People lie on the floor of a hospital during Russian shelling of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, March 5, 2022 (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

UPDATE, MARCH 7:

I spoke with India’s WION News on Sunday about the situation in Ukraine as it endures Russia’s invasion and killing of civilians.

The discussion includes the Russian breaking of ceasefires for evacuations in southern Ukraine, the difficulties for Russia’s ground offensive, and the possibility that Vladimir Putin resorts to all-out bombing and missile assaults on cities.

The Russians have a problem in that, apart from a southern corridor, they have not taken towns and cities.

What does that mean? As Russia does not occupy most of Ukraine immediately, you have the increasing economic pressure on Vladimir Putin — which is worrying him, as we saw Saturday — and you have the information battle which the Ukrainians have won hands down.

Putin can no longer pretend, as he has for months, that he is the victim of NATO and the West. He is the aggressor, and the world sees that.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: I joined India’s NDTV and the UK’s talkRADIO on Saturday to analyze the latest in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, including Russia’s lie over a humanitarian “ceasefire”, the state of Ukraine’s resistance, and the international response.

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As I’ve seen from Syria for years, the Russian tactics are to say that we will have humanitarian corridors and then shell people and continue the attacks.

Putin’s attempt to topple the Ukraine Government by detaining or assassinating leaders collapsed within 48 hours last week. The Russian army is running into a lot more problems than we expected.

So if Putin cannot rely on ground troops, his option is to rely on aerial attacks. As bad as the attacks have been so far, they could be far worse if he unleashes his most destructive warplanes and missiles.

See also Ukraine War, Day 11: Russia’s Ceasefire Lie

Listen to talkRADIO from 21:56 in 1700-1730 Segment

The other guest is political analyst Ali Miraj and the host is Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije.

There is a lot of talk from British politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, that the UK is leading the efforts to support Ukraine.

In fact, the UK is only beginning to catch up, particularly on sanctions.