Putin, simply, has nowhere else to go.

Putin's desperation, in light of his realization that even throwing thousands of untrained mobilized soldiers into his continuing bloody war with Ukraine, has not stemmed the tide of Ukraine's steady push to rid their land of Russian soldiers and reclaim their territorial independence. 

Nonetheless, he continues to trumpet pure fictions and lies to justify what can now only be described as his calculated genocide against the people of Ukraine.

As reported by Michael Curzon (left),

"Vladimir Putin has issued a threat to the people of Kherson, suggesting that they can choose either to flee or be deported from [Kherson]. Speaking in Moscow, the President said: “Those who still live in Kherson should certainly be removed from the area of the most dangerous hostilities... civilians should not suffer from shelling, from attacks, counter-attacks or something like that.”(Express: 5 November 2022) (my emphasis) 

And whilst he is threatening the civilian population of Kherson with deportation, proclaiming that, "they should not suffer from shelling, from attacks, .... or something like that", he continues to indiscriminately shell and kill Ukrainian civilians living in other parts of the country.

Indeed, so intent is Putin on furthering his genocide against the people of Ukraine that, as
reported by Patrick Jackson (right),

"Convicted murderers and drug dealers who have recently left prison in Russia face being conscripted to fight in Ukraine under a change to the law.

President Vladimir Putin amended the legislation on calling up reservists to include men convicted of serious crimes who recently left prison." (BBC News : 4 November 2022) (my emphasis)
 

RN24: Facebook : 5 November 2022

And underpinning the raison d'être of the recruitment of convicted murderers and drug dealers, we have Alexander Dugin (left), Putin's 'Rasputin', declaring that,

“It is a holy war. It is no coincidence it has been declared a jihad. It is a holy battle against the Satanic West.
...
“It is an Orthodox battle, a final apocalyptic, eschatological battle of Orthodox Christian Russia, holy Russia, against the antichrist.

“That is the point of this special military operation!” (Tom Watling : Express : 4 November 2022) (my emphasis)

This is not exclusively the ravings of  Putin's 'Rasputin'.

As reported by Reuters,

"Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday cast Russia's war in Ukraine as a sacred conflict with Satan, warning that Moscow could send all its enemies to the eternal fires of Gehenna.

[Russia must] "stop the supreme ruler of Hell, whatever name he uses - Satan, Lucifer or Iblis."
 ...
In a message marking Russia's Day of National Unity, Medvedev said the task of the fatherland was to "stop the supreme ruler of Hell, whatever name he uses - Satan, Lucifer or Iblis." (Reuters : 4 November 2022) (my emphasis) (cf. also : Jerusalem Post : 4 November 2022)

Hindustan Times : YouTube : 4 November 2022

And whilst Dugin and Medvedev are invoking the idea of a 'holy war' against Ukraine, France 24 reports that,

"Top diplomats from the G7 on Thursday vowed to help see Ukraine through the coming winter as they held talks in Germany, with Kyiv's fight against Russia topping the agenda.
...
"Russia has chosen a new method of warfare by trying to let people starve, die of thirst and freeze to death," [German Foreign Minister Annalena] Baerbock added.

"This is exactly what we, as G7 partners, will try to prevent with everything we have, just as we will try to prevent the other perfidious methods of Russian warfare." (France 24 : 3 November 2022) (my emphasis)

France 24 : YouTube : 4 November 2022

Furthermore :-

• The U.S. is sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced Friday. (KY3 (AP article) : 4 November 2022) (my emphasis)
• As the situation on the ground deteriorates, Microsoft renewed its pledge to provide free tech support to those in [Ukraine] throughout 2023 and committed to just under $100 million in additional funding. (Veronika Bondarenko : TheStreet : 3 November 2022) (my emphasis)

Referring to his current war with Ukraine as a 'holy war' through his mouthpieces of Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Dugin, Putin now sits slumped in a corner with his head in his hands not knowing what more he can do to vanquish the spirit of the people of Ukraine as the Kremlin vultures begin to circle above his head.

Putin, simply, has nowhere else to go.   

 (to be continued)