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Excellent reporting, particularly concerning the rivalries in the top levels of the Ukrainian military leadership. If only it was possible to do a similar deep
by ilamont 2y ago
Excellent reporting, particularly concerning the rivalries in the top levels of the Ukrainian military leadership. If only it was possible to do a similar deep dive into the Russian side.
One "what if" I am left wondering about concerns the U.S. frustrations and Ukrainian reluctance to lower the draft age. Maybe that ties into Zelensky and Budanov's belief that Putin has been "approaching death" for 2 years?
https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/zelensky-putin-death-spring-offensive-kharkiv-sumy-90d7fqzmv https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ze...
- StefanBatory 2y agoI think the answer is simpler - if they draft young people, their demographic pyramid will be even more utterly devastated after the war ends.
- ProjectArcturis 2y agoDefinitely the demographic thing, but also the "Putin approaching death" meme feels like mostly a PsyOp from Ukraine. The unspoken correlary is, Ukraine doesn't have to outlast Russia, it just has to outlast Putin.
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- ajcp 2y ago> belief that Putin has been "approaching death" for 2 years? I truly believe this was a significant part of why Alexei Navalny was willing to go back to Russia knowing full-well he'd disappear into their penal system; he was betting he'd be able to outlive Putin.