Posted on 07/29/2025 10:54:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
And yup, sanctions are going to bite the people who have been obstructing the Trump peace initiatives and that more than just Russia.
China and the EU have very unhelpful to the cause of a peaceful resolution in Ukraine and they will now be highly incentivized to get the Ukraine to the table
IMHO, Trump has laid a lot groundwork and he has a pretty good plan to end the conflict in the Ukraine if things break in the right direction
Crackin’ me up!!!!
“Killing off the young men of Ukraine is the only real leverage Putin can exert on Ukraine.”
There is other damage but you definitely have a point, it’s the real leverage Putin wants. Soon he’ll be able to kill 60 year-olds, he is making progress:
In 2022 The Russian Army was listed at 1,346,221, Ukraine: 969,950.
2024: Russia: 1,320,000, Ukraine: [Too many to count, no number given.] Estimate from CoPilot is 900,000. Kind of hard to defend 600 miles of front with almost half a million less soldiers than the other side.
In 2022 The Russian Army was listed at 1,346,221, Ukraine: 969,950.
So how exactly was Ukraine's military "an existential threat to Russia" especially when Ukraine in 2022 also had no navy and basically no air force?
“So how exactly was Ukraine’s military “an existential threat to Russia” especially when Ukraine in 2022 also had no navy and basically no air force?”
Good question, you’d have to ask Putin that one. His demands for a buffer and no NATO membership for Ukraine point to worry about security.
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