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For Putin's regime, failing to win is basically losing.

• akmarinov 4y ago
  What’s win though? If his mobilization manages to keep Ukraine forces at bay and he goes through with joining Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhia to Russia - is that the win scenario? He can probably pull that together pretty easily by dumping 1-2 million russians in it. If he stalls things for 2-3 years with the new borders, the West is likely to give up and just have them be another Crimea. NATO certainly won’t send troops in.
  • ido 4y ago
    It's highly suspect if he can mobilise 1-2 millions. The latest mobilisation sought 300k and is already causing civil unrest and hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Russia.
    • _kbh_ 4y ago
      Furthermore they can barely equip the current conscripts so unless they are going to use T34s I doubt we will see millions mobilised.