A peevish spokesman for Vladimir Putin bristled with indignation recently at Donald Trump’s description of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “like kids fighting in the park”.
Not so, Dmitry Peskov pouted; the conflict is an “existential question” for Russia. “This is a question of our security and the future of ourselves and our children, the future of our country,” continued Putin’s spokesman, who has grown more accustomed to preening with pleasure at the relentless assaults on Ukraine from the White House this year.
