Putin croaks and a hard liner comes in. This hard liner will wash his hands of Putin’s Ukraine adventure. Because BOTTOM LINE.......
Putin is bad for business. The business of selling hydrocarbons to Europe. Bad for oligarchs and profiteering Kremlin insiders. Life was good for them all before the Ukraine debacle. Which makes them all look like clowns. Particularly when engaging Europeans. Plus the failed stinker of the Russian army makes them look bad, abroad.
“There’s currently every indication the Russian “withdrawal” from the west bank of the Dnipro has degenerated into a rout. We’ll only know for sure at daybreak, however.”
“Very unhappy times on pro-Russian Telegram.”
“Pro-Russian Dimitriyev says that according to his sources, there’s an actual panic among Russian forces in Kherson.”
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