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Putin was holding back the entire time
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the only rational explanation for his restraint was that he wanted to minimize civilian casualties and damage to critical infrastructure
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this desire to minimize collateral damage makes Putin a better man than all of the Western commanders who indiscriminately carpet bombed their enemies in virtually every major conflict since WW2
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at this point, if Western media are speaking, they’re lying
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everyone on this board who thought the Ukraine was winning this war, or that Russia was somehow outmatched, is a fucking retard
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WW3 is coming. NATO is going to come up with a justification to invade. We're already there fighting in Ukrainian uniforms mostly likely but that is limited to special forces. (Michael Tracy filmed US troops massing in Poland and going into Ukraine like four months ago.)
Russia can't capture all of Ukraine with the troops they currently have. Many people have pointed this out since the beginning. So it was likely never their goal. The goal was to free the eastern regions and make some kind of neutrality agreement. That's not going to happen now. The west is going to attack and Russia doesn't want them to have an easy time. No comfy beds, working electricity, easy access to food and medicine. They're going to make Ukraine a very unpleasant place to be.
Russia is going to consolidate the newly annexed provinces and build up their defenses. When the NATO attack comes, Putin will claim to be a victim of western aggression. Which will be more or less true. Then it comes down to what China does.