Hard to say if Putin has already gone off the deep end or is bluffing his way into easier negotiations.

As for responsibility, the world should be more involved in a lot of things. But "the world" as we know it is more likely to talk about it and do nothing that has a chance of impacting them in a negative way. At least more countries have got on board with giving up military hardware that could help Ukraine, but it might be too little too late.

It worked somewhat for North Korea when the western world had soft leaders, so Putin might as well give it a try. But the difference is Russia is a known nuclear capable country, so the world leaders will negotiate even more readily.


I wish someone close to him within Russia would just take him out.