I don’t know it hasn’t been a good year to be on the Russian side of the ledger. Syria and Iran went down with hardly a peep. Russian influence is being eliminated around the world as putin is bogged down with a war he started. I suspect we have quantum sensors that can see his nuclear submarines. This means the Russian triad no longer exists. Putin is increasingly isolated and gets weaker by the day. Unless he comes to his senses I doubt we have the pleasure of him on the world stage much longer
Just the cost of doing business for Putin - he cares not a wit about the costs. Holding power is all. But even with Putin gone, Russia will fight on until they suffer a catastrophic military defeat. Nothing else will halt them.
47’s bitch slaps are ignored and worked around, making him the naive fool playing with fire.