Zelensky admits Ukraine does not have military strength to reclaim lost territories from Russia (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 54 points 10 hours ago

Well Ukraine got worn out over last 2 years with spotty western support and weird restrictions on weapons usage.

This is where the west wanted Ukraine. So here we are.

Russia is weakened so west and US got what they wanted it so now we are ready to do a deal.

Nobody will ever give up nukes after this and many countries are going to be getting their nukes in order as that is the only way to properly secure sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Coupled with Israel behavior undermining "rules" based international order, this is the brave new world we got.

Cheers.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago

In what way is Russia weakened?

Last I checked, mainstream western sources report that Russian economy is booming. For example, the World Bank just reclassified Russia as a high income country https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-bank-country-classifications-by-income-level-for-2024-2025

The IMF forecasts that Russian economy is set to grow faster than all the western economies https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/russia-forecast-to-grow-faster-than-advanced-economies-in-2024-imf.html

Russian oil and gas revenues soared 41% in first half of the year, as the data shows https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russian-oil-gas-revenue-soars-41-first-half-data-shows-2024-07-03/

Russian military is stronger today than at the start of the war https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ukraine-krieg-nato-oberbefehlshaber-und-generalinspekteur-ueber-folgen-und-perspektiven-a-9cb8d225-8bd8-454d-830d-009c9f46dfc9#selection-791.0-791.81

The number of Russian troops is constantly increasing https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/17/ukraine-s-top-general-to-le-monde-the-number-of-russian-troops-is-constantly-increasing_6736188_4.html

Russian MIC is outproducing the west. For example, Russia is able to produce 3x as many artillery shells as all of the west combined https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html

[-] mukt@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Russia just lost Syria.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 minutes ago

Seems to me that the west just gained a new Afghanistan. I'm sure Europe is going to love the new refugee crisis.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

If I call you a Putin asslicker it basically means that all the evidence you posted is null and I don't have to even read it or post evidence of my own, so, checkmate.

Add this one to the list, btw, Russia's surpassed Japan as the 4th world economy by PPP gross domestic product.

https://www.intellinews.com/russia-overtakes-japan-to-become-the-fourth-largest-economy-in-the-world-in-ppp-terms-328108/

On the other hand: Germany, one of the biggest sponsors of this war, is currently on its way directly to the shitter https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2024-12-18/the-german-government-collapse-and-a-trend-of-discontent

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

That's basically the level of argument libs bring to the table. The most hilarious part here is that this is stuff that's openly reported in western media. It's not controversial in any way, and yet we still have people running around thinking that the west managed to harm Russia in some way.