Children's libraries across Europe are refusing to stock the 'Classic Russian Playbook' after it became clear that Putin was using it to plan and execute a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"The American President and others have been saying for weeks that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was following the 'Classic Russian Playbook", said the head of the UK Librarian's Association today.
"At first, we found it very difficult to believe that Russia would use a children's book as the focus of an invasion plan, but when we checked the contents, we were quite shocked."
Extracts from the book include:
'This is Vladimir.'
'Vladimir is scared.'
'Vladimir likes playing pretend.'
'Vladimir sits at a very, very long table.'
'Vladimir has surrounded a friendly country with tanks and missiles to the north, east and south.'
'Vladimir pretends to support separatist regions as a pretext for invasion.'
The EU's chief of libraries is withdrawing the book immediately as a precaution against 'giving any other kids ideas.'