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“Russia simply cannot keep up as the sinews of war are infinite gold, and the corrupt serf empire army could only win a surprise victory. In a long, drawn-out war of attrition, they are hopelessly outgunned, outspent, and outmatched.”
“the economy has “come close to stagnation” and nonperforming (late and unpaid) loans (NPLs) have increased.”
“…strategic advice about how to get Trump back on his side, including how to use the language of transaction and flattery that Trump appears to respond to.”
“Trump expressed uncharacteristically tough public anger toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring that the leader throws a “lot of bulls—.”
“This will have a serious impact on combat effectiveness….”
“I think any time your own homeland is threatened, you fight with a tenacity that’s difficult for us to conceive of.”
“Despite Russia’s limited gains and mounting losses, Moscow has shown little interest in serious diplomacy, insisting on maximalist terms while launching new attacks. But beneath the bluster lies a far weaker hand than many in the West assume.”
We estimate that Vladimir Putin has so far sacrificed some 1m of his fellow Russians—dead or wounded. That’s a terrible price for the gain of modest territory in the Donbas region.
For the Kremlin, however, ideological and political factors outweigh military logic.
Understanding why Putin invaded Ukraine and Russia's fragile state can help accelerate Russia's ending of hostilities. Chris Snow, at Medium, on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire (Part 1, Glory Blog part 3), provides enough revelations for more than one blog of...
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