President Putin makes it clear that all responsibility for the ongoing bloodshed lies with the aggressive Nato camp and its Ukrainian stooges.

Even the western spinmeisters are waking up to the fact that nothing can prevent a Russian victory now.

Now that their plans have gone awry, the thieves are falling out and accusations abound.

The Vilnius summit was supposed to be a show of strength. Instead, it highlighted the weakness at the heart of the imperialist alliance.

Zelensky’s US backers are determined to keep on fighting to the last Ukrainian and beyond, but could the beleaguered regime decide in favour of a face-saving deal?

The New York Times called it a ‘mystery’, but the truth is that the United States executed a covert sea operation against its own allies.

From now on, attacks or threats against these safeguarded territories will be dealt with as attacks against any other part of Russia.

The firm stance of Russia in the face of immense provocation stands in stark contrast to the chaos and disunity of the imperialist camp.

‘Russian aggression’ is merely the pretext for Nato and Ukraine’s military manoeuvres and warlike rhetoric.

Efforts to revive the halcyon days where Obama could sign off on endless drone assassinations and still be heralded as a beacon of ‘progress’ will not work.

But his oligarch sponsor has called for a renewal of good relations with Russia.

As Russian forces pull back, the jihadis continue to suffer defeat after defeat.