Kate Hawkesby: I hope more Russians see Putin's lies for what they are

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 16, 2022 · 2m

I hold out hope that media reports that Russia’s ugly war could be over in about 10 days prove true.

I also hold out hope that claims peace talks are working, prove to be true. Because even if this does wrap up after a month, which in the grand scheme of wars seems a relatively short time, it has nonetheless been utterly heart breaking, painful and abhorrent to watch. And that’s part of the problem, we’ve seen it all unfold in front of us for the past 3 weeks like a horror show we just can’t switch off.

It feels as though condemnation of Putin is everywhere around us here – yet it’s actually…