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The entire world (with a few exceptions) is fighting a proxy war against Russia via Ukraine. Of course you can't win, that's the whole idea.
More than just that, Russia has already lost because they revealed themselves to be a paper tiger AND that the rest of the world is sick of their bullshit.
They won't be invading any more countries for a long time. I'd wager more regions will declare independence from Russia, knowing they can.
Putin massively miscalculated.
Its possible he miscalculated.
It's also possible that his cancer is accelerating and he wanted to go out with a bang.
I think it's likely a combination of the two. He thought it would be a quick skirmish and he'd be able to reunite the USSR.
He wanted his legacy to be the founder of a reborn Soviet Union. Now his legacy will be that he was a sad, sad old man who destroyed Russia on the world stage in front of everybody and broke the illusion that Russia was any sort of global superpower. The aftereffects of this invasion will be felt for decades to come. Ukraine will be rebuilt stronger and better than ever before, while Russia will likely splinter apart or collapse.
or it's possible that you're just guzzling propaganda because it says what you want to believe
I love how westerners think of themselves as the entire world. Here's what the entire world actually thinks
Meanwhile, what's actually been revealed is that everything NATO has thrown into this proxy war is now burning and turns out that fabled NATO tactics didn't even allow Ukraine to reach the first line of Russian defences.
Even western media now admits that Ukraine is on the brink of collapse.
Meanwhile, Russia has already made more significant advances in the past couple of weeks than Ukraine managed during the whole 10 weeks of the offensive https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/europe/kupyansk-ukraine-evacuation-russia-intl/index.html
Meanwhile, west is losing trillions while Russian economy is growing as reported by UBS https://www.businessinsider.com/war-in-ukraine-russia-richer-millionaires-billionaires-uhnw-wealth-ubs-2023-8
Maybe try engaging with reality instead of guzzling propaganda all day.
Friend, you seem to fail at reading and/or understanding. Economic growth/shrinkage is very different than wealth and has different effects as a result.
From the article you cited:
That's just one example.
It's interesting how confident you are in others guzzling propaganda when it's obvious that you aren't coming from an objective reality-seeking viewpoint.
This is probably not going to reach you but it might others reading what you write who might be inclined to take it at face value.
Russian economy shrunk in 2021 as it adjusted to sanctions, but it is growing at the rate of 4.9% right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-growth-annual
Your ignorant smugness is noted.