What about all the able bodied women nicking off? I am at a loss to see how the Ukraine president, who has not fired a shot, can be called a "global hero" either.

There is never justification for aggression by despots over smaller and vulnerable states like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Serbia, Vietnam and Palestine to name a few. It is sad how there are double standards in most liberal democracies. Macedonia was partitioned in 1913 by the British Empire, Tsarist Russia and Imperialist France with their puppet states Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia as proxies. The Macedonian people are still paying a huge price for the neo-colonialism and the propaganda from imperialists and denialists today led by the USA, UK,NATO and the EU. People need to unite to liberate themselves from new despotism and flawed ideologies. They must learn the lessons from history. The Ukrainians will quickly learn that they can not rely on the West in particular for their long term survival and prosperity. Every nation needs peace and cooperation but the military industrial complex gets in the way.

Hear, hear and well said Sir!

As for heroism the Ukraine leader could have accepted an US offer to evacuate, but chose to stay and lead his people, knowing if he is captured, he will be tortured to try and turn him and if that fails, he will be shot!

Trump on the other hand, dodged the draft and sent others in harms way to try and overturn the election which sent him packing.

The west needs to do a lot more to help Ukraine. And should send planes, tanks, more smart bombs and shoulder launched anti tank missiles.

And remotely controlled drones armed with armour piecing, laser guided missiles. And make sure that any Russian success comes with total bankruptcy and highways strewn with destroyed armour/weaponary!
Alan B.

A Ukraine as a member of NATO and the EU posed no threat whatsoever to Russian security! Just the very opposite! But posed s personal threat to Putin and his personal ambitions to rule a vastly expanded Soviet style empire?

If power corrupts and it does! Then absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Al Capone was a thug and a homosexual, who ruled his empire with incredible brutality and an iron fist.

It came as no surprise that he died of syphillus, that untreated, had migrated to the brain and turned him into a raving lunatic months before he died from the STD!

Could Putin be an in the closet homosexual, butching it up, with an STD that has migrated to the brain and the reason he is acting as if he were completely deranged?

His predilection for intrigue and poison and changing his mind on mere whim or caprice would seem to strongly suggest, the foregoing explanation could have merit?
Alan B.

Alan, Alan. Ukraine in NATO and a member of the EU would be a threat to Russia. You don't like Putin or Russia (neither do I) but you have to see the practicalities from their point of view.

The next tsunami crime wave is about to sweep Australia through the immigration and refugee process, where we’ll be told made up stories of the good refugees and the naughty politicians.

The whole “shebang” is beyond a joke.

Ukraine stands proudly on a par with Uganda and slightly behind Russia on a global scale of corruption.

I frankly couldn’t give a tinkers damn what happens to them.

Dan