday is an embarrassment for Putin.
Is that the first attack on the city, then called Leningrad, since the German 900 day siege between September 8, 1941 and January 27, 1944.
It is also the birthplace of Vladimir Putin, who was born on October 7, 1952.
On of his two brothers, Viktor, born in 1940, died of diphtheria and starvation in 1942m during the siege of Leningrad.
His father fought against the German invader. His maternal grandmother was killed by the Germans, as were his maternal uncles, who were killed on the eastern front.
Putin’s grandfather, Spiridon Putin was a personal cook to Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.
Surely a casebook study for any psychotherapist. The man might well be suffering PTDS
Not much consolation for Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, Russian soldiers too, being killed and receiving horrific life-changing injuries every day and night.
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