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I think it’s important to distance the events going on right now, and those responsible for them, from your regular Russian civilian on the street. In my experience, Russian’s do carry themselves with a slightly cold veneer, but that’s not always reflective of their inner personalities. I’ve...

Is a fair point. It’s obviously madness for anyone to consider using a nuke in this day and age; I just worry that madness is the order of the day in Putin’s lair.

I certainly can’t see him using nukes in Ukraine; it’s a bit close to home if nothing else. But do you not see a scenario whereby he finds himself backed into a corner and in a fit of desperation and insanity authorises the deployment of nuclear weapons against NATO territory? One suggestion in...

An article from the BBC this morning examining the most important will he / won’t he question in the world right now. It’s not exactly a reassuring read. Will Putin push the nuclear button? Let me begin with an admission. So many times, I've thought: "Putin would never do this." Then he goes...

Once I got over the fact that he sounded like the love child of Ross Kemp and Boris Johnson, that was absolutely fascinating.

We’re arming and providing intelligence to Ukrainian forces now. The tipping point is official military intervention.

I have, yes. That said, I’m not sure what he’s got to do with Russia’s failed invasion of Afghanistan in the 70s, or Russia’s failure to use nuclear weapons against the west as a result of said failed invasion. To get this back on a sensible track; do you see the prospects of Putin using...

At what point did the west intervene in that conflict?

I don’t expect them to do so. I have nothing but admiration and respect for what they are doing to save the sovereignty by of their nation and their freedom, and I fully understand that Ukrainians will not judge the west well for its lack of meaningful intervention. But governments ultimately...

It is, and this is the crux of the issue. The west wants to avoid nuclear war by keeping out of the Ukraine crisis in the military sense, and Putin is is taking full advantage of this. Just how far is he prepared to go, and where is the tipping point? Ukraine is the centre of the world right...

I have no issue whatsoever with sanctions; of course we have to be seen to be challenging what’s happening. My original point was simply that Putin will ratchet up the scale of military aggression in Ukraine until he is successful. If for instance that led to the widespread use of chemical...

No one is suggesting we give in; I’m saying I believe we are correct not to directly intervene militarily in Ukraine right at this moment. Do you genuinely believe we should?

Who knows how it would have ended of we’d have taken a sterner approach, sooner, but I repeat: Hitler didn’t have access to nuclear weapons. That is clearly a key consideration in the approach that is being take.

Well in that case we have a world war then, in all reality. Not much we can do about that if that’s the case, but I’d rather we didn’t do anything to increase the prospects of that happening.

This isn’t about me taking the selfish or insular view from my (currently) safe and comfortable surroundings in Leeds; I’m speaking in terms of what’s in the best interest of hundreds of millions of people around the world who’s lives could be destroyed or ended by nuclear war. All it will take...

We can and we will - this is precisely the plan we are following right now. Beyond sanctions, of which we have all but exhausted now, Putin has free reign to do whatever he wants in Ukraine. The US in particular has been fervent about this - they will not endanger their own citizens by going to...

Well, that all depends on what it is that he wants, which we don’t ultimately know. If he gains control of Ukraine, the only places he can realistically go to the west are NATO countries. If that’s his intention then he’s going to trigger WW3 and subsequently the launch of nuclear weapons...

Regrettably, I agree with this. As horrific as it would be for Ukraine, Russia gaining control of the country with minimal humiliation is probably in the world’s best interests. Anything which frustrates Putin cranks up the ire and increases the chances of serious wider conflict. I also wonder...

Regardless of its intent, it’s still a chilling headline to read.

“When you die, would you rather be forgotten or hatefully remembered?” I wonder how Vladimir Putin would answer that question. He is nearly 70, and his time for writing his name firmly into history is running out. For all the terrible things you can say about Adolf Hitler, he remains as famous...