Latest reports seem to have seen Ukrainian forces make quite staggering advances in the East, mostly due to good military planning and Western supplied weapons with Russian forces fleeing due to poor command structure and morale. Hardly Putin's planned "re-grouping"! Now is the time for NATO countries to really ramp up military aid and support to enable Ukraine to hold on to what they have re-taken and continue to push Russian forces out so that momentum is not lost.

The cracks in support for Putin at home are beginning to appear and widen and full advantage of this needs to be taken. The sooner the better, both for Ukraine and the rest of Europe as defeat for Putin may also lessen the current financial crisis driven by the war as well as restore some stability.