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Showboating, or Cheeto Caligula having one of his fits of pique?
There’s been some news that Russia maybe have hit a wall in Ukraine. Russia has been talking about a buffer zone between them and Ukraine and they’ve been fixing up bases near Finland which, if fully manned, would have to pull troops from Ukraine.
This might be the USA getting intelligence that Russia is weak and about to lose a lot if not all of Ukraine. So, the USA shifts to being tough on them because Russia is going to lose anyway. Now they can try to claim Russia lost because this “tough” stance.
That sounds like a bunch of wishful thinking. The imminent collapse of the Russian army/economy/regime/state has been predicted from pretty much day one of the war. Yet here we are.
Here we are. Closing airports in Moscow 11 years after invasion began and 3 years after full scale mobilisation....
Is Russia going to imminently collapse? Probably not.
Is Russia on the back foot and being pushed out of the country they invaded? Yes.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250506-russia-suspends-airport-traffic-following-overnight-drone-strikes-ukraine