xc2215x@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoKremlin says Ukraine war will go until Putin's goals are met by battlefield or by negotiationwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down12
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkKremlin says Ukraine war will go until Putin's goals are met by battlefield or by negotiationwww.reuters.comxc2215x@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareperestroika@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoTypically, if the Kremlin says something, you consider the opposite true. Armour: severe shortage, soldiers often attacking in unprotected vehicles. Personnel: being outsourced from North Korea. Air defense: cannot hold back a drone swarm or decent missile. Rapid reserves: enough to keep Bashar al-Assad ruling Syria. Oops. Losses: 600 000 dumbest ones dead or wounded, 2 million smartest ones in emigration, paying taxes to some other land. Economy: interest rates over 20%, insolvencies widespread, butter sold from locked fridges. …I can totally see them continue for a while, but not a long while. And the breaking point isn’t linked at all to Putin’s goals.
Typically, if the Kremlin says something, you consider the opposite true.
…I can totally see them continue for a while, but not a long while. And the breaking point isn’t linked at all to Putin’s goals.