• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Putin will not win…he is at a huge deficit, is getting old and facing threats from within, and has been giving up more and more to fake allies like China to stay alive.

    Him saying he has doubled the military budget this year means nothing. For one, we know where the military budget goes, and 2, budget means nothing if you can’t buy the goods. These other countries will not be able to keep selling to Putin, while all the powers of europe and the West are giving these things for free.

    Part of this conflict, and to the detriment of the Ukranians, is to completely ruin Putin while not directly getting involved in combat, removing Russia as a world power entirely. Dragging it along is sadly a good thing for our politicians.

    Putin is 71 years old now, has been the president of Russia in some form for over 25 years. He will die in that seat before the war is over.