Thought for today:
If as was originally planned - Russia whacked Zelensky and captured Kyiv (3 days wasn’t it

). Installed a puppet government and occupied Ukraine. Poland, Moldova, The Baltic states would have shat their kecks and we would probably be knee deep in a conventional WWIII by now, bordering on the use of tactical nukes.
It is only by the strength courage and ingenuity of the Ukrainian people that we sleep safely in our beds. Our western governments need to be aware of this and need to do more to help them fight the oppressive, fascist, imperialistic monster that Russia has become under Putin.