Putin’s war has devastated Ukraine. It has also changed Russia.

Grid ^ | 2-21-23 | Stanislav Kucher

[amnestynone]

n the year since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been killed; countless others have been wounded. Another 14 million Ukrainians have fled their homes, and Ukraine’s economy has shrunk by more than 30 percent.

Meanwhile, a year of war has brought the Ukrainian nation together like nothing in its history.

But what has happened to Russia? Beyond the casualties — estimates suggest as many as 200,000 Russian dead and wounded — how has the war that Putin started changed his country?

In some ways, what’s happened to Ukraine is clear. What’s happened to Russia is the more complicated question.

[MeganC]

Well said and in so many ways!

[popdonnelly]

Everything except what you believe is propaganda.

[amnestynone]

Thank you Megan

[popdonnelly]

True. Putin’s dreams of controlling eastern Europe are dead.

[popdonnelly]

When will you guys stop shoveling Russian propaganda on the rest of us. It’s boring and predictable, and doesn’t put you in a particularly good light.

[delta7]

This is for all of you Putin loving cretins who think Russia is winning.
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One simple fact: Ukraine had a pre-war population of 39 million. Today it is 18 million……that doesn’t look like “ winning “.

They have effectively been depopulated, deenergized, deindustrialized, the eastern provinces devastated , their male 18-60 population decimated, mired in hundreds of billions in unpayable debt, a 100 percent WELFARE nation…..and you will have us believe that is winning?

You are funny.

[BobL]

“When will you guys stop shoveling Russian propaganda on the rest of us. It’s boring and predictable, and doesn’t put you in a particularly good light.”

How’s the Ghost of Kiev treating you?

[MinorityRepublican]

It appears much closer to the stupidity of WWI

Zelensky should have given Putin Luhansk and Donetsk. But we know from WWII that appeasement does not work.

Cease fire means giving Russia something. Or it will be a war of attrition like WWI.

[amnestynone]

“hey have effectively been depopulated, deenergized, deindustrialized, the eastern provinces devastated , their male 18-60 population decimated, mired in hundreds of billions in unpayable debt, a 100 percent WELFARE nation…..and you will have us believe that is winning?”

I bet you got those numbers from Tass, didn’t you Yuri, Pavel, Alexi or whatever your real name is. This is weishfful thinking on your part.

[daniel1212]

There is no journalism left in Russia, at least not the free and fair gathering of information that most would define as “journalism.”

The goal of the Left here. A revealing article though.

[ansel12]

“” Ukraine is sending teenagers to the front lines now.””

You think that teenagers don’t serve in the military?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Everything except what you believe is propaganda.

No... Unlike the zeepers here, I don't believe either side in this idiocy.

[Dogbert41]

“This is for all of you Putin loving cretins who think Russia is winning.”

“estimates suggest as many as 200,000 Russian dead and wounded”

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I stopped reading right there because I’m not a f’ing idiot.

[fr_freak]

I left Russia four years ago, but I still communicate regularly with friends, acquaintances, fellow journalists and my social media followers in Russia. Earlier this month, I asked them to share their impressions and perspectives on how their country has changed since the war began. Nearly 200 people answered via Facebook, WhatsApp and other platforms.

LOL I'm sure this is all highly accurate information.

But seriously, I honestly don't have any real idea of what is going on in Russia or the Ukraine. It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But one thing I am sure of is that our government are not the good guys.