Putin IS cornered and has been since April.
His Plan A to quickly take over Kyiv and put in a puppet failed
Plan B to gain the East and all of the southern coastline to Moldova failed in April - with the sinking of the Moskva
Plan C to gain just the Donbas and east failed in July
Plan D to gain just the Donbas is in the process of failing.
He is snubbbed by the leaders of Turkey and Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan.
He has been cornered for some time and his desperation of fake referenda and throwing in conscript bodies reeks of desperation.
His flailing at the “external enemy” won’t work - he needs to consolidate his position at home - so the flailing will be internal, expect more purges
It is so nice to make up objectives Russia never pronounced and then claim how all of them failed.
As a side note, after Russia wins and sends an army of angry Ukrainians to ransack Poland for its role, are you going to link it to the role of your government in the unnecessary bloodbath, or are you going to play victim and scream you told us so?
“His Plan A to quickly take over Kyiv and put in a puppet failed.”
Link, please.
“Plan B to gain the East and all of the southern coastline to Moldova failed in April - with the sinking of the Moskva.”
Link, please.
“Plan C to gain just the Donbas and east failed in July.”
Link, please.
“Plan D to gain just the Donbas is in the process of failing.”
Link, please.
“He is snubbbed by the leaders of Turkey and Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan.”
Opinion - there’s more going on with Turkey than one snub.
“He has been cornered for some time and his desperation of fake referenda and throwing in conscript bodies reeks of desperation.”
Link, please.
“His flailing at the “external enemy” won’t work - he needs to consolidate his position at home - so the flailing will be internal, expect more purge”
Link, please.