"Both the #risk and the #humiliation were incomparably greater than anything that could happen in #Ukraine. Compared to power in #Russia, land in 🇺🇦 is unimportant.
After what we have just seen, no one should be arguing that #Putin might be backed into a corner in 🇺🇦 and take some terrible decision.
He cannot be backed into a corner in 🇺🇦.
He can only be backed into a corner in 🇷🇺.
And now we know what he does when that happens: record a speech and run away."