You have a distorted view of the war. Ukraine has been holding Russia off for three years. The Russians have suffered huge casualties in men and material for minimal gains. Their money is running out and now Ukraine has been hitting them in the heart with its attacks on refineries. All is not rainbows and sunshine is Russia as you think. The Russians need more than just “mopping up.”
“The Russians have suffered huge casualties in men and material for minimal gains.”
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While Russia has sustained substantial casualties it has not been for “minimal gains”. Russia controls about 20 percent of the Ukraine. That is far from “minimal” by any definition.
We differ. All the sources I read, which are many and are in the region indicate Ukraine has suffered 10 times the losses and has wiped out its male population . This is supported by most media, except the media that pushes Global Warming and 70 Genders and White Man bad. Honest reporters in the war zone are almost all reporting this. Russia’s economy is growing faster than the US. Putin is highly popular there. And BRICS, which the US created by its immoral and stupid sanctions against Russia denying it access to the world trade settlement systems. So, Russia created alternative partnerships with others who detest the idea of the US acting as though it can unilaterally decide to “debank” a country. Conservatives call out US banks for doing this, and we should call out our own government for doing this to other countries. We are not a good force in the world right now.