Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "The War Map in Ukraine Does Not Matter" video.
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Excellent video!
From a strategic sense, Putin lost the war as soon as he broke the Minsk accords. I don't think the West is going to agree to another such accords, Putin having proven that he only uses them to buy time to regroup & rebuild his army. Even if he had succeeded in overthrowing Zelensky & taking Kiev, the Ukrainians would not have accepted a Russian puppet, having run-off the previous one a decade ago. And Russia does not have the manpower to occupy Ukraine.
What Putin did achieve:
1). The west, his greatest financier, is now strongly motivated to move to a green economy, cutting their dependency on Russia.
2). The nefarious influence of Russian black money in western democracies has been laid bare and will be eradicated.
3). Western business has pulled out of Russia and will not return as long as his regime lasts.
4). This also means that Putin is no longer able to maintain his oil & gas infrastructure, witness e.g. the recent explosion of a gas field.
5). NATO is more powerful than ever, and all its members are renewing their militaries.
6). The myth of the power of the Russian army has been exposed once and for all.
7). Putin has lost his position among the G7 & G20.
8). Putin's imperial ambitions have been exposed.
To project the results of this ill-judged war:
1). Ukraine will recover the lands it lost in the Minsk accords.
2). Ukraine will become a member of the EU and NATO.
3). Russia will suffer greatly, leading to unrest & perhaps civil war in Russia. There may well be parts of it that go independent.
4). Belarus will probably depose its dictator and turn away from Russia.
5). The Russian economy will suffer for decades because of the men killed in the war, combined with a stark decline in population.
Putin has destroyed Russia.
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