Weekend Wrap: Putin’s war in Ukraine and floods in Queensland

Ben opens the podcast with the Ukrainian national anthem and a call for peace. 

The Week on Wednesday focusses on issues that impact working people, whether in work, looking for work, unable to work or retired for work, and Putin's war will impact working people in Ukraine, Russia and around the world.

While giving a breakdown of how Putin has misjudged the resistance of the Ukrainian people, and their President, Ben explores how Putin used his puppet Trump to deny Ukraine weapons, his pawns to spread division and chaos in our democracies during the US election, Brexit and through the Qanon Cult.

Ben gives a rapid summary of the sanctions, military situation, international pressure and domestic unease that surrounds Putin's war. 

Here in Australia floods have claimed at least six lives in Queensland with flooding rains expected to continue in the days to come.  Emergency services are receiving as many as 1,000 calls an hour for assistance.

Ben rounds out the wrap with a call for peace, a hope for the safe return of AWU National Assistant Secretary Misha Zelinsky who is in Kyiv and a thank you to all those who are helping protect people from the floods in Australia.