Wow, this is so overplaying their hand. The Ruskies had played this pretty smart up until now, maximizing their geopolitical gains, but Tbilisi seems like the downhill side of the curve for them.
Even just setting up a siege outside the city is a losing idea due to the world standing cost...
For the first time I’m not sure the Russians have a real plan.
Aren’t all those other leaders still in Tbilisi? Ukraine, Poland, etc? Trapping actual national leaders is a very, very, very bad idea.
I am certain they do. They paused and changed it when the 5 Presidents arrived. But the Russians don't take a dump my friend without a plan.
“Even just setting up a siege outside the city is a losing idea due to the world standing cost...
For the first time I’m not sure the Russians have a real plan.”
Hey where you been. This has ALWAYS been the Russian plan.
Crush democracy wherever it lies on the Russian borders.