The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
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ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States

BASTARDS. Thus a nameless British official reportedly responded to the dramatic efforts initiated last week by the US government to end the Ukraine war.
The official was referring to the leaders of the USA.
You would need a heart of stone not to laugh, as Oscar Wilde wrote of the death of Little Nell. Sounds like the “special relationship” needs a trip to Relate.
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