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Ukraine May Secure a Victory Against Russia in Name, But the World won’t Escape the War’s Aftermath
Seldom in European history has an invading power so exaggerated its own strength, and underestimated that of its enemy to the degree that Russia did when it attacked Ukraine on 24 February.
Ten months after President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian army to conquer Ukraine, the tragic absurdity of his giant blunder remains staggering.
- Patrick Cockburn
- CounterPunch
Russia has never recovered politically or militarily from that initial miscalculation about the likely success of an invasion – and it is difficult to see how it can do so in future.
Putin believed that his “Special Military Operation” would face negligible resistance so he could easily install a…