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Wow! Fascinating stuff: "liquidate the nazi regime"?? He's off his head. "This is just a phase of the global war"??!! Absolutely nuts. At least one of them had the sense to say that if it went global the balance of power would not lie with Russia.
Yes.The counter offensive has been very effective due mainly to US supplied Himars and Turkish supplied drones.
Criticism inside Russia by the liberals has been suppressed whereas RW commentators have been given a free rein. Presumably that’s because Putin assumed they’d be supportive and they were initially. But recently that’s all changed and, while they’re blaming “advisers” rather than Putin directly, the criticism has been very strong.
There’s been speculation why Putin hasn’t suppressed this RW criticism as well and the feeling seems to be that the critics are protected by other powerful elements in the Kremlin who presumably Putin is wary of taking on. If there’s a coup that’s where it’ll most likely come from.
But as already mentioned, rather than peace negotiations, Russia could double down and order a general mobilisation. That also obviously carries risks for Putin.
It won't happen. The risk of retaliation and enlargement is too great.Putin could ‘win’ in a heartbeat by using a small nuclear weapon on a major Ukraine city. I hope he doesn’t go this route but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Putin knows this would be a pyrrhic victory, He'd be signing his own and his country's death warrant.Putin could ‘win’ in a heartbeat by using a small nuclear weapon on a major Ukraine city. I hope he doesn’t go this route but I wouldn’t rule it out.
But as already mentioned, rather than peace negotiations, Russia could double down and order a general mobilisation. That also obviously carries risks for Putin.
More targets I supposeI'm not sure if that would help him, the problem isn't just manpower, it's equipment, supplies, organization, and above all command and control, if anything just adding more troops into theatre might make things worse.
Nonsense, they would immediately have no allies, and no one in the undecided camp either. There would be a global consensus of Russia being a failed state that is too dangerous and needs to be broken into 7 nations by All Including China and India.Putin could ‘win’ in a heartbeat by using a small nuclear weapon on a major Ukraine city. I hope he doesn’t go this route but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Yes, but win what? For a moment or two perhaps whilst losing for more than a life time in global termsPutin could ‘win’ in a heartbeat by using a small nuclear weapon on a major Ukraine city. I hope he doesn’t go this route but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Nowhere near 80 million more like 44 million according to Google.Ukraine will still win though as long as it stays non nuclearOne side is fighting for its life, the other is being forced to fight a phoney war.
Whilst Russia is a vast nation it shouldn't be forgotten that Ukraine has 80 million population. The percentage of volunteers to fight must be huge in Ukraine compared to Russia.
Gaining ground on the Russians given proper equipment is no surprise.
If Russia loosed off a battlefield nuke every nuclear nation would be on full alert. China would be fully against this. I think that North Korea's nuclear ambitions are ultimately governed by China.Nonsense, they would immediately have no allies, and no one in the undecided camp either. There would be a global consensus of Russia being a failed state that is too dangerous and needs to be broken into 7 nations by All Including China and India.
Is your last sentence the reason why they could possibly do the unthinkable and use a nuclear weapon?Thing that I noticed in that video is no one is asking "why are we in Ukraine in the first place, what's our aim, and how do we achieve it." If they had goals originally they no longer matter, they've shifted into win or get out. Which means they've failed and in Russia failure and weakness can't be tolerated.
Nonsense, they would immediately have no allies, and no one in the undecided camp either. There would be a global consensus of Russia being a failed state that is too dangerous and needs to be broken into 7 nations by All Including China and India.