The commission of war crimes and assassinations of adversaries is prominent in Putin’s resume. It goes back to the beginning of his Presidency. He is of an authoritarian state of mind and a corresponding practice.

Some reporting on the war in Ukraine would make you think that Biden is a bigger problem to finding a resolution of the war than Putin and the Russian troops there.

With Putin’s hope of a quick military victory in Ukraine running up against stiff and unexpected resistance from the Ukrainian army and people and talks between the two sides going on, I hope a diplomatic offensive by the Biden admininstration and other Western goverments accompanies this turn of events.