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Putin has always said that any peace talks would be based on the premise that borders would be frozen as they are now (or, rather, were prior to Ukraine's incursion). Having Ukraine in Russia, effectively ceding territory if they are frozen now, is something he's not prepared for. The situation shows the lack of any real peace effort on his side - he's prepared for (temporary) peace if he can keep the land he's grabbed and Ukraine gets nothing, but he's spitting the dummy now that, by his own previous "peace" conditions, he stands to lose land. Peace talks are a two way process, but this development just shows his calls for peace were a sham, designed to grab territory and give nothing in return.

To the people who hate hand gestures: I salute you. As the dyslexic Mexican said, I'll fetch my taco.

I used to feed gorillas at the zoo using a golf club from a distance. I’d drive them bananas.

My scouse mate was sending in a loan application today. He said, “I have a good credit history, I think I’ll walk it." “But you’re from Liverpool," I said. “You’ll never walk a loan."

I attended a pessimists meeting today, It wasn’t a great turn out, the room was half empty.

I watched a film last night where a guy gets a hot cup of tea thrown over him and gets third degree burns. It was rated PG.

I had to tell my patient that I had dreadfully messed up his plastic surgery. I'll never forget the look on his elbow.

Why? What happened to the furniture your grandparents left you?

According to this video, it was the last remaining ferry operating between Crimea and the Russian mainland. Russia now has a problem getting heavy loads across, as the damaged bridge isn't up to it.