They were clever attacks, but all they really managed to do in the final analysis was to increase Russia's resolve, with the goal now being to eliminate the Ukrainian threat forever more.
Trump needs to stay out of it now, otherwise, it will become his war. It's a war that would quickly turn into a quagmire as well. It was an ill-advised plan to engage in a proxy war, and if you doubt that this was was not created by design, then you need something to help you see the truth. It as an easy war to avoid. All it really required was to take NATO expansion odd the table, and work towards another plan to being Ukraine into our sphere without raising Russia's insecurities.
“They were clever attacks, but all they really managed to do in the final analysis was to increase Russia’s resolve, with the goal now being to eliminate the Ukrainian threat forever more.”
Putin always wanted ALL of Ukraine. But Zelensky outsmarted him.
Now that the war has been unexpectedly extended, Putin is in a corner.
His war economy is crumbling. The reserve fund has been depleted. The oligarchs are growing restless.