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Putin’s war will rage on
And there will be no winners
Since the Russian army invaded Ukraine on 24th February, at least 1500 civilians have been killed. Daily reports of war crimes emerge from Mariupol. The war has created 2.3 million refugees, fleeing Westwards. They are being received far more favourably than refugees from war and persecution in other parts of the world, but the ripple effects will still be felt.
Images and reports of the horrors of war are flooding the media. Modern technology can put war right into the palms of our hands, mobilising good people who want to help in any way they can. War can no longer be sanitised or hidden as it once was.
Whilst Russians and Ukrainians die in Ukraine, and millions flee, millions more are being affected by the largest fall in living standards for over forty years. A large part of the financial hardship sweeping through Europe is due to increased fuel prices, and that has been directly caused by the war in Ukraine. In the first week of the war the price of oil rose from $75 a barrel to $110 a barrel.
The war is terrible, and many worry that it could be the start of a much larger conflict, possibly world war three. Some people have noticed that the dates on which World War 1 (28th July 1914), World War 2 (1st September 1939), and the invasion of Ukraine began (24th February 2022)…
