Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "news.com.au"
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Ukraine will win because Russia cannot.
In this war, Ukraine will win by surviving.
The war will continue until Putin and Russia say, "enough".
It might be a week, or a month, or a year, and possibly longer.
However long it takes, one thing we now know ----
Russia does not have the resources to defeat & occupy Ukraine.
Even if Kyev falls, the war continues.
Zelensky is a bold and brave leader, but even if he dies,
the war will continue.
Ukrainians will not give up.
We now know this.
If they don't give up, they cannot be defeated.
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Putin has destroyed Russia's economy, and its geopolitical position.
Ukraine will join NATO and the EU.
Russia will be excluded from both.
Trade and investment with Russia will recover slowly.
Western companies lost billions because of Putin's war, and they will
be reluctant to commit much money to Russia.
Especially since countries of Asia, Africa, and South America show much more promise
for safe profitable projects.
Ukraine has always been integral to Russian trade. It was very important.
Putin has destroyed that.
Ukrainians hate Russia, do not trust it, and greatly fear it.
I doubt Ukraine will support roads, bridges, or other infrastructure to encourage and support trade, since they can also be used to support invasion.
With no European trading partners, Russia's economy will stagnate for a long long time.
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Won't work.
1. Executions and reprisals did not end resistance to Nazi occupation during WW2.
In fact, it increased resistance.
2. How will Russian soldiers react?? They were told they were going to save Ukrainians from Nazis, and now they will be told to kill Ukrainians in cold blood??? How will that go over??
Russian army morale will plummet.
Russian army soldiers may desert, or even revolt over such orders.
In order to get an army to kill, they must be prepared. They must be taught that their enemy is evil, or inferior, or both.
BUT, Putin has promoted the idea that Ukrainians are the same as Russians.
Not just equal, but the same.
So, killing Ukrainians, is killing their own kind.
That will be difficult for Russian soldiers to think about or do.
Putin has not thought this through.
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