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The easy win didn't happen, but Russia can surely escalate in ways Ukraine can't.
The fact pictures of these :
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1497513126924853259
and TOS-1 being deployed to the field suggests the potential for a horrific escalation
https://twitter.com/theragex/status/1497532898412572672Until now it does seem they have been trying to limit civilian casualties, presumably in the miscalculation they could inflict regime change and people be indifferent and not wanting pictures at home of atrocities. Hard to see how they retreat without losing face or escalate without creating a large insurgency and creating public unrest domestically. Maybe some re-agreement of Minsk 2 and taking the land bridge to Crimea but who knows what Putin's ego will accept.
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Hopefully thats where its heading. To some kind of consessions by the west to let putin let go without loosing to much face in the process. Lets hope for something like that at least.
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TOS-1 being deployed
Reading about these weapons made my whole body shiver. I hope somebody from close circle puts a bullet in Putin's head before those are getting used. Even if it means sacrifice. It's brotherly nation after all.
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find it utterly bizarre that if TOS-1 is such a powerful weapon that it is so un-protected and its location public via social media
in-fact the whole conflict being on social media is dystopian
badboybjorn
dau
apc
It's this isn't it. The easy win didn't happen, but Russia can surely escalate in ways Ukraine can't.