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“Russia’s summer offensive has failed at enormous cost in troops. Its diplomatic strategy for America has fallen short. It faces a slow tsunami of European defense spending and growing strains at home….”
“My country is falling apart right in front of my eyes, and I forecasted this demise, and it is coming. I don’t forecast this any longer; I am documenting the demise of Russia.”
For Putin, the implications of Ukraine’s prospective economic success are dire.
Nations aren’t made of clumps of earth or of drops of blood. They are made of stories, images and memories in people’s minds. No matter how the war unfolds in the coming months, the memory of the Russian invasion, of Russian atrocities and of Ukrainian sacrifices, will continue to sustain Ukrainian patriotism for generations to come.
While over a decade separates these two decisions, they are both part of a strategy by the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin to extend Russia’s soft power influence, circumvent Western sanctions, and possibly create bases for Russian intelligence operations by reclaiming the ecclesiastical property of the Russian Empire.
“Russian drones flying into Poland during the massive attack on Ukraine show that Putin’s sense of impunity keeps growing,” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said in a statement about the incident, speaking of President Vladimir V. Putin. “He was not properly punished for his previous crimes.”
“The government budget to prop up the appearance of plenty is running low. Pro-war radicals encouraged by the Kremlin, she said, have grown increasingly angry that most Russians don’t care about the war. “This summer might be the turning point….”
“The whole war was a failed piracy campaign against Ukraine….”
“Then there’s the third possible outcome—a Russian victory. … In addition to being the worst possible outcome morally and geopolitically, this third possibility is the worst scenario for the president and the GOP.”
“Russian advances on the battlefield continue, in the main, to come slowly and at enormous cost to the invader. And even if the Russian military were to accomplish another breakthrough, Mr. Putin still could not achieve his real aim: Ukraine’s total subjugation within Russia’s orbit. Ukrainians will resist occupation, and Europe will not abandon Ukraine to its fate.”
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