Wading in blood won’t stop Putin’s doom from growing ever closer – New York Post

As Vladimir Putins war on Ukraine grows ever more horrific, hes increasingly desperate to hide the truth from his own citizens. Hes bound to fail and to grow ever weaker in the failing.

Russias pet parliament on Friday passed a law threatening 15 years in prison for those who report truths Putin doesnt want anyone to hear. In response, major networks are cutting back their reporting from Russia.

But in this age, he cant shut down the flow of information to Russia, even if he has stopped access to Facebook and Twitter. The nation with some of the worlds best hackers has far too many citizens who can end-run his censorship.

So Russians will hear the verdict of the likes of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square: In Ukraine, rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not just a military operation but a war which sows death, destruction and misery.

And theyll see video like the women and children fleeing bombing in Irpin and all the photos of civilian corpses in the street.

Theyll know Putins claim that hes not warring on civilians is just a sick lie.

Nor can he shut off the flow of images from Ukraine: World media still operate there, and will surely heed Olena Zelenskas plea that they expose the terrible truth: Russian invaders are killing Ukrainian children.

Elon Musks Starlink terminals keep the Internet going in Ukraine, too. Musk is right to warn that Russia will seek to target users in zones it controls, but Putins forces are already badly stretched and Ukrainians will find ways to turn such targeting into a trap.

Putins first moves already (at last) woke up Western governments to his true nature, and continued coverage of his atrocities already has Americans supporting a no-fly zone and other ways of helping out, even if US elected officials are still cowed by the autocrats threats of nuclear war.

Its far too soon to say that the conquest of Ukraine will fail utterly; at a minimum, Putin will snuff out thousands more innocent lives.

Yet wading ever deeper in blood doesnt change the simple fact that hes behind the curve on every front except martyring the helpless.

No one can yet know exactly what those defeats will add up to, but one way or another they bring his own doom ever closer.

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Wading in blood won't stop Putin's doom from growing ever closer - New York Post