“It’s obvious now Russia can’t win and must force Ukraine to surrender to avoid a catastrophic defeat. That’s why so much Kremlin gaslighting effort is going into cutting off western support and forcing Ukraine to surrender.”
Putin pushed his energy weapon to the maximum setting by shutting off Nordstream - and the markets just yawned. Spot prices for natural gas dropped that day.
Putin has lost his big gamble, and the consequences are coming home to roost.
Putin pushed his energy weapon to the maximum setting by shutting off Nordstream - and the markets just yawned. Spot prices for natural gas dropped that day.
Putin has lost his big gamble, and the consequences are coming home to roost.
Also, Putin wasted the bulk of Russia’s precision weapons on a terror bombing campaign against civilians. Now Russia doesn’t have those missiles for military targets and can’t easily make more in quantity. Meanwhile, HIMARS and accurate NATO artillery rain on Russian occupiers. Ooops.