Ukraine and deluded Putin

An internal coup now seems feasible. It began at the assembly of the Russian Security Council on Feb. 21 when Vladimir Putin forced the elite to public recognition of the separatist republics in Eastern Ukraine and further violent aggression.

Like Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, pictured Jan. 10, 2022, is aware that the decision on mass shootings or large-scale aggression against a sovereign state is a major crime with no period of limitation. The modern world has already prosecuted such war criminals as Saddam Hussein, Mu'ammar Gaddaffi, and Slobodan Milosevic. Vladimir Putin could well be next.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY DAVID KILGOUR AND DMYTRO PAVEL

March 11, 2022

OTTAWA—The unprovoked invasion of democratic Ukraine by the Russian military appears to have united most of the world in opposition. It is now clear that since 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic goal has been to bring all of Ukraine under his fist—not just the regions of Donets...

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