something I would say should do any European country,let them live in that "imperial Russia in their fairy lands".
Unfortunately, this desire is practically unrealizable. No matter how much you want russia to remain a closed system, to stew in its own shit, this is very likely not to happen. The problem is not that no one gives a damn anymore, the problem is that russia is not limited to the destruction of its territory and the lives of its citizens. They can't just stay within their boundaries and mind their own business. They either openly invade foreign lands, or crap in other countries with the help of hacker attacks, interference in politics and bribing officials. And these problems will not be solved if the average Europeans are indifferent. Unfortunately, attention is coming to russia, because it demands this attention with those cruel methods that it has been using for more than several decades.
The system is rotten inside out. How would anyone justify that they have been trying to take a small city from a in theory much inferior adversary during nearly a year? How about a convoy going to Kiev that simply cannot move because the fuel is not there? What about the RF asking Iran for drones and North Korea for munitions?
There isn't anything in the RF that is "true" in any sense of the word, and that starts with their leaders.
At first Ukraine denied these news, but after some time they officially confirmed it. They told many times that Kinzhal missiles is impossible for them to intercept with systems that they have and it caused lot of problems for them. So, it's big news.
It is important certainly. These missiles were kind of the answer from China and the RF to the Carrier Groups of the USA, currently 11 in active if I remember correctly. If a Patriot can intercept, let's say with a 60% chance a modern Khinzal, Sea based systems, usually x 10 times better, can do it too. It is a game changer to have a carrier group at 200 miles from your coast and not being able to do much about it (other than nuking it I guess).
patriot is too expensive, they should shoot it down with shotgun or jar of marmelade
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They probably could - if you listen to official propaganda, the RF could send an invisible missile capable of knocking on a door and ask "trick or treat" while dancing The Swam Lake. The problem comes when the tank does not move because Boris sold the fuel, the troops get sent to a kill zone because some Capitan Igor is too afraid to tell that the recognisance unit is formed of zero vehicles (all sold) and the explosive reactive armour fails because Piotr sold it and filled it with pebbles.
Patriot is too expensive, unless it blocks a missile that is going to hit something really expensive.
You know, I think that people claiming the military capabilities actually believe they have them because they have been lied from minute zero by nearly everyone involved in the process of "creating the capability".
Russia is an isolated country now which no one gives a damn about them anymore and I say damn to just not say something worse.They are the only responsible to such failure,they have lost people,they have lost ammunition and tanks,fighters and all sort of military device in this conflict.They have been put under heavy sanctions and the average Joe in Russia is feeling the consequences,no one in US or Europe looks to any average Russian with empathy anymore and some of these countries are also closing borders with Russia,something I would say should do any European country,let them live in that "imperial Russia in their fairy lands".
I am looking toward Russia, or more accurately the economic union of which they will play a leading role, with a lot of interest for the future. The 'collective West' looks to me like dead-end economically, functionally, and morally. The West has a long way to go before hitting rock-bottom and there is increasingly little chance that anything will arrest their fall.
I will say that Russia, like so many other countries, seems to have had little or no concept of so-called 'liberty' among the general population. It does seem to me that most people are very uncomfortable in a situation where there is no 'great leader' or whatever. Not that a huge number of people in any society are much different, especially these days, but it does seem the case that most societies in most places have never had a point in time when any form of 'freedom' as very widespread and there is precious little aspiration toward achieving such a state. If anything 'freedom' seems to be a dirty/scary word. My upbringing in my culture actually did value and aspire to such a state of being and I am genuinely chauvinistic toward people who don't value independence and freedom although I don't discount the advantages of a population being wired for what is effectively slavery. My guess is that I would not be very happy in Russia (or almost any other place really.)
Economically speaking they would need at least 40 years to catch up with the developed world so I wonder why are some people still saying Russia is winning the war when they have already lost it in a lot of very important fronts.
That doesn't comport with the observation the Russians are winning handily in Ukraine on almost all fronts, and especially in terms of the technical capabilities of their advanced weapons systems. That is not what would be expected of an economy and a society which doesn't allocate resources in a sensible way. At least not one which is rich in resources.
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Your observation does not comport with any real observation.
