Russia's war on Ukraine Like George Orwell in 1939, we must realise that some wars have to be fought – Joyce McMillan
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Christmas time at last, after a bruising and extraordinary year. It’s the season of peace on earth, and goodwill among men and women; but one of the uneasy truths about this year is that it has become less easy simply to raise our glasses to peace, when we gather with family and friends, since the moment ten months ago when Vladimir Putin launched his bitter war of aggression against Ukraine.