Poor Putin:

 Poor Putin. He doesn't know how to back out of the mess he's allowed himself to be maneuvered into by his Kremlin associates.

It's not a small problem. There's always the thought that in order to save face, he might decide to resort to nuclear weaponry.

The thought that the health of our planet might depend on the state of health of the minds making critical decisions in the Kremlin can be pretty scary. 

Just starting that war was a pretty scary decision.