Tyrmand in Europe: “Why is Putin doing this now? Timing.”

Journalist Matthew Tyrmand reports from Berlin on the situation in Europe as Russia invades Ukraine.

“Power abhors a vacuum. Why is Putin doing this now? Timing. There’s absolutely no leadership in the West… Putin is behaving rationally. He’s told us for two to three decades what he wants and who he is. The fall of the Soviet Union was the greatest tragedy to befall the contemporary geopolitical scene: This is his view.”