The "Big Lie" worked for Trump and it seems to be working for Putin, also.

[sboatcar]

1. If they couldn't even take afghanistan in almost 10 years

I don't understand how they think they can take over a well organized country like Ukraine at all. They can pound the infrastructure into nothing, but that leaves them with nothing if and when they actually took over. That also doesn't account for the huge amount of support the international community is giving to ukraine. There's no winnable scenario for Putin here. Certainly he can try to tell his people that they're winning, but the dead bodies will be hard to hide.