Someone who doesn't seem to understand that this conflict is existential for the Russian Federation, and what that means in the real world, isn't worth answering.
You're a neoconned proxy-war hooligan who's popping off online in support of his warteam.
Don't forget to breathe through your mouth if you start turning blue.
Ok Lord Haw-Haw
What do you think it means in the 'real world' when Russia has been retreating for months?
You're a neoconned proxy-war hooligan who's popping off online in support of his warteam.
You have my politics completely wrong in this regard. You assume wrongly, when my posting history goes back to 2002 and you'll find consistent, principled opposition even then to the neocons. That having been explained to you, I don't close my eyes to the reality that the Russian army failed in their March objectives, and have been getting pushed backwards for months now.
I don't understand why people follow sources that are demonstrably wrong, for months and months. When I ask them point blank, like you, they prevaricate, dodge, and insult, but can never explain why they don't reject sources that keep failing in their predictions.
So I ask again, why keep listening to Ritter when he keeps being so wrong?
Chief of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: “There will be no military victory for Ukraine in the near future, Russian goals have not been achieved either, but 1/5 of the territory has been occupied. It will be a very difficult goal for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to drive the Russian army out of the occupied territories.” Defense Secretary Austin, standing nearby, agreed: “The fighting will not end in the foreseeable future.”
It’s existential for Putin. Ukrainians were showing a way for east Slavs to have a non corrupt, non dictatorial government and that was a threat for Putin