‘It’s not rational’: Putin’s bizarre speech wrecks his once pragmatic image

Analysis: President makes appeal to Ukraine’s military to abandon its ‘drug-addicted, neo-Nazi’ leaders• Russia-Ukraine crisis: live newsLooking dead-eyed into the camera on Friday, Vladimir Putin gave one of the most bizarre speeches of his 22 years as Russia’s leader, a directive that managed to sound alarming even in a week when he has ordered tanks into Ukraine and missile strikes on Kyiv.“Once again I speak to the Ukrainian soldiers,” he said, addres