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> Economic sanctions on Russia were useless The sanctions on Russia have caused them to be unable to wage war in a way that they could have previously, which w

by _kbh_ 4y ago

> Economic sanctions on Russia were useless The sanctions on Russia have caused them to be unable to wage war in a way that they could have previously, which was the point. On top of the number of people living below the poverty line in Russia in the first quarter of 2022 rose by 69%. Probably not all the sanctions, but given the amount of jobs that just up and left its likely related. > China didn’t budge nor did India nor did most of Africa and South America highlighting the new irrelevance of the USA China, Russias 'closest' ally with a 'unlimited friendship' isn't doing anything outside of providing humanitarian aid to Russia. They clearly want no part of it. > Ukraine failed to properly negotiate after stopping the Kiev advance when it would have been advantageous to do so because the USA was a poor steward and is now sure to lose significant territories in the south Ukraine will now likely retake Crimea if things keep going how they have been the past two weeks, if Russia never invaded they would of ironically kept more land. I await the day that Russia loses their black sea fleet. > The war will not be allowed to keep going for long because it has a significant impact on Ukraine allies economies and these allies are already significantly pushing for new negotiations to take place. Sweden and Finland joined NATO at significant cost to them in their negotiations with Turkey. It’s not far from a complete debacle honestly. Ukraines allies have repeatedly said that any negotiations are up to Ukraine, I think that a lot of the allies (especially eastern European states that have felt the thumb of Russia before) know that this war is about a lot more than Ukraine and Russia.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago
You are deluded. To quickly reply to you (at that point a long answer would be a waste of my time), sanctions didn’t meaningfully impact Russia revenue which raised with gaz and oil prices. China is actually importing things from Russia. Ukraine has no chance of retaking Crimea - which doesn’t want to be retaken anyway - and is currently losing territories, infrastructures and seeing a very real erosion of its available manpower not winning them. Negotiations have to be made by Ukraine obviously but allies have a lot of sway there. Ukraine couldn’t wage this war without the support of NATO countries and these countries are first and foremost serving their own interests as usual.
- _kbh_ 4y ago
  The statistics of the number of people under the poverty line come from the Russian government so theirs no delusion there. Ukraine will retake all of its territory in time. If Russia is winning so much why are they rolling out units that are compromised of volunteers that are nearly geriatric?. Why is Russia using weapons that where designed to take out America aircraft carriers against Ukrainian shopping malls? (kh-22). Why is Russia using tanks that where made in the 1960's (T-62). Ukraine already has weapons that far outstrip anything that Russia has deployed against them so far (HIMARS, m777's, CESARS, KRABS and Panzerhaubitze 2000) and they are getting more as time goes (NASAMS and M270's). Multiple Russian ammo depots explode nearly every day from HIMARS, and Russia has no effective counter to them, because of the way that Russian logistics work this will be devastating if it's kept up. Russia is and always has been a paper tiger, never forget they lost in Chechnya and they lost in Afghanistan.

by _kbh_ 4y ago

WastingMyTime89 4y ago

You are deluded. To quickly reply to you (at that point a long answer would be a waste of my time), sanctions didn’t meaningfully impact Russia revenue which raised with gaz and oil prices. China is actually importing things from Russia. Ukraine has no chance of retaking Crimea - which doesn’t want to be retaken anyway - and is currently losing territories, infrastructures and seeing a very real erosion of its available manpower not winning them. Negotiations have to be made by Ukraine obviously but allies have a lot of sway there. Ukraine couldn’t wage this war without the support of NATO countries and these countries are first and foremost serving their own interests as usual.

_kbh_ 4y ago
The statistics of the number of people under the poverty line come from the Russian government so theirs no delusion there. Ukraine will retake all of its territory in time. If Russia is winning so much why are they rolling out units that are compromised of volunteers that are nearly geriatric?. Why is Russia using weapons that where designed to take out America aircraft carriers against Ukrainian shopping malls? (kh-22). Why is Russia using tanks that where made in the 1960's (T-62). Ukraine already has weapons that far outstrip anything that Russia has deployed against them so far (HIMARS, m777's, CESARS, KRABS and Panzerhaubitze 2000) and they are getting more as time goes (NASAMS and M270's). Multiple Russian ammo depots explode nearly every day from HIMARS, and Russia has no effective counter to them, because of the way that Russian logistics work this will be devastating if it's kept up. Russia is and always has been a paper tiger, never forget they lost in Chechnya and they lost in Afghanistan.