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In reply to the discussion: Finally, he has laid all his cards on the table. [View all]gab13by13
(31,386 posts)1. Putin probably still calls Trump, Krasnov, like I do.
Everything Krasnov touches dies.
He has sided with Russia in the invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine is going to win. This will be the telling year for Putin, if he doesn't make major gains this year he is going to have to retreat in humiliation. Ukraine is going to win without any help from Krasnov.
Putin only has a war economy right now, his domestic economy is in the shitter. He can't bring back the troops from Ukraine, he has to place to put them in Russia, no jobs.
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I'm pretty sure they all feel unassailable until about five floors from the sidewalk.
Harker
Yesterday
#7
Have to believe that EU/NATO is studying how they will defend themselves minus the US and maybe Turkey
dutch777
Yesterday
#5
I don't. It's more an inkling that Turkey, really Erdogan, could go its own way. There have been disagreements....
dutch777
Yesterday
#46
Add to this the US has been caught feeding Ukrainian intelligence to Russia
MadameButterfly
Yesterday
#10
Putin is a sick man and an evil kleptocrat.... Russia is a cruel shithole largely because of Putin's rule
LymphocyteLover
Yesterday
#22
Actually, he laid his remaining marbles on the table. Now he's lost them all.
Martin68
Yesterday
#26
For anyone paying attention, you would know he was a Russian asset/stooge well before he was President.
flashman13
Yesterday
#28
9 repug Senators as of this morning won't stand with his Greenland take over.
634-5789
Yesterday
#32
He's also creating a distraction for NATO countries so Putin could invade the Baltic nations
Wicked Blue
Yesterday
#35