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TexasTowelie

(112,140 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:21 AM Sep 2022

Russia on the defensive and an isolated Putin - Times Radio

“An increasingly lonely man, finding out that his quest for glory is going to end in a crumbling defeat.”

Professor Scott Lucas, from the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin, says Russia is now in a phase where it’s looking to “avoid losing” rather than fighting to win in Ukraine.

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Russia on the defensive and an isolated Putin - Times Radio (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2022 OP

Very good information. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #1

Irish_Dem

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1. Very good information.

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Fri Sep 16, 2022, 08:55 PM

Sep 2022

Putin's dreams of glory are ending in a crumbling defeat.

China is distancing themselves from Putin and in fact will turn Putin's failure into a win for them.
They will consolidate their power in the Russian-Asian region.

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