"If we stop funding Ukraine, Putin will take over the whole country!"
Yeah, that's why the Russians are digging in and consolidating their gains instead of pushing forward. I guess they're planning on walking through those fields they just mined to hell and back... also "muh Taiwan!"
Reading articles from the western liberal press is like stepping into an alternate dimension.
I mean, any army would do that regardless of whether they were going to push forward again or not. Being able to extend your base of logistics for an offensive is important. That they dug in isnt really an indication either way.
I suppose that's true, but regardless I can't help but feel that further offensives into Ukraine aren't likely. My understanding is that Russia was able to pull off the annexation due to support from the annexed oblasts. Would they have that same advantage closer to Kiev? It doesn't seem like it, at least to me.
I suppose the Russians might be planning on regime change, but if that's the case, I don't know what's taking so long. If I were Putin, I would want to press the advantage after the failed counteroffensive. I suspect he isn't because such a move would prolong the war by several years, and wouldn't that be extremely unpopular? Not to mention a potential strategic blunder. What if it went badly?
I don't have insight into what Putin is thinking, that's just my read on the situation.
"If we stop funding Ukraine, Putin will take over the whole country!"
Yeah, that's why the Russians are digging in and consolidating their gains instead of pushing forward. I guess they're planning on walking through those fields they just mined to hell and back... also "muh Taiwan!"
Reading articles from the western liberal press is like stepping into an alternate dimension.
I mean, any army would do that regardless of whether they were going to push forward again or not. Being able to extend your base of logistics for an offensive is important. That they dug in isnt really an indication either way.
I suppose that's true, but regardless I can't help but feel that further offensives into Ukraine aren't likely. My understanding is that Russia was able to pull off the annexation due to support from the annexed oblasts. Would they have that same advantage closer to Kiev? It doesn't seem like it, at least to me.
I suppose the Russians might be planning on regime change, but if that's the case, I don't know what's taking so long. If I were Putin, I would want to press the advantage after the failed counteroffensive. I suspect he isn't because such a move would prolong the war by several years, and wouldn't that be extremely unpopular? Not to mention a potential strategic blunder. What if it went badly?
I don't have insight into what Putin is thinking, that's just my read on the situation.