“Today is Day 467 of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Even after 467 days of warfare & terror, Putin has failed to achieve most of his goals. 1/ THREAD.
“Did Putin unite the “Slavs”, because he believes that Ukraine is a fake country and Ukrainians are just Russians with accents? No. 2/
“Did Putin “denazify” Ukraine, ie. overthrow democratically-elected president @ZelenskyyUa & democratically-elected Rada.? No. 3/
“Did Putin capture Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson & other major Ukrainian cities? No. 4/
“Did Putin “demilitarize” Ukraine? No. 5/
“Did Putin occupy the Ukrainian regions he claimed to annex on paper? No. 6/
“Does Putin occupy more Ukrainian territory today than Russia did 467 days ago? Yes. But even this most minimalist achievement is now under threat. 7/
“Is Russia richer today than 467 days ago? No. Stronger army? No. More united internally? No. More respected in the world? No. Putin more respected by Xi? No. 8/
“So no matter what happens regarding new battles, Russia has already lost the war. Now, it’s just a question of how badly Russia loses. 9/ END”
~ Michael McFaul
Isn’t he huge a Hoover Institute/MSNBC/WaComPost leftist??
No, thanks.
Lol...They've spent less on the war than the United States.
Russia's deficit is reportedly at $425 billion ($2.9 trillion rubles). They are #1 in the world in natural resources at $75 trillion ahead of USA at $45 trillion.
Reportedly, they are spending 3% of GDP on the war. The United States is probably spending that on gender studies around the world.
https://headtopics.com/us/former-ambassador-hunter-biden-accusations-politically-motivated-11753783
McFaul is a Lie Machine. Likely working for someone’s intelligence agency too
Hmmm…. standing in for Nikki and Linda Graham?