GreenFire , 1 month ago Putin has sacrificed over half a million Russians (some of them are foreign mercenaries shanghaied into their army though too) towards his fantasy of expanding Moscow's empire even further into Europe. Adding in the massive diaspora and you end up with an economy that can't afford to wage this war for much longer I expect. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112500374570747871
Putin has sacrificed over half a million Russians (some of them are foreign mercenaries shanghaied into their army though too) towards his fantasy of expanding Moscow's empire even further into Europe.
Adding in the massive diaspora and you end up with an economy that can't afford to wage this war for much longer I expect. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112500374570747871
