Putin is smiling as Zelenskyy pleads for aid ahead of a long winter for Ukraine | ITV News

For a man whose army has suffered an estimated 300,000 casualties, whose army remains bogged down in a “three-week war” that now seems unwinnable, Vladimir Putin seemed pretty happy with himself on Thursday.

This time last year he wouldn’t take his regular December questions from press and public. 

Now, though, he is back in full flow with a smile on his face, and who can be surprised?

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