as somebody born in Ukraine i don't know what Putin should have done given pressure from NATO but i can't bring myself to think that invading Ukraine as he did was it

remember this is not the first time Putin has used force - he used it in Chechnya and Georgia ( where my father was born )

to a man with only a hammer every problem looks like a nail.

Putin may be smart, and he may be a Russian Patriot ... but he is still a piece of shit.