“...He could reduce all major cities if he wished...”
“He’s shotcaller” sic.
You said plenty. The impliclation of your post was that Putin could cause even more damage with his conventional forces. I was addressing that fairly.
But he hasn’t
The destruction is in the east where the resistance is
And ny the way his publicly proclaimed territorial goals are
Why doesn’t he just smash Kiev etc and at least destroy utilities to make life more inconvenient
He knows it wouldn’t play well
So we prop up what’s left of Zelensky regime while the east is destroyed and Putin parks his threats elsewhere and people die for a fait accompli
I don’t care other than stop prolonging it
Putin can go home tomorrow totally defeated .....fine....not going to happen
My only chagrin is that the neocon globalist tech cabal who stole Trumps landslide and more will he very emboldened
It’sonly a guess
Fairly soon ....Putin gets his goals in the east and maybe more like Odessa and that Tristinia or however u say it
And Ukraine is neutered
Which would leave Zelensky likely short for power
However we are pouring cash in and some generals are advocating USA and nato on the ground west of the Dnieper which I think is nuts
One thing to acknowledge is Donbass is like Missouri 1860-1866 or so
Plenty hatred to go around all sides
It’s not of strategic import in my opinion and should have been avoided
That it’s happened in Ukraine is not a coincidence given it’s piggyback status for the west