According to a report in the Guardian, a witness in Ukraine said today: “There is no reason for Russian troops to be in our country, beyond the terrifying whim of an ageing autocrat”. Even captured Russian soldiers “don’t know why they are here”. The best hope, for halting the invaion of Ukraine, may lie with sheer weight of numbers: people all around the world who raise their voices in calling Putin to account.
Sanctions, yes. Closing Russian embassies, yes. Freezing the accounts of Russian oligarchs, who launder stolen money in London, yes. Even moving the Champion’s League final from St Petersburg to Paris, and Poland refusing to play Russia in the World Cup play-offs - done, and done - will contribute to the drip, drip, drip effect of concerted opposition to Russian expansionism. Putin and his cronies must be isolated and made aware that the whole world is horrified by what they're doing.
A pic taken yesterday of the Yarborough Hunt, a characterful pub dating back to the 17th century, in Brigg, North Lincolnshire. If the building has an almost industrial facade, that’s because it used to be a brewery…
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