The Russians are very pragmatic and not much concerned for theater. EU would get the message loud and clear. I keep hearing from Colonel MacGregor that Putin is a restraint on the public demand for stronger action on Ukraine. Nobody in the West understands that Putin's success metric is the number of dead or defeated Ukrainian soldiers, not square kilometers of territory. First: eliminate Ukraine's military potential. Second: do whatever you want.
He's on video touring the newly built defenses in Kursk, post attack. He's been very active on Russian media. He's alive. The drone swarm failed. Ukies took a shot at the king and missed, hence the response we're seeing from Russia.
Do we know if Putin is still alive?
Please. What an inane comment. If he was dead, we’d be in WW3.
No, but all of Ukraine would be burning.
Agree and possibly EU.
The Russians are very pragmatic and not much concerned for theater. EU would get the message loud and clear. I keep hearing from Colonel MacGregor that Putin is a restraint on the public demand for stronger action on Ukraine. Nobody in the West understands that Putin's success metric is the number of dead or defeated Ukrainian soldiers, not square kilometers of territory. First: eliminate Ukraine's military potential. Second: do whatever you want.
He's on video touring the newly built defenses in Kursk, post attack. He's been very active on Russian media. He's alive. The drone swarm failed. Ukies took a shot at the king and missed, hence the response we're seeing from Russia.