There is only one reason why Vladimir Putin is launching his vicious attacks on Ukrainian railways – including the otherwise pointless destruction of a stationary civilian shunting locomotive yesterday, only a mile or so from the Polish border.
The reason is that after four and a half years of a cruel and unnecessary war, in which he has lost 1.5million men, the Russian leader is getting absolutely desperate.
He is posting record losses every month – more than 40,000 men either killed or wounded so seriously that they cannot fight again, in both July and August.
Russia has not sustained losses like this
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