Russian President Vladimir Putin had ambitions of rolling over Ukraine in 10 days to pilfer their resources, land and labour. Whilst they had a stated objective of denazifying Ukraine in their special military operation, anyone who doesn’t swallow Russian propaganda knows this is an outrageous lie. Putin is now a war criminal who will be severely curtailed in future movements and may even be handed over the the International Criminal Court by his own country if this war deteriorates further and he is removed as fascist leader of Russia.

Putin is not demilitarising Ukraine, he is demilitarising Russia – he just hasn’t worked it out yet. Russia faces substantial sanctions, this will set their economy back years of development. Russia is a G20 nation, I will be interested to see if Russia slips out of the G20 altogether. The Russian military was thought to be the second best military in the world has been reduced to a shambles, they are losing personnel and equipment at an unsustainable rate. It was thought that a war of attrition would suit the larger country and military, we are learning this is not the case.

Ukraine is receiving military equipment from NATO partners including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany [eventually], Spain, Poland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Italy, Lithuania, Greece, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. This is not an exhaustive list, there are more countries supplying aid and weapons. Really, the only European country to not pull its weight is Hungary in this conflict – very poor form.

Then there is non-European military aid pouring in from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and even Israel who is providing anti-drone systems to protect the cities. There are smaller countries not mentioned, Iceland is a country without a military and is even trying to assist with non-military aid. Russian aid comes from Iran, North Korea and to a lesser extent China who will gain influence with the decline of Russia as an international ##. China, now the fourth largest military exporter, is delivering more advanced weapons now.