Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "Is Russia winning the war in Ukraine? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer" video.

You say that failure's not an option. But failure is not an option for the Russians either. Their identity is a lot more at risk than ours is, and the reason they are in the Ukraine in the first place is because they've watched NATO crawl towards them relentlessly over the last thirty years, including into the Baltics and effectively cutting off Kaliningrad. I've heard suggestions that the intent of the United States was to break Russia up. I don't know that this is true, but it's believable, and it's believed in Russia. The Ukrainians are defending their home, of course they have every reason to fight. But the Russians are defending their integrity, and they have reason to fight as well.
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