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Welcome to the Mild West

Vladimir Putin on a horse with trussed up bodies on the back. He carries a gun and dares Joe Biden to 'do something about it'. Biden is on a NATO rocking horse saying, 'Why, them's condemnin' words'. Text reads 'Welcome to the Mild West'.

On 24 February 2022 Russian forces rolled into Ukraine. Troops had been building up on the Ukrainian border for weeks in advance of the invasion. During the military build-up, Western leaders had announced various sanctions, all of which were ignored by Russian President Vladimir Putin.