As the fires die down and the smoke clears from last night’s brutal Russian onslaught on Ukraine President Vladimir Putin may enjoy a few moments of cruel pleasure. But it cannot last. Even after the unleashing of close to 700 missiles and drones which slammed into Ukraine’s civilians, killing at least 13 and injuring well over 100. This strategically pointless act of violence was aimed at avenging major successes of Kyiv’s drone teams steadily dismantling and diluting the Kremlin’s warchest.