(#4827) putin is a bad bluffer!

      How many deadlines has putin given the fighters in the Mariupol steel plant to surrender? Several that I know of. Each time the Ukrainian steel mill defenders have dismissed the deadlines. I see it this way, putin doesn't have the will or the power to force these defenders to out. If he does he massively risks the steel mill being obliterated than given to him in a surrender he wants. The steel mill is the prize and the Ukrainians know it. So they have wired the mill for demolition should they be overwhelmed by the invading Russian force. Which is not what putin wants. So instead he is now telling his troops to surround the steel mill with an air tight grip and not attack.
     What this does is give putin time to form a strategy to take the mill without it being blown up. What it also does however is give Ukraine time to form a strategy to defeat the surrounding Russian troops and liberate the steel mill and all those sheltering and protecting it. We will see how this plays out but know this, putin is weak and when he bluffs with threats and ultimatums it is because that is all he has left, bluffs. So ignore putin and focus on the strategy being formed to push putin back into Russia and beyond. I don't listen to the words putin speaks because he is as dishonest as anyone ever born. Much like trump, tune him out and do what you need to do despite any noise trump or putin may make.
     That the powers around him keep him alive and well in power speaks to their loyalty to him. So just as guilty are they for the war crimes and genocide putin is allowed to commit in their name. The end of this criminal invasion by Russia is coming and so are the charges for those who allowed and planned it. There will be no mercy for those who think they are above the rule of law. Their condescension to the people of Ukraine through brute force and cruel acts will be weighed and measured and found guilty! The price they will pay could well be their ending. If not then lengthy prison terms that end with their deaths. Either way those who keep following putin and his murderous strategy will find that the shoe will soon be on the other foot!