Badly injured Russian soldiers are being denied recuperation and are sent into frontline assaults on canes and crutches. Outraged Russian milbloggers blame field commanders for refusing to allow medical leave, but the blame likely goes much higher.
It was naive to expect Western sanctions would make Russians rebel against Putin, Inozemtsev says
“Everyone thinks just a little more, and that’s it; the oligarchs will revolt, and the regime will collapse. Frankly, I can’t imagine a greater naiveté,” Russian economist Vladislav Inozemtsev told Euronews.
That explains the striking Warsaw-Madrid-Caracas-Bogotá-Cali itinerary that Medina and Ante bought for their return, without realizing that showing up at Maiquetía in Ukrainian military uniform would expose them.
I’m old enough to remember when Bakhmut was the key to the entire region, signaling Ukraine’s imminent collapse. Eventually, Russia will flatten and overwhelm this city at an enormous cost to themselves.
