Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was supposed to make Russia a superpower again.
The warmonger appeared on Russian television in February, 2022 to announce the beginning of what he called a “special military operation", with the then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson awoken in the middle of the night at 10 Downing Street with a call from one of his advisers.
Instead, it has brought back the dark days of the Soviet Union, as citizens struggle to get hold of basic goods and are cut off from the world behind a curtain of censorship.
