I can already see what will happen there. We’ll use the Kurds when it suits us like we did in the battle with ISIS & then they’ll be left on their own to get battered again when they’re of no use.
When you look at the last 1000 or so days it must have come as a hell of a shock to Putin to find out he wasn't as strong as he thought. The 40 mile convoy being savaged by Bayraktar drones and Western anti tank missiles. Losing the battle of Hostomel Airport and failing to capture Kiev along with the Ukrainian security services destroying his hit squads. Losing his Chechen allies. Losing the Black Sea Flagship plus 13 more significant vessels leading to the fleet's withdrawal. It only seems a matter of time before the Kerch Bridge is down for good. Losing 2/5ths of his airborne Early Warning aircraft....and a sizeable quantity of aircraft and helicopters. Finding out that the T80 and T90 tanks are no better than the T72. Having Wagner Group March on Moscow and having to do a humiliating Machiavellian deal to stop them... leading to Prighozin's 'accident'. Asking for North Korean help for artillery shells and 10k troops. Cosying up to Iran for drones and ammunition. Ukraine taking a chunk of Russian land and still not expelled them. Losing his puppet in Syria having recently signed 49 year leases on several air bases and a naval base in the Mediterranean that have probably now gone. Latest reports are saying that the last 6 months of the 'meatgrinder' offensive are running out of steam due to artillery and ammunition supplies closing towards parity for the two sides. All in all, bearing in mind Russia's perceived strength advantages it couldn't have gone much worse.
