Subj : Re: Russia's Endgame
To   : BORAXMAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Oct 04 2022 17:28:00

>  DW> As someone who lives in America, the news I have been hearing has not
>  DW> been that Russia was losing since the beginning.  Matter of fact, the
>  DW> news earlier on was very bleak for Ukraine.  It does not seem that the
>  DW> Russia is losing narrative started up in earnest until after we gave
>  DW> Ukraine a bunch of money.

> Perhaps you're using different news sources. In Australia, the nightly news
> says almost nothing about the conflict.  The main internet news sites here are
> mostly putting out stories about how Russia is in trouble, Putin is about to
> die, Ukraine is winning. They've been doing this for months now.
>
> Maybe the U.S. news is more realistic?  That would be a pleasant surprise.

I will admit they've gotten where they don't say near as much as they used
to about the conflict, that is for sure.  It got pushed out of the top spot
in the news cycle when the FBI raided Donald Trump.  Other things...
hurricanes, etc... have managed to, in turn, push that out of the top spot.

What we were hearing, and what we've been hearing lately, does sound
realistic.  Ukraine has gained some ground but Putin is rounding up the
reserves and others with military service and throwing them at the problem,
Putin has threatened using nukes, and some in his "circle of advisors" have
suggested using low-grade ones.

One other thing that has been in the news lately, and has been fighting for
the top spot, is the referrendums that were held in the sections of the
country that have long been Russian held that resulted in Russia annexing
them outright.

I don't think we've really been getting any serious either side "is winning
big" stories in a while.


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