Jesus Christ is Putin going to grow a pair?
What will it take for him to just say “fuck it”?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-confirms-use-us-provided-himars-inside-russia
@Mr_Mister
An american missile with a pride and/or israeli flag on it has to kill one of this close family members.
@Zeb Putin will probably need an attempt on his life for him to wake up.
@Mr_Mister @Zeb Putin runs a real country in a real world. He is not some kind of armchair interner warrior. Sure this sucks but Russia has been decimsting Ukraine military for over two years now. Things like this are mere mosquito bites. The inevitable defeat of UAF will happen. No reason to make an emotional decision on a whim. The bill will come due on Russias own schedule in a manner of their choosing.
@Justicar @Zeb It’s not that this is some random emotional response by Putin. This is a(nother) red line being crossed by the Ukrainians. Yeah they’ve invaded Russia, which isn’t that bad itself because it is a war after all. But now they’ve confirmed to be using NATO-supplied weapons which is something Russia has be saying is too far. This, the beach bombing incident, the concert terrorist incident, destroying bridges.
And so…..what’s Putin gonna do about it?
@Mr_Mister @Zeb Russia is NOT at war. This is military operation. If it were war, Kyiv would have been a ruin a long time ago and all top politicians would be long dead. That's what many people miss about the situation. Russia thinkls ahead and how they will handle the country and the people after the conflict ends. There is no reason for them to wipe the entire country out. Russia has no reason to attack NATO. They do not want this to become WW3, which is what NATO wants because the empire ..
