That Russia used its artillery to shell a nuclear power station, triggering a fire and potential threat to world health, was yet another affront to humanity as the Kremlin shows no mercy.
Yet, while the military options are limited, as former Nato commander Colonel Bob Stewart MP sets out this weekend, this country now expects Boris Johnson to take a far harder line against those oligarchs, like Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, who have significant business interests here while also retaining close links with Vladimir’s Putin regime.
As Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the Leeds West MP, warns, a “sceptical public could be forgiven for thinking there are more individuals with Russian links on the Tory donor list than there are Putin allies on the UK’s sanctions list” if Mr Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, continue to…