'[Putin] knows [that] the West knows he’s in trouble .. This war .. was always about economics. It would be a true triumph if Ukraine could outlast the mighty Russian oil saturated economic monster. Because that’s all it ever had, oil & gas. Who even knows of a genuine Russian manufactured consumer product anyone wants?
If Ukraine and the West keep up their economic pressure the time to collapse is ever shorter. If Ukraine could pull off one medium sized defeat of a Russian operation and drive it back that might be all it takes to break this war wide open and send the Russians packing.''It’s my opinion that [Putin] has passed the point of caring about the economy beyond it lasting long enough to get where he wants. He wants others to keep it on track and do what they have to do to make it happen, but as far as the war goes, he will keep it going until such times as he gets either a reason to stop it, or his advisers tell him it can’t go on another day, or he faces an abject front line collapse – and I think that’s far from impossible.
..he knows the West knows he’s in trouble. He worries now that The West will support Ukraine to the point it can outlast what Russia can achieve, and that would be disastrous for him personally, let alone Russia. Ukraine smashes factories and oil logistics and production, gas distribution and manufacturing. The harvest last year was a disaster, fuel prices are rising fast, North Korean forces were a disastrous operation and embarrassing.
Russian soldiers are being sent in to battle on walking sticks and crutches. Does anything tell you more eloquently how bad things are getting? .. There are no ‘green shoots of recovery’ for Russia. It’s all going wrong and no ma[t]ter the sick bravado Putin will no doubt use to pretend all is well. He will bluff it out, bluster has way into negotiations, make all sorts of untenable demands, and as long as he can stave off that day of economic catastrophe he will. Yet his options are growing thinner and few and further between with every passing day. He’s on the point of becoming the Road Runner in the cartoons…legs spinning in mid air with only the canyon far below to fall into.
This war once it reached two years was always about economics. It would be a true triumph if Ukraine could outlast the mighty Russian oil saturated economic monster. Because that’s all it ever had, oil & gas. Who even knows of a genuine Russian manufactured consumer product anyone wants?
If Ukraine and the West keep up their economic pressure the time to collapse is ever shorter. If Ukraine could pull off one medium sized defeat of a Russian operation and drive it back that might be all it takes to break this war wide open and send the Russians packing.
No stopping now.'
- The Analyst (
Source, February 6, 2025)
Context'..Ukraine must keep pushing these drone attacks .. Remain relentless..'('There is 1 year left. We are 75% done.') - '..Ukraine .. Russia .. negotiations should start in mid 2026..''Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Kherson is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine..''What are Ukraine's borders? .. they’re internationally recognized and defined in 1991.' - Navalny