The West has brought this in themselves by not acting sooner. The writing has been on the wall for ages with this sociopath Putin in charge. Even in this country only a few weeks ago the news was dominated by f*****g Covid parties in Downing St just as Putin was amassing his troops and going through final drills. Putin only reacts to strong actions yet even now the Germans are s**t scared about Russian energy being cut off, the French are worried about champagne sales to Russia plummeting and the Italians wobbly about sales of luxury goods to Russia. Putin has read us like a book - Europe is a weak and divided bunch of countries. Always has been and always will be. To be fair to the UK we are the only ones to stand up ... but even we could go further than just sanctions. And I don’t buy this bull***t about NATO not putting troops in Ukraine. Why the F*** Not ..... this is a serious situation which could quickly get out of hand .... and the West/NATO/Europe needs to wake up and smell the coffee .... Poland and the Baltic’s are next ...