Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Has Russia’s “New Offensive” Already Failed?" video.

  1.  @amateur9626  I think what you should be asking yourself is how much did the US lose in resources like troops in Afghanistan compared to what Russia is losing in Ukraine? Considering how little to no progress Russia is making in Ukraine and the amount of troops and arms lost, this is a really costly war for Russia and we can dice it however we want but Russia can't afford for this war to drag on as it's costing them a fortune in economic lose as well as troops and arms and let's be blunt about this, only a desperate country would use prisoners to fight in the war. Dictators rarely care about their own people, this is all about protecting Putin's position of power and he likely knows he's messed up with this war but he sees no way of getting out of it without damaging his position, and that is really bad news for the Russia people because history has shown how little regard dictators that are clinging to power will throw their own people under the bus to protect their position.
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  2. So basically, far less oil and gas revenue and much bigger military spending, this is bound to have a negative impact on the quality of life for the Russian people. Putin's incompetents on this war is quite shocking and he might not realize this but many in the west, especially the US want a long-drawn-out war to drain the Russian economy, weaken them whiles also isolating Russia in the world. Longer term, can Russia really afford to continue this war? Looking at its current progress, it's achieved little or nothing so far and it's very costly for Russia and I think historians are going to look at this as one of the biggest blunders this century for Russia, a costly war, bogged down in Ukraine, costing Russia a fortune, whiles losing a lot of revenue from European countries and war is only good if there is a net gain and the longer the war drags on, the more likely it's going to be a net lose for Russia, especially if western countries continue to support Ukraine, which seems very likely. It's also becoming clear to me that western governments are just giving Ukraine enough arms to cause the Russians trouble but not enough to win the war, seriously, if the west really wanted to end this war, they could offer Ukraine the kind of arms to do a lot of damage to Russian supple lines before they can even be used in the war and the sad thing is, I suspect the US wants the war to drag on to do real damage to Russia long term whereas it's unclear where the EU position stands but I doubt they want a long term war on its doorstep and in any case, it's clear that Russia is no match to the west and if the west really put it's foot down, this war could have been over already and it's unfortunate that the people in Ukraine are in the middle of this game.
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