shotshy
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I’m not overly optimistic mate.I would caution against this level of optimism. I'd be delighted to be wrong but don't assume Russia are on the brink of collapsing.
Jokerman will know better than me but will the Yanks be so willing to fund Ukraine if the Republicans take the House?
I was talking with my cousin last night who works at CGHQ and he said that Russian media is reporting the evacuation as a success. A kind of Dunkirk moment.
The point really is that Russia is not winning and probably the best they can hope for now is keeping the Ukrainian territory that they held before February.
Phil will know much better than us but my impression is that the majority in Crimea are content to be Russian controlled. Also those left in the Donbass were content with Russian control but that’s moving, given that Russian control has bought them nothing but agro.
It’s understandable that Ukraine want all of their territory back but eventually, some compromise will need to be made unless the political situation changes in Moscow.
My cousin told me that in the two big cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, the war was hardly mentioned until recently. As if nothing was going on. Also very few conscripts from the cities.
Mainly from poor rural areas.
The brain drain is causing concern among the chattering classes.
About a million disappeared from the workplace apparently.