'Russia is not able to achieve its objectives on the battlefield', says US ambassador to NATO

[TexasTowelie]

Russian President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated global tensions this week when he announced the partial mobilization of his military. It was both widely denounced in the west and portrayed as a sign of growing desperation in the Kremlin. Laura Tingle interviews Ambassador Julianne Smith, the United States' permanent representative to NATO.

[Lovie777]

1. Agreed . ...

But Putin will put a lot of hurt on Ukraine as well as his Mother country, Russia. Continued deaths, life long injuries mental and physical on both sides, and Ukraine has and will continue to suffer the most both physically, economically and infrastructural.

Putin is obsessed with Ukraine and if he can't take it he will destroy her. Putin wants total genocide of Ukraine's people, it's heritage and it's country.

As usual, dictators are homicidal and rule by fear.