• blunderworld@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    It really doesn’t seem like the war in Ukraine is going all that well for Russia. Do they really want to be making even more enemies right now?

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      Russia is in terrible shape at the moment. Don’t confuse their growling dog bluster with what they are really thinking

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      That is why they do it. They do not want Germany and the UK to send even more aid to Ukraine or do some more sanctions related stuff, making the Russian position even worse. Starting a war with NATO or the EU would be insane. Even just Germany or the UK would cause hard to win.

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        They do not need to win, just need to make dumb people “anti war” and pressure politics to stop supporting Ukraine.

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      Do they really want to be making even more enemies right now?

      Yes, but.

      Yes, but it isn’t “they”, it is “he”. He has a problem with losing face if he simply withdraws, and I heard that Russian industries are very adjusted to work in war mode.