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anamnua

(1,102 posts)
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 05:20 PM Feb 2022

A sensible article from an unlikely (unnamed) source

President Vladimir Putin may have overplayed his hand by invading Ukraine as opposition to the war grows in Russia, experts told Fox News Digital.

"This is a massive miscalculation," said University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Yoshiko Herrera, who is an expert on U.S-Russian relations. "This action yesterday was just another level of crazy. It’s a ruination of Russia for decades, so damaging for Ukraine and so costly all around."

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES

More than 1,700 demonstrators in Russia protesting the unprovoked attack on Ukraine have been arrested, according to OVD Info, a Russian human rights organization.

The demonstrations are especially noteworthy in a country that fiercely suppresses dissent, Herrera said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Valdai Discussion Club's plenary meeting Oct. 21, 2021, in Sochi, Russia.

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A sensible article from an unlikely (unnamed) source (Original Post) anamnua Feb 2022 OP
not going to click on it to give them traffic. Javaman Feb 2022 #1
You beat me StopTheNeoCons Feb 2022 #3
Several experts say he has to win quickly underpants Feb 2022 #6
copy 4 paragraphs StopTheNeoCons Feb 2022 #2
F'k them. CentralMass Feb 2022 #4
If I've done some that contravenes DU rules anamnua Feb 2022 #5

underpants

(182,550 posts)
6. Several experts say he has to win quickly
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 05:29 PM
Feb 2022

and the only way to hold Ukraine would be brutal Stalinesque tactics. There’s lots of cross relationships and Russians don’t like seeing their neighbors being killed. If this fails, he’s done.

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