I'd imagine in some four poster silk ridden bed. But then tells people in a cave with Wild Bears and Wolves.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

The annexation of Crimea in 2014 will be viewed as a success by Putin certainly, and its what the people there wanted.

The population are overwhelmingly Russian speaking and voted 90% in favour of joining the Russian Federation in 2015.

The cheering on of fantasy land beliefs... Certainly effective if you have the military might to back it up, and no low of moral behaviour is ever percieved as such. I'm sure there are still some in Russia not caught up in this bubble, but they essentially hold opinions that are illegal to express. Stockholm syndrome nation.

Did you have fun at the rally?

I am sure your comments will be comforting to the civilians in Mariupol

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Worry not folks help is at hand.

Bono has written a poem in support of Ukraine and Nancy Pelosi has read it out.

I bet those knees are a trembling in the Kremlin.

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At least Mila Kunis has helped raised $30m for them.

Note: I was going to mention Leonardo DeCapri's generous $10m donation but according to CNN this is actually fake news, in fairness he did not put this out so I guess someone was pranking him.

One more point

Nato is not a world or European policeman. It's a mutual defence agreement, to which Ukraine does not belong. So whilst its members are as distressed as everyone about what is happening, and could, theoretically, get actively involved individually and are providing support, Nato as an organisation cannot. No member has been attacked.

That Putin blames Nato is just him sowing disinformation and blowing a smoke screen to cover his aggression. This is Putin's war. Nato has no, and has never had, any aggressive purpose. Its role is wholly defensive. It exists to deter aggression and will respond only if that deterrence fails.

The reason Putin doesn't like Nato expansion is not because of any military threat to Russia. There isn't any. He doesn't like it because he knows that it restrains his own ambitions. The threats come internally. Having successful, growing democracies on his borders, protected by Nato, could be seen by the western Russian regions as models for themselves and create unrest.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.