What a waste of lives and money for nothing.
“What a waste of lives and money for nothing.”
Indeed. The Russians supposedly started this war to prevent any new members from joining NATO and now Finland and Sweden have joined NATO. Further, both Switzerland and Austria are integrating their forces with NATO, a precursor step towards formal membership. Moldova is also a likely candidate for NATO membership.
Russia wanted to steal away Crimea and now the peninsula is untenable for military use. The Russia Black Sea squadron has been forced to retreat from Sevastopol to Novorossiya. Air fields are also being evacuated to prevent further loss of irreplaceable Soviet-era aircraft.
At the end of this the Russians will be denied their victory in Ukraine (and Moldova) and the Putin regime will likely collapse from within.
And at what cost? 500,000 dead Russian men? 1,000,000 dead Russian men? All so “Vladimir the Terrible” (the name given to him by Russia 1 Television) can have a legacy?
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
- Proverbs 16:18