A year ago, Russia marked the 9 May Victory Day celebration with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up the Moscow sky. This year the fireworks have again been spectacular – but this time they have been caused by long-range Ukrainian attack drones slamming into refineries, pumping stations and factories deep inside Russia. In
  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “Attitudes toward Putin are shifting. Economic optimism is fading, along with the everyday patriotism tied to it… Finally, there is a growing recognition that the war cannot be won – a war that has itself changed, eroding Russia’s advantages.”

    Meaningless and/or irrelevant. As the article later states there is no challenge to putin and no other vision for the war except to drag it on.

    Ukraine is going to prevail, the question is how can they do so sooner rather than later.