How Ukraine’s resistance has united the world against Vladimir Putin in freedom fight – The Yorkshire Post says

THAT THERE are now three clear fronts in Ukraine’s attempt to repel Russia’s invasion – militarily, economic and diplomatic – is a tribute to the tenacity of the country’s resistance and how its courage is, in turn, galvansing the world.
By YP Comment
Published 28th Feb 2022, 16:36 BST
Updated 28th Feb 2022, 18:03 BST

Militarily, our thoughts remain with the people of Ukraine as women and children flee their homeland – the fear is that the already grim death toll will rise even more remorselessly after Russia appeared last night to start using even greater lethal force against cities like Kyiv.

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Economically, the squeezing of Russia’s economy, particularly its banks, appears to be leading to more unrest in cities like Moscow and St Petersburg that the Kremlin will struggle, in time, to contain. Yet. while the risks being taken by the protesters are considerable in a totalitarian state, they need to be applauded.

People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and Euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky).People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and Euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky).
People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and Euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky).

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And, on the diplomatic front, the fact that all 193 members of the United Nations met in emergency session for just the 10th time in history points to an international resolve that has been rarely witnessed.

Now the UN’s position is nebulous because Russia remains a member of the Security Council with a right of a veto as President Vladimir Putin, again, raises the appalling spectre of using nuclear weapons to end Ukraine’s resistance – a threat that will cause all those who remember, and witnessed, the Cold War to shudder in terror.

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But this three-pronged fightback also reveals the fundamental flaw in President Putin’s imperialism. He believed that he could conquer a divided world. What he’s done, in fact, is the opposite – he’s united the world against him and his dictatorship. Now the onus is on Britain – and its allies – to harness this new-found momentum, and isolate the Kremlin and its oligarchs still further, before President Putin can inflict more misery on innocent Ukrainians and Russians now fighting his war.

People stand in line to withdraw money from an ATM of VTB Bank in downtown Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin).People stand in line to withdraw money from an ATM of VTB Bank in downtown Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin).
People stand in line to withdraw money from an ATM of VTB Bank in downtown Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin).

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