They don't have enough troops for a successful counter-offensive. Russia still has Crimea and the most valuable parts of Ukraine with most valuable farmland and mining under their control, so it's a tactical, and strategic loss. They will likely have to sue for peace and have lost more than they have gained in this war. That's why they lost.
And they still have far more than they would have had if they gave in to Russias demands in exchange for peace in the first months or, really, anytime later as well.
Okay my bad they also want Donbas and Lunhask.
OK, so you mean they 'lost' in that you don't believe they can reclaim lost territory, but not that they'll lose the territory claimed by Russia.
But NATO membership still conveys that protection. Russia has only invaded/annexed/attacked non-NATO members in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova).
That, and ratifying Sweden into NATO is politically unpopular in Turkey. So the politicians are playing the delaying game.
Maybe not, but it does not look good for Ukraine to recover its lost territories. Putin cannot give up what he's already taken - that just means Russia will have experienced a ton of misery for nothing, and is impossible for Putin to accept. Thus the only way Ukraine gets its territory back is by force, or a new Russian leader replacing who is prepared to negotiate.
Isn't that just your average Tuesday for Russia though? Whether its the Tsars, Soviets or Putin the misery they inflicted tended to all be for nothing.
While, ok, there's truth that that, unless Putin can claim some kind of success, he'll be shown a failure. Which has always been a big problem throughout history, and has led to some quite creative interpretations of success in the past. I'm sorta surprised he hasn't invented one yet.
www.thedailybeast.com
Its funny that Tucker thinks the Biden administration is out to terrorize the far right when those involved in January 6 aren't even rotting in jail for treason yet. Not Trump who's behind it nor the idiots who followed him. If Biden was as trigger happy as Tucker feared perhaps some justice would actually have been done.
Okay, arresting an American citizen is pretty bad.
‘Red Pill’ Dating Coach Gonzalo Lira, Accused of Shilling for Putin, Is Arrested in Ukraine
Gonzalo Lira, a prolific online personality who became an outspoken supporter of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, had his home in Kharkiv raided by the security services.
The guy who doxes journalists' hotel locations(When Russia has missiles that can hit those journalists) faces the consequences. Shocker.
People like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones consider it "oppression" when they're not allowed to call for the deaths of their political enemies.
Well indeed.
