Disagree right now or they would've leveled the Government sector with cruise missiles. They want him captured and forced to do something on their terms; however, I think that plan is out the window, even if they do capture him. And killing him now would only make it worse as the Ukranian military has shown to be effective in numerous fronts, most likely with limited centralized command and control.
100%
As the world watches the emergence of one of the most inspiring leaders in history
NYT calls it trying
Embarrassing
Regardless, people should expect more of this, because "this is Biden's fault" is what the Right is pushing to hurt Biden over this. It's all over social media like Facebook and people like Tulsi Gabbard, Charlie Kirk, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Glenn Greenwald are some of the loudest voices and pushing it the hardest.
"NYT tried to not be a complete joke of an news organization".
As the world watches the emergence of one of the most inspiring leaders in history
NYT calls it trying
Embarrassing
Yeah I saw a report somewhere talking about how a lot of the men went with their families to evacuate and then once they knew their families were safe and secure they decided to go back.
they collapsed post soviet and putin has been trying to get them back up but I had been hearing their chain of command still lacks discipline of nato and putins been interested more in nukes than infantry since they've mostly been fighting very very much weaker enemies (Chechnya, Georgia, pre-2014 ukraine, syria)
The problem for Russia is, that using their full capacity, like for example levelling Kyiv, would have huge political costs, and might even threaten their partnership with China. It's one thing to tacitly approve a simple and relatively bloodless coup and takevoer. It's another to be on board with leading to a massacre of thousands of people, all very well captured on social media world wide.
I believe Russia still supplies 60-70% of India's defence equipment and armaments, so yeah there's no way India would directly condemn Russia under any other party either. India's actually in a bit of bind over this, as they've been wanting to move closer to the US to deter China, hence the Quad alliance. India becoming increasingly distant to the West isn't accurate and might be the opposite, if only due to US wanting an ally in the region again because of China. So the fact that India doesn't come out and support the West over this does damage their still nascent defence relationship.
Yeah, I think a dead Zelensky would have a disastrous effect on any long term Russian plans to restore their standing in the world or maintain control over a defeated Ukraine. Martyrs create insurgents.
Oh absolutely. Putin assumed they Ukranian military would fold or that Zelensky would surrender. He never dreamed that Ukraine would be able to fight back this hard. They have taken heavy losses and have supply issues. They hold no major cities either so they have nothing to show for those losses.
Also, and somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, what good would an Eastern Ukraine puppet buffer zone or even an entire Ukrainian puppet government be if major cities are leveled? Yes, the loss of life would be disgusting, but what good is territory that's just rubble? Wouldn't leveling Kyiv be dumb from a "trophy" standpoint? Putin gives zero shits about human life, but he must care some for having something to show for all this bloodshed.
They also need to have a peace treaty signed to end all this which becomes harder if you level the cities.
If intelligence is to be believed, Zelensky is the number 1 target of the Chechen troops "hit list" and then his family. I don't think Russia cares.
You basically listed all pro Putin people… combined with the worthless tankie left that can all go off somewhere in the woods together
And the PREVIOUS Ukranian president. AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
I know nothing abut it, but wouldn't is be a bit like an arms deal? But very convenient that they really need them at the moment.
