SnakeBiter409 t1_jabbjjc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:48 AM

Reply to comment by Brilliant-Rooster762 in Ukraine war: Zelensky says situation in Bakhmut worsening by jacobhong

Then why not cut to the chase?

Brilliant-Rooster762 t1_jabjhd7 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:11 AM

Because he needs the west to be the initiator (ie directly intervene). He is trying his best to shift the narrative as such, but it isn't succeeding. A defeat by Ukrainians alone, with western assistance of course, would be a complete disaster for a regime that has been for almost a decade planning its ethnocide.

SnakeBiter409 t1_jacrph1 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:39 PM

What defines a defeat for Putin?

Brilliant-Rooster762 t1_jacs9et wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:43 PM

Being Ghaddafied. Nothing less. He will sink Russia alongside himself. And the Russian people are at fault for having fallen for a snake oil salesman promising them Empirical delusions.

We are seeing the end of Russia as a state. It's over.

SnakeBiter409 t1_jae5oae wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:02 PM

I think when the Soviet Union fell and became the Russian federation should be testament that Russia will always be Russia regardless of any Balkanization, but there will be more Ukraines and there will always be a threat of invasion.