The Russian assault on Ukraine is now well into its fifth bloody year. It is increasingly moving off the battlefields of Donbas, where, despite great numerical superiority, Vladimir Putin’s army is making little – if any – progress against its smaller but braver and more professional enemy.
Instead, the Kremlin’s strategy is increasingly to wage a war of terror against the civilian population of Ukraine. It is cruel and cowardly, violating the rules of war and international conventions. But such concerns have never troubled President Putin.
