Posted on 06/08/2023 5:29:29 AM PDT by dennisw
Members of the Russian elite are turning against the Ukraine war, Bloomberg reported. They best they can hope for is losing without humiliation, the report said. However Putin shows no sign of wanting to end the conflict, it said.
Many members of Russia's elite are growing doubtful about the ability of their president, Vladimir Putin, to win the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported.
The best they can hope for is a "frozen" conflict or a loss in which Russia isn't humilated, the report said.
Despite this deepening gloom, Putin shows no sign of wishing to end the war, according to Bloomberg.
The outlet cited seven people with knowledge of the situation who asked not to be identified given the seriousness of the issues.
It said that many in the upper echelons of Russian politics and business are tired of the war and want it to end.
Five sources told Bloomberg that while no one is willing to "stand up" to Putin over the invasion, belief in his authority has been shaken.
"It is really surprising how widespread among the Russian elite became the idea of a chance that Putin won't win this war," Kirill Rogov, a former Russian government advisor who left the country after the invasion, told Bloomberg.
It is unclear what a victory would look like for Russia, but two sources told Bloomberg they hoped Putin would try and claim a "Pyrrhic victory" on the basis of land in Ukraine that Russia already occupies.
Alexandra Prokopenko, a former Russian journalist and central bank advisor, told Bloomberg that "'the best they hope for is that Russia will lose without humiliation."
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The war is already won, except for the sight of the staggering NATO drunk bouncing around the ring before falling on his face. Biden lost, Putin won. That’s the deal.
Biden is not even a player. Neither is NATO except for logistics. The players were David vs. Goliath. David equals Ukraine and Ukraine kicked Goliath’s teeth out and is continuing to do so.
Russia is the dead cat bounce of the old USSR.
Your cancerous Tsar Putin blew this war. Putin’s pathetic Putin’s idiot army is scrounging for tanks and artillery made back in the Soviet-USSR days.
Nice, the original article is always better.
sort-of like Germany in WWII
the German people were supportive of Hitler’s wars at first ... but by 1943, they knew they couldn’t win, and that their “leader” was only in it for himself
same with Russia today ...
Russia remains willing to bombard. IMHO
Ukraine = Rump State
All your belligerent, child-like talk can’t change the reality on the battlefield; Putin won and Your Biden lost. We told you this would happen, but you chose to hug The Biden anyway. How does it feel to be tied to yet another Biden foreign policy catastrophe?
Seems legit.
Bidens not even in the game, however, his liege lord supports Russia.
In the meanwhile Putin is getting castrated, many recognize his failings and will act on it. What I see is an upcoming fracturing into the various states that make up Russia.
Who is out there is NATO with money, superior weapons and technology. Now add in a Lil deep state and American weapons manufacturers.
Asshat Biden has one agenda, completing the work of BHO, the death of America.
Does it matters r?
Spoken like a true Russian flack troll. Russia is obviously getting beat.
Yet another CIA propaganda piece.
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This is the same nonsense that Hillary, MSNBC & the FBI tossed at Trump and MAGA starting in 2015. You're ignorant and ill informed.
You’re a real Biden/Soros lover, aren’t you?
Wait! Yesterday someone posted that when they want unbiased objective info on the Ukraine invasion by Russia they look to dennisw for it. I’m so confused.
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