Apologies if already posted, but I'll never get bored of watching this.... https://bsky.app/profile/oldgor.bsky.social/post/3ljbzgffj6k2a
100%, but again it was not unforseen. Essentially the European leaders have decided its not worth risking taking on Russia and he can have it. They'll do just enough to save face publicly but won't be able to stop him
Yes they can, Ukraine have proved that over the last 3 years.. his military is half gone already...it's only political will and money that's needed.. Merz is replacing Scholz , who has been the main obstructor.
This is absolutely true - Putin has lost c1m soldiers.They have only got the public conscripts left or North Koreans who are basically sh ite. Another 2 years of what has happened on the ground and Russia will be done. They are losing 10s of 1000s every week. It needs money and support, if that stops then Ukraine will fall and in 10 years time Putin will aim for Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia etc
You're right I chose my words poorly. I meant I can't see what a "victory" for Ukraine looks like. Certainly not a lasing one. Russia may stop but I can't see then giving back any territory they have taken. The Russian tactic of chipping away will continue.
I think the enthusiasm for standing up to Putin in Europe depends on how close you are to him- can you get Spain to send troops and money? Meh, probably not. Poland? They can not wait to invade Kalingrad and fk Russia up. Hopefully now Germany don’t have a complete fanny in charge and with the wake up call from the orange one, Europe generally are going to step up and have realised The old post-war consensus is dead - and let’s not pretend America were in Europe out of a sense of duty - it was always im their interest. Now they don’t see it that way - or at least the baffoon they votes president doesn’t, so be it. They are going to surrender their position as the wests world power and all that brought them, this plays well to the maga idiots, but it doesn’t actually benefit America to lose all that control, they will soon enough realise that.
Do you honestly believe they’ve lost that many men? Tens of thousands of men every week would mean they’d already lost a minimum of over 1.5m troops.