ANALYSIS: While the world was on pause for the Queen, things have taken a darker turn
"In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us," Putin said.US President Joe Biden responded: "Don't. Don't. Don't. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II."Military capabilities misjudged
While both the Ukrainian and Russian military capabilities seem to have been wildly misjudged, there is even more darkness here in the reports – and videos that have gone viral – of the private mercenary army, known as the Wagner Group linked to close Putin associate Yevgeny Prigozhin..Prigozhin is seen in the videos that emerged last week promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia's war against Ukraine.
It doesn't just pose a geostrategic threat but an economic one too, as the European winter approaches and Putin gambles that Western solidarity will be shaken by a lack of fuel supplies across the continent.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Australia will continue to urge Russia to withdraw from Ukraine
The stampede of our politicians – including all the atheists and republicans — to be conspicuously seen on the mourning monarchists' side of the ship feels like it has left things a little unbalanced, to say the least.
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