[Ukraine] [NATO]
Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a
winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in |
Simon Tisdall
Guardian · 4d ago
The Russian leader is ploughing on with his forever war –
and each day is a crime against humanity. Western
democracies cannot simply sit on their hands
Ukraine’s people face a winter from hell. Thwarted on the
battlefield, Russia is stepping up systematic, daily
attacks on civilians, their homes, schools, hospitals,
workplaces, and the vital infrastructure that sustains
human life. Wave after wave of terrifying daytime
ballistic missile and jet-drone strikes on Kyiv and other
cities are destroying supermarket distribution hubs ,
pharmaceutical and medical facilities, logistics centres
and warehouses. The result is sharply rising civilian
casualties and growing shortages of food and other
essentials. As a freezing winter approaches, Russia will
again try to blow up Ukraine’s water supplies and power
grid, cutting off electricity to millions. This is
Vladimir Putin’s version of darkness at noon. He’d rather
kill everybody than admit he’s lost.
Russia’s leader reportedly told Donald Trump this week
that his “special military operation”, now in its fifth
year, was going to plan . Trump may believe him. Western
analysts certainly don’t. Failing militarily and taking
huge casualties , his regime is under growing domestic
economic and public pressure to wind down the war. Yet
Putin seems to think one last big push can finally break
Ukraine’s will. Trump’s renewed meddling – after months of
inertia, he sent his patsy envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve
Witkoff , back to Moscow last weekend (they also visited
Kyiv for the first time) – perpetuates Kremlin delusions
of victory. Now there’s talk of more talks. And all the
while, Putin kills and kills. Each day is a crime against
humanity.
Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator
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