Quote from: paxmao on Today at 05:11:43 PM

^^ Better or worse are relative terms. Putin is emotionally and politically invested in this war. He may not physically survive anything that looks other than a clear victory in terms of territory (Ruzzia has already lost the war in any other aspect).

Will Ruzzia produce another dictator? Looks very likely. Will whoever takes Putin's place how risky is for his (or her) health to be involved in such a dynamic and random situation?... perhaps.

Quote from: be.open on Today at 11:54:15 AM

Quote from: magistrator on Today at 08:41:36 AM

I don't understand, are Ukrainians being squeezed out of the Kursk region?

Did you expect something else?

There is a Ruzzian counter-attack, as it was expected and as of today, there are news of Ukraine doing a manoeuvres warfare to counter the counter and encircle troops. Nothing is quite clear in terms of advances and I am missing my most trusted source update since 2 days ago. It is a changing situation with Ruzzian bloggers claiming and other sources not agreeing.

Yes, there is fight, Ruzzia apparently has taken troops from Belgorod and now they are paranoid about Ukraine attacking in Belgorod.

This is and has always been about encroachment on the spheres of influence and not territory. Russia wanted Ukrainian territory under Yanukovych just as much as it wants Belarusian territory under Lukashenko now or US wants territory in London. NATO in Ukraine is an existential threat for Russia. If that is to happen, not sure about Putin's physical survival, but it would lead to collapse of the whole Russia, chaos, revolutions etc... Exactly the reason why Russia and China cannot allow that to happen.

Yes I'm saying that Ukraine's negotiation position after the winter would be much worse relative to what it is now. And i don't see anyone even talking about some miracle UA winter offensive that could possibly improve its situation on the front lines. All we're getting now is let's get approvals to send some missiles to Moscow, that'll surely make Russia give up (the country that completely burned down Moscow to the ground themselves just to not give it to Napoleon). Pushing the nation to suffer through the winter with the only hope of Putin untimely death, makes as much sense as militarily opening a new front when your opponent outnumbers you in manpower and bombs.