Will Putin jump into the abyss of war with Ukraine

First I would like to thank all my readers a Happy New Year for 2022, notwithstanding the fact that, as reported by Aamer Madhani,

“As for residents of Donbas, where hundreds of thousands of our citizens live, Russia will take all necessary measures to protect them,” he said. “An adequate response will be given to any possible military provocations by Kyiv against Donbas.”, [said Lavrov (right), that dyed-in-the-wool Soviet foreign minister, and Putin's international mouthpiece.] (MSN News : 1 January 2020) (my emphasis)

Having, since 2014 when he invaded and annexed Ukraine's Crimea, invaded Ukraine's Donbas, and then simply incorporated these 'land thefts' in Russia, little did Putin realise that he was slowly painting himself into an international political and legal corner from which there is now no escape for him except to amplify belligerent threats of war.

That Putin is ready to jump into the dark abyss of unknown worldwide consequences, should he invade Ukraine, tells one more about his state of mind rather than about his political common sense. 

No longer is there an Angela Merkel to beat the political drum of trying to appease Putin and, in so doing, give him solace and tacit support for his current insane demands regarding Ukraine, NATO, former eastern bloc countries which are now part of the EU and, more importantly, that these demands should be met with forthwith.

Unfortunately for Putin, US President Biden is no pushover!

President Biden does NOT have to flood Ukraine with US soldiers to protect Ukraine's borders and  inalienable right to self determination. 

For President Biden, the simple push of a button is enough to bring Putin's Russian economy crashing down around his ankles. (CNBC : Youtube : 31  December 2021)

 This has prompted Putin to set up a call with President Biden.

As Sinéad Baker (right) reports,

" Russian President Vladimir Putin warned President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday that relations between the two countries could collapse if the US imposes sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine.

The Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after the call that Putin told Biden that sanctions "could lead to a complete breakdown in ties between our countries," Reuters reported." (Businessinsider : 31 December 2021) (my emphasis)

As I wrote in my blog entry of 15 July 2021,

"Putin's political teeth is being pulled out! All that is now left in his political toolbox is 'war with Ukraine'."

And so it is that we have now reached the stage of Putin teetering on the edge of the abyss of AGAIN invading Ukraine.

But this time the repercussions will be GLOBAL!

Will Putin jump into the abyss of war with Ukraine.

(to be continued)