▲ 108 ▼ Putin admits Ukraine attacks hitting Russian economy, society (www.aljazeera.com) submitted 5 months ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 5 months ago (5 children) If there was only something he could do to end that.... permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (2 children) Sorry. It's fascism. Only thing you can do is double down permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago Le Sigh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago Those damn facist permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) He could, but it would basically be suicide for him. So he won't. You can't base an empire on your own strong personal might, and then show weakness. A palace guard like Rosgvardia is only useful as long as they actually believe you have the ability and power to protect them like they protect you. The moment that stops, it's just a question of who finds the balls to kill Putin first. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago The fact he admitted to the drones impacting the economy is pretty telling though. I'm actually surprised by that. We'll see how this plays out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (2 children) Sorry. It's fascism. Only thing you can do is double down permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago Le Sigh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago Those damn facist permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) He could, but it would basically be suicide for him. So he won't. You can't base an empire on your own strong personal might, and then show weakness. A palace guard like Rosgvardia is only useful as long as they actually believe you have the ability and power to protect them like they protect you. The moment that stops, it's just a question of who finds the balls to kill Putin first. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago The fact he admitted to the drones impacting the economy is pretty telling though. I'm actually surprised by that. We'll see how this plays out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago The fact he admitted to the drones impacting the economy is pretty telling though. I'm actually surprised by that. We'll see how this plays out. permalink fedilink source parent